hopIQ found 10 beers that share Funky Santa's caramel and malty character. An imperial brown ale in a handsome brown with a beige head, brewed on Danish barley malt and fermented with Belgian yeast, which lends it a distinctive, spicy flavour. It has good fullness and a caramelised malt sweetness, and it is one of the brewery's seasonal Christmas beers.
Similar beers ranked by flavour match rather than popularity.Similar beers ranked by flavour, not popularity.
As with Funky Santa, same fullness and spiciness; adds creaminess, a notch softer, no yeast character.
Structure: Very close — a touch less body, a touch less sweetness.
Structure: a notch softer
Alongside Funky Santa on spiciness and fullness: adds orange notes, drops yeast character.
Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.
Structure: very close
Shares spiciness and fullness with Funky Santa; adds roasted notes, but drops sweetness.
Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.
Structure: very close
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