hopIQ found 10 beers that share Donovan's Red's malty and caramel character. Named after Donovan's, a 19th-century Irish restaurant in downtown Waterbury, the village where the Alchemist began as a brew pub. This Irish-style red ale is medium-bodied, red in color and malty, brewed with Cascade hops, at a modest 5.4%. It is usually released in the fall.
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Shares drinkability and smoothness with Donovan's Red; adds bitterness, but drops noble hop character.
Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.
Structure: very close
Same drinkability and smoothness as Donovan's Red, adds fruit notes, noticeably more bitter, but without the noble hop character.
Structure: Very close — a touch more bitterness, a touch less sweetness.
Structure: more bitter, a notch softer
As with Donovan's Red, same drinkability and smoothness; adds toasty notes, no noble hop character.
Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.
Structure: very close
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