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Overall similarity
hopIQ take
1809 Berliner Weisse if you want substance and tartness, BRLO Original if you want delicate and approachable.
Dr. Briem's version hits harder at 5% ABV—you feel the wheat and the funk. BRLO strips things back to 3%, letting the sour punch through cleaner, almost like drinking a dry white wine. Both sit at 10 IBUs, so neither is bitter; the difference is really about commitment versus restraint.
At a glance
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Beer DNA
Body
Δ 7
Sweetness
Δ 9
Situations
In words
1809 Berliner Weisse
This one's got backbone. The wheat comes through grainy and slightly spicy, and then the sourness arrives not as a whisper but as a real presence—bright lactic acid that coats your mouth. There's a yeasty, almost funky undertone that feels authentic to the style's Berlin roots. The 5% ABV sits in your chest a moment longer than you'd expect from a Weisse, making it feel more substantial than a typical summer sipper.
BRLO Original Berliner Weisse
BRLO keeps things ethereal and crisp. It's drier than the Briem, with a mineral-like sourness that feels almost wine-like. The body is wispy—you're not getting wheat texture, you're getting an idea of wheat. It drinks so light and clean that you could easily have two or three without noticing. The restrained ABV means the sour edges don't get softened by alcohol warmth.
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Similarly carbonated
Within Δ 0. Neither reads as noticeably livelier on this axis.
Texture 80 vs 80 · Δ 0
Bitterness
Δ 0
Texture
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Shared character
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