Beers similar to Carls Jul

Amber Lager·Denmark·5.6% ABV·One of 127 Amber Lagers in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Carls Jul's malty and caramel character. Carls Jul is the Christmas beer of the CARLs line, a clear amber lager under a creamy white head. The taste is malt-rich and refreshing at once, led by sweetness with notes of caramel and toasted bread crust from the darker malt, and it closes with a light touch of bitterness. It is brewed from water, barley malt, unmalted barley and hops only.

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10 beers like Carls Jul

Starkenberger Amber Lager

Brauerei Schloss Starkenberg

Austria · Amber Lager · 5.4%

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80%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Alongside Carls on sweetness and creaminess: adds fullness, drops toasty notes.

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Structure: very close

Compared to Carlsfull-bodieddark fruittoastyrich

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

Structure: very close

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Kokanee Gold

Labatt Brewing Company

Canada · Amber Lager · 5.3%

CLOSE ALTERNATIVE

80%

FLAVOUR MATCH

As with Carls, same toasty notes and sweetness; adds herbal notes, no richness.

What carries overcaramelmaltytoastycleansweet

Structure: very close

Compared to Carlsherbalcreamyrich

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

Structure: very close

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Tuborg Classic Økologisk

Tuborg

Denmark · Amber Lager · 4.6%

CLOSE ALTERNATIVE

80%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same sweetness and creaminess as Carls, a notch softer, but without the toasty notes.

What carries overmaltysweetcaramelrefreshingcreamy

Structure: a notch softer

Compared to Carlstoastyrich

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

Structure: a notch softer

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Tuborg Classic

Tuborg

Denmark · Amber Lager · 4.6%

79%

MATCH

Mirrors Carls's sweetness and toasty notes — plus fruit notes, a notch softer, minus richness.

Structure: a notch softer

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Villacher Draustadt

Villacher Stadtbrauerei

Austria · Amber Lager · 4.9%

79%

MATCH

Like Carls on toasty notes and creaminess — adds honey notes, a notch softer, but without the sweetness.

Structure: a notch softer

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Wieselburger Nockerbier

Wieselburger Bier

Austria · Amber Lager · 5.0%

78%

MATCH

A touch more herbal notes, no toasty notes — sweetness and creaminess as with Carls.

Structure: very close

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Point Amber Lager

Stevens Point Brewery

United States · Amber Lager · 4.9%

77%

MATCH

Keeps toasty notes and sweetness like Carls, adds bread notes, noticeably less bitter, drops richness.

Structure: less bitter, a notch softer

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Mohrenköpfle

Haller Löwenbräu

Germany · Amber Lager · 5.4%

76%

MATCH

Shares toasty notes and sweetness with Carls; adds roasted notes, but drops richness.

Structure: very close

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Live Oak Big Bark Amber Lager

Live Oak Brewing Company

United States · Amber Lager · 5.5%

75%

MATCH

Same toasty notes and bitterness as Carls, adds honey notes, but without the sweetness.

Structure: very close

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Moritz Fiege Bernstein

Privatbrauerei Moritz Fiege

Germany · Amber Lager · 4.7%

75%

MATCH

Softer — same toasty notes and sweetness as Carls, adds nutty notes, a notch softer, but without the richness.

Structure: a notch softer

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