Beers similar to Top Gun IPA

Blind Tiger Brewery

West Coast IPA·United States·7% ABV·One of 159 West Coast IPAs in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Top Gun IPA's hoppy and piney character. Blind Tiger's San-Diego-styled West Coast IPA — aggressive hopping, resinous piney character, firm bitter finish. A Topeka brewpub doing what the West Coast used to do best, back before hazy took over. Top Gun is straightforward: clean malt, big hop punch, dry closer. Kansas West Coast, unabashed.

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10 beers like Top Gun IPA

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Beachwood Brewing

United States · West Coast IPA · 7.1%

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87%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Shares resin notes and dryness with Top Gun IPA; adds dankness, but drops haziness.

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Structure: very close

Compared to Top Gun IPAdanktropicalherbalhazy

Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.

Structure: very close

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Destihl Deadhead IPA (West Coast)

Destihl Brewery

United States · West Coast IPA · 7%

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87%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same resin notes and haziness as Top Gun IPA, adds citrus notes.

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Structure: very close

Compared to Top Gun IPAcitrusyfruitytropicalclean

Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.

Structure: very close

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West Coast Fever

Monkish Brewing Co.

United States · West Coast IPA · 7%

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83%

FLAVOUR MATCH

As with Top Gun IPA, same resin notes and dryness; adds dankness, no malt character.

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Structure: very close

Compared to Top Gun IPAdankcitrusytropicalcleancrisp

Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.

Structure: very close

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Cordobeer West Coast IPA

Cordobeer

Spain · American IPA · 6.5%

82%

MATCH

Like Top Gun IPA on resin notes and haziness — adds citrus notes.

Structure: very close

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Printshop Hop Pusher

Printshop Beer Co.

United States · American IPA · 6.3%

82%

MATCH

Mirrors Top Gun IPA's resin notes and dryness, plus herbal notes, a notch softer.

Structure: a notch softer

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Beachwood Brewing

United States · West Coast IPA · 7.1%

81%

MATCH

Keeps resin notes and dryness like Top Gun IPA, adds tropical notes, drops haziness.

Structure: very close

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DEYA Brewing Company

United Kingdom · West Coast IPA · 7%

81%

MATCH

A touch more dankness, no haziness — resin notes and dryness as with Top Gun IPA.

Structure: very close

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Outer Range Aerials

Outer Range Brewing Co.

United States · West Coast IPA · 7%

80%

MATCH

Alongside Top Gun IPA on dryness and haziness: adds citrus notes, sweeter, drops resin notes.

Structure: sweeter

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Galmegi West Coast IPA

Galmegi Brewing

South Korea · American IPA · 6.8%

79%

MATCH

Same resin notes and dryness as Top Gun IPA, adds citrus notes, but without the haziness.

Structure: very close

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Opperbacco

Italy · West Coast IPA · 7%

79%

MATCH

Same resin notes and dryness as Top Gun IPA, adds dankness, but without the haziness.

Structure: very close

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