Mad Scientist Apricot Ale vs Sierra Andina Chicha Morada Ale: Which Should You Drink?

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Mad Scientist Apricot Ale

Mad Scientist Brewing

Hungary · Fruit Beer

hopIQ rank #616

68%

Overall similarity

side by side, across 56 flavour tags

Sierra Andina Chicha Morada Ale

Sierra Andina Brewing Company

Peru · Fruit Beer

HOPIQ TAKE

Mad Scientist Apricot Ale if you want something bright and straightforward, Sierra Andina Chicha Morada Ale if you want a beer that actually tastes like something you've never had before. Both sit at the same IBU floor—basically no bitterness to get in the way—but they're pulling from completely different playbooks. The ABV difference is negligible, so this is purely about flavor direction: familiar fruit versus adventurous complexity.

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WHEN TO CHOOSE WHICH

Pick Mad Scientist Apricot Ale when…

→You want a palate cleanser that doesn't demand attention
→Fruit beer skeptics in the group—this one won't feel gimmicky
→Summer afternoon session where drinkability matters most

Pick Sierra Andina Chicha Morada Ale when…

→You're actually curious about ingredients and flavor origins
→You want to talk about what you're drinking—it has personality
→You enjoy sour or tart elements in beer

SIDE BY SIDE

	Mad Scientist Apricot Ale	Sierra Andina Chicha Morada Ale
ABV	4.5%	4.8%
Bitterness	Mild	Mild
Colour	Golden	Amber
Style	Fruit Beer	Fruit Beer
Origin	Hungary

WHAT IT TASTES OF

7 shared · 8 distinct

Both beers

fruitycleansweetrefreshinglightmaltysmooth

Only Mad Scientist Apricot Ale

peach

STRUCTURE — HOW IT'S BUILT

Mad Scientist Apricot AleSierra Andina Chicha Morada Ale

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TASTING NOTES

Mad Scientist Apricot Ale

PeachFruityClean

The apricot hits immediately and doesn't mess around. It's like biting into a ripe stone fruit without the fuzzy skin—sweet, clean, a little peachy on the tail end. The beer underneath is nearly invisible, which is kind of the point. At 4.5%, it drinks feather-light, the kind of thing you don't think about, you just enjoy. No weird chemical aftertaste, no competing herbal notes. Just apricot.

Sierra Andina Chicha Morada Ale

FruitySpicySweet

Chicha morada is purple corn, and yeah, you taste that earthiness beneath the berry-wine character. It's more austere than you'd expect—dusty, almost mineral in places, with a slight purple-grape tartness that lingers. The 4.8% gives it marginally more body than the Mad Scientist, enough that you actually feel texture on your palate. This one makes you sit with it for a second.

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