Beers similar to Love Stout

Yards Brewing Company

Irish Dry Stout·United States·5.5% ABV·One of 78 Irish Dry Stouts in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Love Stout's coffee and chocolate character. Coffee and chocolate play over roasted malts in this rich, creamy stout, poured exclusively on nitro since 2010 for a smooth mouthfeel. At 5.5% ABV and 21 IBU it is on the year-round list at the Yards taproom in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, from a brewery that has brewed Philly's beer since 1994.

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10 beers like Love Stout

1

Meantime Brewing Company

United Kingdom · Irish Dry Stout · 4.1%

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92%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Keeps richness and roasted notes like Love Stout; adds dark fruit notes, noticeably more bitter.

What carries overroastedsmoothchocolatecoffeecreamy

Structure: more bitter, a notch softer

Compared to Love Stoutdark fruit

Structure: Very close — a touch more bitterness, a touch less sweetness.

Structure: more bitter, a notch softer

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Hammerton Brewery

United Kingdom · Irish Dry Stout · 4.3%

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90%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors Love Stout's creaminess and richness, noticeably more bitter.

What carries overroastedsmoothchocolatecoffeecreamy

Structure: more bitter, a notch softer

Structure: Very close — a touch more bitterness, a touch less sweetness.

Structure: more bitter, a notch softer

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Murphy's Irish Stout

Lady's Well Brewery

Ireland · Irish Dry Stout · 4.0%

CLOSE ALTERNATIVE

90%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Like Love Stout on roasted notes and malt character — noticeably more bitter.

What carries oversmoothroastedchocolatecoffeecreamy

Structure: more bitter, a notch softer

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

Structure: more bitter, a notch softer

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Thornbridge Brewery

United Kingdom · Irish Dry Stout · 4.1%

90%

MATCH

As with Love Stout, same creaminess and richness, plus sweetness, noticeably more bitter.

Structure: more bitter, a notch softer

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Lakefront Brewery

United States · Irish Dry Stout · 5.1%

87%

MATCH

Same roasted notes and malt character as Love Stout, adds caramel notes, but without the chocolate notes.

Structure: very close

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Eight Degrees Brewing

Ireland · Irish Dry Stout · 6.0%

86%

MATCH

Shares richness and roasted notes with Love Stout; adds fullness, but drops creaminess.

Structure: very close

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7

Bristol Beer Factory

United Kingdom · Irish Dry Stout · 4.1%

86%

MATCH

Alongside Love Stout on creaminess and roasted notes: adds toasty notes, noticeably more bitter, drops richness.

Structure: more bitter, a notch softer

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Shepherd Neame

United Kingdom · Irish Dry Stout · 4.0%

86%

MATCH

A touch more caramel notes, noticeably more bitter, no richness — roasted notes and creaminess as with Love Stout.

Structure: more bitter, a notch softer

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Trailblazer Stout

Joseph Holt Brewery

United Kingdom · Irish Dry Stout · 4.3%

85%

MATCH

Softer — same creaminess and roasted notes as Love Stout, adds smokiness, a notch softer, but without the richness.

Structure: a notch softer

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Brewmaster Nitro Stout

Dundalk Bay Brewery & Distillery

Ireland · Irish Dry Stout · 4.2%

84%

MATCH

More bitter — same roasted notes and creaminess as Love Stout, adds fullness, noticeably more bitter, but without the richness.

Structure: more bitter, a notch softer

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