Beers similar to Rodenbach Alexander

Flanders Red Ale·Belgium·5.6% ABV·One of 23 Flanders Red Ales in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Rodenbach Alexander's sour and tart character. First brewed in 1986 on the occasion of Alexander Rodenbach's 200th birthday: two thirds aged Rodenbach, matured for two years in oak foeders, meet one third younger ale and are macerated with sour cherries. The flavour of the sour cherries meets the sour beer and its red fruit in this 5.6 % Flanders Red Ale from Roeselare.

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10 beers like Rodenbach Alexander

Cuvée des Jacobins

Brouwerij Omer Vander Ghinste

Belgium · Flanders Red Ale · 5.5%

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89%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same oak notes and dark fruit notes as Rodenbach, adds vanilla notes, but without the berry notes.

What carries oversouroaktartfruitydark fruit

Structure: very close

Compared to Rodenbachvanillachocolatesmoothberry

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

Structure: very close

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La Roja Du Kriek

Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales

United States · Flanders Red Ale · 7.5%

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86%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Shares fruit notes and oak notes with Rodenbach; adds a notch stronger, but drops berry notes.

What carries oversouroaktartfruitydark fruit

Structure: a notch stronger

Compared to Rodenbachsmoothberry

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

Structure: a notch stronger

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Blackberry Alice

Green Bench Brewing Co.

United States · Wild Ale · 6.5%

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85%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Alongside Rodenbach on fruit notes and dark fruit notes: adds richness, a notch stronger.

What carries overberrysouroaktartdark fruit

Structure: a notch stronger

Compared to Rodenbachrich

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

Structure: a notch stronger

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Green Bench Brewing Co.

United States · Wild Ale · 5.5%

82%

MATCH

A touch more earthy notes, no dark fruit notes — fruit notes and oak notes as with Rodenbach.

Structure: very close

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Duchess Rouge

4 Pines Brewing Company

Australia · Flanders Red Ale · 5.4%

82%

MATCH

Keeps oak notes and berry notes like Rodenbach, adds caramel notes, drops fruit notes.

Structure: very close

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La Folie

New Belgium Brewing Company

United States · Oud Bruin · 6.5%

82%

MATCH

Mirrors Rodenbach's oak notes and dark fruit notes, plus citrus notes, a notch stronger.

Structure: a notch stronger

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Gouden Carolus Indulgence Margaretha

Brouwerij Het Anker

Belgium · Flanders Red Ale · 8.5%

82%

MATCH

Like Rodenbach on fruit notes and dark fruit notes — adds chocolate notes, fuller-bodied, but without the oak notes.

Structure: a touch fuller, a notch stronger

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Petrus Roodbruin

Brouwerij De Brabandere

Belgium · Flanders Red Ale · 5.5%

82%

MATCH

As with Rodenbach, same oak notes and dryness; adds malt character, no dark fruit notes.

Structure: very close

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Framboise Oud Beersel

Oud Beersel

Belgium · Framboise · 5%

81%

MATCH

Same fruit notes and oak notes as Rodenbach, adds refreshment, but without the dark fruit notes.

Structure: very close

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Cambrinus

Brouwerij Verhaeghe Vichte

Belgium · Flanders Red Ale · 5.6%

81%

MATCH

Same fruit notes and oak notes as Rodenbach, adds caramel notes, but without the dark fruit notes.

Structure: very close

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