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United States · Fruit Beer · 5.1% ABV
49%
Overall similarity
hopIQ take
New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red if you want bright, crushable fruit clarity,
Rodenbach Grand Cru if you want funk and complexity to chew on.
The Wisconsin Red is what happens when a brewery respects restraint—it's a fruit beer that doesn't scream at you. Rodenbach, meanwhile, is a living thing: vinous, funky, with layers that shift as it warms. Both are red ales, but they're playing completely different games.
At a glance
Generated from the four anchored axes — never hand-written.
Beer DNA
Body
Δ 3
Sweetness
Δ 36
Situations
In words
New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red
This hits you first as surprisingly delicate—cherry and raspberry without the candy shop vibe. There's a dry, almost tea-like finish that keeps it from feeling indulgent, and the 5.1% ABV means you can actually taste the subtlety instead of alcohol heat masking it. It's the kind of beer that makes you realize a fruit beer can be sophisticated. Finish is clean, almost Burgundy-like in how the fruit lingers without sticking.
Rodenbach Grand Cru
Rodenbach announces itself immediately: there's brett, there's age, there's vinegar complexity that's somehow not vinegary. You get cherry, yes, but also leather, oak dust, and a tannic dryness that reminds you this spent time in wood. It's funky without being sour-forward, and every sip reveals something different. The 6% sits heavier, warmer on the tongue.
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Both are
Similarly built
Within Δ 3. Neither reads as noticeably fuller on this axis.
Body 49 vs 46 · Δ 3
Bitterness
Δ 6
Texture
Δ 4
Only New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red
Shared character
Only Rodenbach Grand Cru