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United States · Flanders Red Ale · 7% ABV
53%
Overall similarity
hopIQ take
New Belgium La Folie if you want bright funk and vinous complexity,
Petrus Aged Pale if you want soft, honeyed smoothness.
La Folie hits you with deliberate acidity—it's a Flanders red doing what Flanders reds do best. Petrus is gentler, almost creeping up on you with age and fruit without the sharp edge. Same ABV, wildly different moods.
At a glance
Generated from the four anchored axes — never hand-written.
Beer DNA
Body
Δ 5
Sweetness
Δ 5
Situations
In words
New Belgium La Folie
La Folie tastes like someone aged wine in beer and didn't apologize for it. There's this sharp, pleasantly sour cherry thing happening, backed by oak and a faint horse-blanket funk that shouldn't work but does. The finish lingers dry and slightly tannic—it's not a sipper you forget about halfway through the glass.
Petrus Aged Pale
Petrus feels older than it is, in a good way. Apricot and honey show up first, followed by this subtle brett character that's more whisper than shout. It's got weight without heaviness, and that low IBU means nothing's fighting back—just smooth complexity rolling across your palate.
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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 6
Texture
Δ 0
Only New Belgium La Folie
Shared character
Only Petrus Aged Pale