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United States · Flanders Red Ale · 7% ABV
53%
Overall similarity
hopIQ take
New Belgium La Folie if you want vinegary complexity and a tart punch,
Petrus Aged Pale if you want subtle funk and restrained sourness.
La Folie hits you upfront with red-wine acidity and oak character—it's the assertive choice. Petrus is quieter, letting age and wild yeast do quiet work in the background. Both clock in at 7% ABV, but they're exploring totally different corners of sour beer.
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 cracks you across the face with immediate cherry tartness and a vinegar snap that's almost aggressive. There's a woody, slightly astringent finish that lingers—you're tasting oak and time in every sip. It's lean and puckering, the kind of beer that makes your jaw tighten in the best way. If you've had real Flanders reds from Belgium, this gets genuinely close.
Petrus Aged Pale
Petrus is a gentle beer pretending to be nothing special. The sourness creeps in sideways—almost musty at first, then you catch dried fruit and a faint hay-like earthiness. It's got age on it, but it wears that age like a comfortable sweater, not a badge. The finish is dry and slightly dusty, like old paper and forgotten attic discoveries.
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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