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Overall similarity
hopIQ take
Jacobins Gueuze if you want Belgian funk and restraint,
OUDE GREGG if you want California brightness cutting through the sour.
Both are bone-dry gueuzes with identical IBUs, but they're aged and blended differently—Jacobins settles into a vinous, almost wine-like complexity, while OUDE GREGG feels snappier, more citrus-forward. Neither is aggressive; they're just pointed in different directions.
At a glance
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Beer DNA
Body
Δ 3
Sweetness
Δ 6
Situations
In words
Jacobins Gueuze
Jacobins tastes like what happens when you let a gueuze sit with itself for a while. There's this soft, almost champagne-like effervescence that carries barnyard funk without shouting about it. The sourness is integrated—not a punch but a gentle unraveling of green apple, lemon zest, and something dusty, almost mineral. It's the kind of beer that makes you pause mid-conversation.
OUDE GREGG
OUDE GREGG hits you with this immediate, clean sourness that feels West Coast through and through—crisp lemon, a flash of white wine acidity, then this subtle orange peel thing that sneaks in. The funk is there but way more polite, almost floral. It drinks lighter on the palate despite being 0.6% higher ABV, like drinking a very smart cocktail instead of a living thing.
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Similarly hopped
Within Δ 0. Neither reads as noticeably more bitter on this axis.
Bitterness 6 vs 6 · Δ 0
Bitterness
Δ 0
Texture
Δ 1
Only Jacobins Gueuze
Shared character
Only OUDE GREGG