Beers similar to Achel Rouge Légère

Fruit Beer·Belgium·5.5% ABV·One of 113 Fruit Beers in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Achel Rouge Légère's fruity and sweet character. Sweet and sour in careful balance: real cherry juice carries the cherry flavour, a hint of citrus stays subtle, and neither ever takes over. Soft and approachable at 5.5%, it comes from De Achelse Kluis, the abbey in Hamont-Achel that sits in the middle of a 7,000-hectare nature area of heath and forest.

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10 beers like Achel Rouge Légère

Ename Rouge

Brouwerij Roman

Belgium · Fruit Beer · 6%

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89%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Shares sourness and smoothness with Achel; adds tartness, but drops citrus 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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Love and Lemons

Great Divide Brewing Company

United States · Fruit Beer · 5%

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89%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same sourness and citrus notes as Achel, adds tartness, noticeably more bitter.

What carries overcitrusyfruitysoursweetrefreshing

Structure: more bitter

Compared to Acheltartcrisporange

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

Structure: more bitter

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Samuel Smith's Organic Cherry Fruit Beer

Samuel Smith's Old Brewery

United Kingdom · Fruit Beer · 5.1%

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87%

FLAVOUR MATCH

As with Achel, same sourness and refreshment; adds tartness, no citrus notes.

What carries overfruitysoursweetsmoothlight

Structure: very close

Compared to Acheltartyeastycrispcitrusy

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

Structure: very close

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Delirium Red

Brouwerij Huyghe

Belgium · Fruit Beer · 8%

86%

MATCH

Like Achel on sourness and smoothness — adds nutty notes, a notch stronger, but without the citrus notes.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Pécsi Premium Sour-Cherry

Pécsi Sörfőzde

Hungary · Fruit Beer · 4%

86%

MATCH

Mirrors Achel's sourness and smoothness — plus richness, a notch softer, minus citrus notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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Rodenbach Fruitage

Swinkels Family Brewers (Rodenbach)

Belgium · Fruit Beer · 3.4%

85%

MATCH

Keeps sourness and lightness like Achel, adds oak notes, a notch softer, drops citrus notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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St-Feuillien FRUIT

Brasserie St-Feuillien

Belgium · Fruit Beer · 4%

85%

MATCH

A touch more berry notes, a notch softer, no citrus notes — sourness and lightness as with Achel.

Structure: a notch softer

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Samuel Smith's Organic Raspberry Fruit Beer

Samuel Smith's Old Brewery

United Kingdom · Fruit Beer · 5.1%

84%

MATCH

Alongside Achel on sourness and smoothness: adds tartness, drops citrus notes.

Structure: very close

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Sippin' Blackberry

Odell Brewing Company

United States · Fruit Beer · 4.6%

84%

MATCH

Softer — same sourness and refreshment as Achel, adds berry notes, a notch softer, but without the citrus notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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Karlsberg Kirschbier

Karlsberg Brauerei

Germany · Fruit Beer · 3.1%

83%

MATCH

Softer — same sourness and lightness as Achel, a notch softer, but without the citrus notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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