Lucky Jack vs Pasteur Street Cyclo Pale Ale: Which Should You Drink?

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Lucky Jack

Lervig Aktiebryggeri

Norway · American Pale Ale · 4.7% ABV

hopIQ rank #1602

91%

Overall similarity

side by side, across 56 flavour tags

Pasteur Street Cyclo Pale Ale

Pasteur Street Brewing Company

Vietnam · American Pale Ale · 4.5% ABV

hopIQ take

Lucky Jack if you want a slightly fuller body and Norwegian craft character,

Pasteur Street Cyclo if you want something leaner and more sessionable.

Both sit at nearly identical IBU levels (38), so the bitterness won't differentiate them—it's the malt backbone that matters here. Lucky Jack's extra 0.2% ABV translates to a rounder mouthfeel, while Cyclo trades that for drinkability. Neither is a heavyweight; pick based on whether you're settling in or keeping pace.

At a glance

The differences that matter

Generated from the four anchored axes — never hand-written.

Structurally near-identical

Structurally these two are the same beer. The difference is in the aromatics. Body, sweetness and bitterness match within Δ 1. Pasteur Street Cyclo Pale Ale runs a touch livelier in texture (Δ 3). Lucky Jack brings a distinct piney note that Pasteur Street Cyclo Pale Ale doesn't.

Beer DNA

Where they separate

Lucky JackPasteur Street Cyclo Pale Alegap between them

Body

Δ 1

lightfull

Both similarly built

Sweetness

Δ 0

drysweet

Both similarly balanced

Bitterness

Situations

When to choose which

Pick Lucky Jack when…

→You want noticeable malt sweetness underneath hops
→Prefer fuller body in a pale ale format
→Exploring Scandinavian craft brewing character

Pick Pasteur Street Cyclo Pale Ale when…

→You're drinking multiple rounds, need drinkability
→Want a cleaner finish, lighter mouthfeel
→Asian cuisine or warm weather drinking

In words

Tasting notes

Lucky Jack

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Lucky Jack drinks like a proper pale ale should—there's actual grain presence underneath the hop character, a slight caramel sweetness that doesn't cloy. The 4.7% gives it enough weight to feel intentional rather than incidental. Lervig's Norwegian brewers aren't chasing trendy abstraction here; this is straightforward, well-executed craft that tastes like they know exactly what they're making.

Pasteur Street Cyclo Pale Ale

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Cyclo is leaner, crisper, more immediate. You get the hop snap upfront without much malt cushioning—it's the kind of pale ale that makes sense in Vietnam's heat, built for drinking cold and finishing clean. There's less complexity to chase, which means less to tire of if you're having multiples. It's honest work: good balance, no pretension.

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