Feast Like a Sultan IPA vs Susan: Which Should You Drink?

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Feast Like a Sultan IPA

Laughing Sun Brewing

United States · American IPA

hopIQ rank #518

77%

Overall similarity

side by side, across 56 flavour tags

Susan

Hill Farmstead Brewery

United States · American IPA

HOPIQ TAKE

Feast Like a Sultan IPA if you want bold, assertive hop character that announces itself, Susan if you want restrained elegance that lets you taste the beer's architecture. Both sit at 6% ABV with identical 60 IBU, so it's really about philosophy—Laughing Sun swings for the fences with presence, while Hill Farmstead practices minimalist craft. The IBU parity is deceptive; how those bitterness units are deployed makes all the difference.

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WHEN TO CHOOSE WHICH

Pick Feast Like a Sultan IPA when…

→You want an IPA that performs, that has presence in your mouth
→You're in the mood for hop-forward craft that doesn't hide
→You prefer American IPAs with clear, aggressive character

Pick Susan when…

→You want to taste subtlety and nuance in an IPA format
→Lighter meals or you're drinking multiple beers across the night
→You appreciate Hill Farmstead's minimal-intervention philosophy

SIDE BY SIDE

	Feast Like a Sultan IPA	Susan
ABV	6.5%	6%
Bitterness	Strongly bitter	Strongly bitter
Colour	Golden	Golden
Style	American IPA	American IPA
Origin	United States	United States

WHAT IT TASTES OF

10 shared · 5 distinct

Both beers

hoppycitrusyfruitytropicalbittercleancrisprefreshinglightorange

STRUCTURE — HOW IT'S BUILT

Feast Like a Sultan IPASusan

Bitterness

Body

TASTING NOTES

Feast Like a Sultan IPA

HoppyCitrusyFruity

Feast Like a Sultan hits you with immediate pine and citrus that doesn't apologize. There's a slight sweetness in the malt that gets steamrolled by the hop intensity—you're tasting a beer that knows what it wants to be. The 6.5% ABV gives it just enough weight to carry all that flavor without feeling bloated. Finish is dry and lingering, with a resinous quality that sticks around.

Susan

HoppyCitrusyResinous

Susan tastes like restraint that somehow feels confident. The hops are there—you catch floral notes, maybe some herbal tea quality—but they're integrated into the beer rather than dominating it. It's the kind of IPA that rewards slow attention; you notice new details as it warms. At 6% ABV, it drinks lighter, almost delicate, which is rare for the style.

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