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United States · Flanders Red Ale · 7% ABV
50%
Overall similarity
hopIQ take
New Belgium La Folie if you want funky, sour complexity;
Opperbacco Montepulciano IGA if you want wine-forward fruit.
Both sit at 7% ABV with identical IBUs, but they're chasing entirely different moods. La Folie is a Belgian tradition hitting oak and time; Montepulciano IGA is a wine geek's crossover play. Neither dominates—it's about what your palate needs right now.
At a glance
Generated from the four anchored axes — never hand-written.
Beer DNA
Body
Δ 22
Sweetness
Δ 30
Situations
In words
New Belgium La Folie
La Folie hits you with vinegary snap and cherry depth that builds slowly. There's a leather-and-wood dryness underneath, like drinking something that's been thinking about itself for years. The sourness isn't aggressive; it's patient, almost contemplative. By the finish, you're tasting red wine tannins and a subtle farmhouse funk that makes you want another sip to figure out what just happened.
Opperbacco Montepulciano IGA
Montepulciano IGA tastes like someone cracked open a wine bottle and said "let's brew this." Plum and dark cherry lead, followed by this winey earthiness that feels more Tuscany than brewery. It's smooth for a 7% beer—no sharp edges, just wine tannins and a subtle herbal grip. The finish is dry and slightly bitter in a grape-skin way, not a hoppy way.
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Similarly hopped
Within Δ 0. Neither reads as noticeably more bitter on this axis.
Bitterness 19 vs 19 · Δ 0
Bitterness
Δ 0
Texture
Δ 7
Only New Belgium La Folie
Shared character
Only Opperbacco Montepulciano IGA