Beers similar to SPA - Special Pale Ale

Wellington Brewery

English Pale Ale·Canada·4.5% ABV·One of 15 English Pale Ales in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share SPA - Special Pale Ale's caramel and malty character. Deep copper and medium-bodied, built on the English tradition. Caramel and apricot on the nose, biscuit and toasted malt through the middle, with a fruity yeast character rounding it out. Ontario-grown Cascade sets a subtle citrus bitterness on the finish rather than the resinous hop punch of a North American pale ale. First brewed in the mid-1980s and in the lineup ever since.

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10 beers like SPA - Special Pale Ale

1

Georgetown Brewing Company

United States · Amber Ale · 5.7%

ALTERNATIVE

70%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Keeps toasty notes and bread notes like Wellington, adds dryness, fuller-bodied, drops fruit notes.

What carries overtoastycaramelbittercitrusybready

Structure: a touch fuller, a notch stronger

Compared to Wellingtondrypineysmoothfruityyeasty

Structure: Very close — a touch more body, a touch less texture.

Structure: a touch fuller, a notch stronger

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2

Alexander Keith's Red Amber Ale

Alexander Keith's

Canada · Amber Ale · 5%

ALTERNATIVE

70%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors Wellington's bitterness and hop character — plus herbal notes, fuller-bodied, minus toasty notes.

What carries overcaramelmaltybitterhoppy

Structure: a touch fuller

Compared to Wellingtonherbalcrispspicytoastyfruity

Structure: Very close — a touch more body, a touch more sweetness.

Structure: a touch fuller

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3

Diamond Bear Victory Pale Ale

Diamond Bear Brewing Company

United States · English Pale Ale · 6%

WORTH A TRY

67%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Like Wellington on bread notes and fruit notes — adds earthy notes, noticeably more bitter, but without the bitterness.

What carries overtoastycaramelmaltyfruitycitrusy

Structure: more bitter, a notch stronger

Compared to Wellingtonearthyfloralsmoothyeastybitter

Structure: Very close — a touch more bitterness, a touch more body.

Structure: more bitter, a notch stronger

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4

Beau's Brewing Co.

Canada · Amber Ale · 5.5%

66%

MATCH

As with Wellington, same toasty notes and bread notes; adds sweetness, fuller-bodied, no citrus notes.

Structure: a touch fuller, a notch stronger

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5

Peace Tree Red Rambler

Peace Tree Brewing Company

United States · American Amber Ale · 5.8%

64%

MATCH

Same toasty notes and bread notes as Wellington, adds nutty notes, fuller-bodied, but without the fruit notes.

Structure: a touch fuller, more bitter

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6

Pompous Ass English Ale

Great Lakes Brewery

Canada · English Pale Ale · 4.2%

63%

MATCH

Shares citrus notes and hop character with Wellington; adds earthy notes, but drops toasty notes.

Structure: very close

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7

Iron Hill Brewery

United States · American Amber Ale · 5.5%

63%

MATCH

Alongside Wellington on toasty notes and citrus notes: adds sweetness, fuller-bodied, drops fruit notes.

Structure: a touch fuller, more bitter

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8

Birrificio Italiano

Italy · Amber Ale · 6.5%

62%

MATCH

A touch more fullness, fuller-bodied, no fruit notes — toasty notes and citrus notes as with Wellington.

Structure: a touch fuller, softer

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9

Hobgoblin Amber

Wychwood Brewery

United Kingdom · Amber Ale · 4.5%

62%

MATCH

Same fruit notes and bitterness as Wellington, adds floral notes, but without the toasty notes.

Structure: very close

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10

New Belgium Fat Tire

New Belgium Brewing Company

United States · American Amber Ale · 5.2%

62%

MATCH

Fuller — same toasty notes and hop character as Wellington, adds fuller-bodied, but without the fruit notes.

Structure: a touch fuller, more bitter

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