We decode every beer into a flavour DNA.One method, 7,967 different results.
Taste, turned into something a machine can compare
Four steps between a beer you loved and the next one you will.
We taste-map every beer
Hop character, malt, fruit, spice, roast, yeast — graded by intensity, not ticked off a list.
Rare notes carry more weight
Two beers sharing coriander tells you far more than two sharing hoppy. Distinctive flavours count.
Matching across 7,967 beers
Every beer becomes a profile the system can compare directly — flavour first, then style and specs.
Every rating makes it sharper
Each good-match vote, each star teaches the model something — for you and everyone after you.
Your beer taste has a DNA.
Let’s decode it.
Yes, we’re holding up a mirror. And yes, there’s a fancy onboarding.
Discover what you really like, where your blind spots are — and what to explore next. Your Beer DNA evolves with every beer, rating and discovery, powering your matches, recommendations and everything hopIQ does for you.
Discover your Beer DNA
It’s the thing that makes everything else on hopIQ personal.
Turns out, you have a type. See the flavours, styles and characteristics that define your taste — all in one evolving profile.
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Know before you buy
Will you actually like it? Now you know before the first sip.
Your personal match on every beer, with the reasons behind it. Soon also straight from a label, menu or shelf.
✓ Dark fruit — a top note of yours
→ A touch sweeter than usual
Recommendations that know you
Three kinds of pick, depending on what you need.
Not „people who liked this also liked…". Picks from your evolving taste.
Find yourself in the beer universe
7,967 beers, mapped by taste — and you’re on it.
See what sits close to your taste, what’s far — and where to go next.
And wherever you go, your personal beer sommelier comes with you. Ask why a beer fits you, what to try next or what to pick from a menu — it already knows your taste.
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Real moments. Real matches.
Every one of these started with a beer somebody couldn't get at home.
Had Augustiner Helles on a bench in the English Garden in Munich. Clean, soft, unlike anything back home. hopIQ found me three alternatives I can order in Portland. One became my go-to.
Tried Fiddlehead IPA at a tiny bar in Vermont. Obsessed. Back in Berlin it sold nowhere. hopIQ found me two IPAs with the same tropical character — same-day delivery. One is now my weekly.
Found Hitachino Nest White Ale at a tiny bar in Kyoto. As a Belgian I thought I knew wheat beers — this one caught me off guard. hopIQ matched it to a witbier I now buy every week.
hopIQ matches beers by flavour profile, style family and sensory specs. Whether you drink a crisp German pilsner, a rich Belgian tripel or a hoppy West Coast IPA — hopIQ finds the closest alternatives from 7,967 beers across 1,210 breweries in Germany, Belgium, the UK, Czechia, the US and beyond. Every match shows exactly why it fits: the shared notes, where the two differ, and the full score breakdown.