Beers similar to Hoegaarden Grand Cru

Brouwerij van Hoegaarden

Belgian Tripel·Belgium·8.5% ABV·One of 48 Belgian Tripels in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Hoegaarden Grand Cru's spicy and yeasty character. Since 1991 Hoegaarden Grand Cru has been the tripel version of the house wheat beer: ochre blonde under a fluffy, snow-white head, with maltiness and fruitiness of banana and peach up front, a bit of yeast and spicy coriander notes, and a soft mouthfeel. At 8.5% it carries on the story of the village where the monks first spiced a wheat beer with orange peel and coriander around 1445.

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10 beers like Hoegaarden Grand Cru

1

Great Divide Brewing Company

United States · Belgian Tripel · 8.3%

ALTERNATIVE

78%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors Hoegaarden's banana notes and coriander notes — plus richness, noticeably less bitter, minus peach notes.

What carries overcorianderbananaspicywheatorange

Structure: less bitter

Compared to Hoegaardenrichsweetnoble-hoppeachmalty

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

Structure: less bitter

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Victory Brewing Company

United States · Belgian Tripel · 9.5%

ALTERNATIVE

70%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Keeps banana notes and orange notes like Hoegaarden, adds clove notes, a notch stronger, drops peach notes.

What carries overbananafruityspicyorangeyeasty

Structure: a notch stronger

Compared to Hoegaardenclovedryearthypeachcoriander

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

Structure: a notch stronger

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3

Abbaye de Leffe

Belgium · Belgian Tripel · 8.5%

WORTH A TRY

68%

FLAVOUR MATCH

A touch more richness, lighter-bodied, no peach notes — coriander notes and orange notes as with Hoegaarden.

What carries overcorianderspicyfruitysmoothorange

Structure: a touch lighter

Compared to Hoegaardenrichhoneypeachbanana

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

Structure: a touch lighter

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Thai Thai – Spicy Tripel

Oedipus Brewing

Netherlands · Belgian Tripel · 8%

68%

MATCH

Alongside Hoegaarden on coriander notes and orange notes: adds herbal notes, drops peach notes.

Structure: very close

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Tongerlo Tripel

Brouwerij Haacht

Belgium · Belgian Tripel · 9%

66%

MATCH

Shares banana notes and peach notes with Hoegaarden; adds bitterness, but drops coriander notes.

Structure: very close

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De Prael Tripel

Brouwerij De Prael

Netherlands · Belgian Tripel · 7.5%

66%

MATCH

Same coriander notes and malt character as Hoegaarden, adds honey notes, a notch softer, but without the peach notes.

Structure: a notch softer

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Oersoep

Netherlands · Belgian Tripel · 8.5%

66%

MATCH

As with Hoegaarden, same malt character and wheat character; adds fullness, no peach notes.

Structure: very close

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Schilling Beer Co.

United States · Belgian Tripel · 9%

65%

MATCH

Like Hoegaarden on orange notes and fruit notes — adds dryness, but without the peach notes.

Structure: very close

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Brouwerij Omer Vander Ghinste

Belgium · Belgian Tripel · 8.8%

65%

MATCH

Less bitter — same banana notes and fruit notes as Hoegaarden, adds clove notes, noticeably less bitter, but without the peach notes.

Structure: less bitter

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Brouwerij De Ranke

Belgium · Belgian Tripel · 8%

64%

MATCH

More bitter — same malt character and orange notes as Hoegaarden, adds herbal notes, noticeably more bitter, but without the peach notes.

Structure: more bitter

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