Beers similar to Zware Jongen

Belgian Tripel·Netherlands·8.7% ABV·One of 58 Belgian Tripels in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Zware Jongen's spicy and malty character. Golden and top-fermented under a creamy white head, this tripel is spicy in aroma and on the palate, rests on a full malt base and ends in a pronounced hop bitterness, yet stays deceptively soft at 8.7% ABV. Candy sugar goes into the brew alongside the barley malt. The brewery's 25 founders were known as the Zware Jongens, the tough guys.

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10 beers like Zware Jongen

Ypra Hoppy Tripel

Brouwerij Omer Vander Ghinste

Belgium · Belgian Tripel · 10.0%

ALTERNATIVE

77%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Keeps hop character and bitterness like Zware Jongen, adds peach notes, a notch stronger, drops honey notes.

What carries overfruityspicyfull-bodiedsweethoppy

Structure: a notch stronger

Compared to Zware Jongencitrusypeachsmoothhoney

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

Structure: a notch stronger

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Gouden Gans

Slot Oostende

Netherlands · Belgian Tripel · 8.0%

ALTERNATIVE

77%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors Zware Jongen's sweetness and bitterness — plus tropical notes, a notch softer, minus hop character.

What carries oversweetspicybittermaltysmooth

Structure: a notch softer

Compared to Zware Jongentropicalbananahoppyfull-bodied

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

Structure: a notch softer

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Tre Fontane - Tripel

Abbazia delle Tre Fontane

Italy · Belgian Tripel · 8.5%

ALTERNATIVE

77%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Like Zware Jongen on sweetness and booziness — adds herbal notes, noticeably less bitter, but without the hop character.

What carries overspicybittermaltysweetsmooth

Structure: less bitter

Compared to Zware Jongenherbalhoppyfull-bodied

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

Structure: less bitter

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Angus Triple

Bronckhorster Brewing Company

Netherlands · Belgian Tripel · 8.5%

77%

MATCH

As with Zware Jongen, same hop character and bitterness; adds peach notes, noticeably more bitter, no malt character.

Structure: more bitter

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Affligem Tripel

Brouwerij De Smedt

Belgium · Belgian Tripel · 9.0%

77%

MATCH

Same sweetness and fullness as Zware Jongen, adds yeast character, but without the hop character.

Structure: very close

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Teddy Cool

Oersoep

Netherlands · Belgian Tripel · 8.5%

75%

MATCH

Shares bitterness and fullness with Zware Jongen; adds wheat character, but drops hop character.

Structure: very close

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Tripel Lindy

Funky Buddha Brewery

United States · Belgian Tripel · 9.3%

75%

MATCH

Alongside Zware Jongen on sweetness and hop character: adds floral notes, a notch stronger, drops bitterness.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Helse Engel

Brouwerij De Hemel

Netherlands · Belgian Tripel · 8.0%

74%

MATCH

A touch more richness, a notch softer, no bitterness — hop character and fullness as with Zware Jongen.

Structure: a notch softer

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De 7 Deugden Tripel

Brouwerij De 7 Deugden

Netherlands · Belgian Tripel · 7.5%

74%

MATCH

Softer — same fullness and fruit notes as Zware Jongen, adds clove notes, a notch softer, but without the hop character.

Structure: a notch softer

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Emelisse Tripel

Brouwerij Emelisse

Netherlands · Belgian Tripel · 8.0%

74%

MATCH

Less bitter — same bitterness and sweetness as Zware Jongen, adds floral notes, noticeably less bitter, but without the hop character.

Structure: less bitter, a notch softer

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