Beers similar to Winterbier

Festbier·Germany·5.6% ABV·One of 101 Festbiers in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Winterbier's full-bodied and malty character. Hints of caramel meet a full body: Winterbier is an unfiltered, naturally hazy Festbier in amber, made with selected malts, 5.6% ABV, that matures on the Bierbuckel in the last months of the year while the evenings grow longer. It is bottled only seasonally and in limited quantities, made for the weeks before Christmas.

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10 beers like Winterbier

Pyraser Kärwabier

Pyraser Landbrauerei

Germany · Festbier · 6%

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88%

FLAVOUR MATCH

As with Winterbier, same caramel notes and bread notes; adds sweetness, no haziness.

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Structure: very close

Compared to Winterbiersweethazy

Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.

Structure: very close

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Viva Bavaria Festbier

Riedenburger Brauhaus

Germany · Festbier · 5.5%

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86%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Alongside Winterbier on haziness and bread notes: adds honey notes, drops caramel notes.

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Structure: very close

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Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.

Structure: very close

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Feldschlößchen Pichmännel-Festbier

Feldschlößchen Brauerei

Germany · Festbier · 6%

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83%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Shares caramel notes and bread notes with Winterbier; adds sweetness, but drops haziness.

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Structure: very close

Compared to Winterbiersweethazy

Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.

Structure: very close

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Alpirsbacher Weihnachtsbier

Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu

Germany · Festbier · 5.6%

83%

MATCH

Keeps bread notes and smoothness like Winterbier, adds floral notes, drops haziness.

Structure: very close

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Hilpoltsteiner Burgfestbier

Pyraser Landbrauerei

Germany · Festbier · 6%

81%

MATCH

A touch more toasty notes, no haziness — bread notes and smoothness as with Winterbier.

Structure: very close

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Sternquell Festbier

Sternquell-Brauerei

Germany · Festbier · 5.6%

81%

MATCH

Like Winterbier on caramel notes and bread notes — adds honey notes, but without the haziness.

Structure: very close

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Oaktoberfest

Live Oak Brewing Company

United States · Festbier · 5.8%

81%

MATCH

Mirrors Winterbier's bread notes and smoothness — plus richness, minus haziness.

Structure: very close

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Spaten Oktoberfestbier

Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu

Germany · Festbier · 5.9%

81%

MATCH

Same caramel notes and bread notes as Winterbier, adds grass notes, but without the haziness.

Structure: very close

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Goldhalle

Birrificio Lariano

Italy · Festbier · 5.8%

81%

MATCH

No haziness — bread notes and smoothness as with Winterbier.

Structure: very close

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Wolfshöher Rammlerbier

Wolfshöher

Germany · Festbier · 5.7%

80%

MATCH

Same bread notes and smoothness as Winterbier, adds sweetness, but without the haziness.

Structure: very close

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