Beers similar to Playing the Poet

Wild Ale·United States·4.9% ABV·One of 41 Wild Ales in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Playing the Poet's tart and sour character. Tart and citrusy, lightly funky: Playing the Poet is a mixed culture foeder beer brewed with de Garde Brewing and fermented with Green Bench's house blend of yeasts and bacteria. Pilsner malt, raw wheat and oats, hopped with aged whole leaf Sterling and a touch of Citra, then two years in a foeder. 4.9% ABV.

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10 beers like Playing the Poet

SPON

Jester King Brewery

United States · Wild Ale · 5.4%

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81%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors Playing the Poet's citrus notes and funk — plus oak notes, minus wheat character.

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Structure: very close

Compared to Playing the Poetoakmineralsaltywheatorange

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

Structure: very close

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Beatification

Russian River Brewing Company

United States · Wild Ale · 6%

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80%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Keeps citrus notes and funk like Playing the Poet, adds earthy notes, a notch stronger, drops wheat character.

What carries overtartcitrusysourfunkydry

Structure: a notch stronger

Compared to Playing the Poetearthyoakwheatorange

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

Structure: a notch stronger

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Coolship Cerise

Allagash Brewing Company

United States · Wild Ale · 5.6%

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79%

FLAVOUR MATCH

A touch more earthy notes, a notch stronger, no wheat character — funk and citrus notes as with Playing the Poet.

What carries overtartcitrusysourdrycrisp

Structure: a notch stronger

Compared to Playing the Poetoakearthyspicywheatorange

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

Structure: a notch stronger

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Sanctification

Russian River Brewing Company

United States · Wild Ale · 4.75%

78%

MATCH

Alongside Playing the Poet on funk and dryness: adds yeast character, drops citrus notes.

Structure: very close

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Kernel Brett Pils

The Kernel Brewery

United Kingdom · Wild Ale · 5.7%

77%

MATCH

Shares funk and citrus notes with Playing the Poet; adds yeast character, a notch stronger, but drops wheat character.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Zomerdijk Maaike

Moersleutel Craft Brewery

Netherlands · Wild Ale · 7%

76%

MATCH

Same funk and dryness as Playing the Poet, adds herbal notes, a notch stronger, but without the citrus notes.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Twisted Sour

Vocation Brewery

United Kingdom · Fruited Sour · 4.5%

76%

MATCH

As with Playing the Poet, same citrus notes and wheat character; adds refreshment, no funk.

Structure: very close

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Muthur Funker

BentSpoke Brewing Co

Australia · Wild Ale · 5%

76%

MATCH

Like Playing the Poet on funk and citrus notes — adds sweetness, but without the wheat character.

Structure: very close

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Iron Brew

Vault City Brewing

United Kingdom · Sour · 4.8%

75%

MATCH

Same citrus notes and orange notes as Playing the Poet, adds bubblegum notes, but without the wheat character.

Structure: very close

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Pass the Balaton

Fort George Brewery

United States · Sour · 6%

75%

MATCH

Stronger — same funk and wheat character as Playing the Poet, adds floral notes, a notch stronger, but without the citrus notes.

Structure: a notch stronger

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