Beers similar to La Folie Reserve Thai Tea

New Belgium Brewing Company

Sour Ale·United States·6.5% ABV·One of 70 Sour Ales in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share La Folie Reserve Thai Tea's sour and vanilla character. Spicy, warming and fragrant: La Folie Reserve Thai Tea is a dark, wood-aged sour ale at 6.5% ABV, inspired by the distinctive flavors of Thailand and brewed with black tea, coconut, cinnamon, mahlab, anise, green cardamom, monk fruit, vanilla, oats and lactose. Each year the brewery releases a special, limited variant of its legacy dark sour La Folie, and this one borrows the spices of Thai tea.

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10 beers like La Folie Reserve Thai Tea

1

Rooster's Brewing Co.

United Kingdom · Sour Saison · 7%

ALTERNATIVE

74%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Mirrors New Belgium's herbal notes and oak notes — plus earthy notes, minus tropical notes.

What carries overspicysourherbalvanillarefreshing

Structure: very close

Compared to New Belgiumearthycitrusytropicalclove

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

Structure: very close

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Fiddlehead To Lay Me Down

Fiddlehead Brewing Company

United States · Sour Ale · 5.9%

WORTH A TRY

69%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Keeps oak notes and dark fruit notes like New Belgium, adds berry notes, drops spiciness.

What carries oversourvanillaoaktartdark fruit

Structure: very close

Compared to New Belgiumberryrichfruityspicyherbal

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

Structure: very close

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3

Van Moll

Netherlands · Sour Ale · 6%

WORTH A TRY

68%

FLAVOUR MATCH

A touch more fruit notes, no spiciness — tropical notes and creaminess as with New Belgium.

What carries overtropicalsourvanillacreamytart

Structure: very close

Compared to New Belgiumfruitycitrusychocolatespicyoak

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

Structure: very close

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4

Two Chefs Brewing

Netherlands · Sour Ale · 7%

67%

MATCH

Alongside New Belgium on creaminess and dark fruit notes: adds berry notes, drops spiciness.

Structure: very close

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Space Is the Place

Van Moll

Netherlands · Sour Ale · 6.7%

65%

MATCH

Shares oak notes and tropical notes with New Belgium; adds fullness, but drops vanilla notes.

Structure: very close

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Allagash Brewing Company

United States · Sour Ale · 7.5%

64%

MATCH

Same oak notes and dark fruit notes as New Belgium, adds berry notes, a notch stronger, but without the spiciness.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Wicked Weed Brewing

United States · Sour Ale · 6.8%

64%

MATCH

As with New Belgium, same oak notes and dark fruit notes; adds fruit notes, no vanilla notes.

Structure: very close

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Allagash Brewing Company

United States · Sour Ale · 8%

63%

MATCH

Like New Belgium on oak notes and dark fruit notes — adds berry notes, a notch stronger, but without the vanilla notes.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Lemon Cheesecake Sour

Polly's Brew Co.

United Kingdom · Sour Ale · 6.5%

63%

MATCH

Same creaminess and tartness as New Belgium, adds citrus notes, but without the spiciness.

Structure: very close

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Barn Owl No. 15

Bellwoods Brewery

Canada · Sour Ale · 6.5%

62%

MATCH

Same spiciness and tartness as New Belgium, adds citrus notes, but without the herbal notes.

Structure: very close

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