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Overall similarity
hopIQ take
Red Racer IPA if you want restraint and balance,
Melvin IPA if you want weight and alcohol warmth.
Both hit 60 IBUs, but Red Racer's 6.5% ABV lets the hops breathe without booze creeping in—Melvin's extra point of alcohol rounds out the bitterness into something fuller. Red Racer feels like a session beer that refuses to apologize; Melvin feels like an event.
At a glance
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Beer DNA
Body
Δ 6
Sweetness
Δ 14
Situations
In words
Central City Red Racer IPA
Red Racer tastes like someone actually thought about restraint. The hops snap clean without that resinous slap—more citrus peel than pine tar. At 6.5%, it drinks light on your tongue but doesn't feel thin. You can taste the malt backbone, faint caramel notes holding up the bitterness like a good bartender.
Melvin IPA
Melvin comes in heavier, warmer in your mouth. That extra alcohol isn't hiding—it adds a slight sweetness and body that makes the 60 IBUs feel rounder, less sharp. There's a stickiness to it, a lingering bitterness that sits longer. Drinking this feels more deliberate, less casual.
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Similarly hopped
Within Δ 0. Neither reads as noticeably more bitter on this axis.
Bitterness 75 vs 75 · Δ 0
Bitterness
Δ 0
Texture
Δ 8
Only Central City Red Racer IPA
Shared character
Only Melvin IPA