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74%
Overall similarity
hopIQ take
Aying Pils if you want restraint and mineral dryness, Únětické Pivo 12° if you want rounded malt sweetness.
Both nail the pilsner formula, but they're coming from different regional playbooks—Bavaria favors a leaner, crisper expression, while the Czech tradition leans into that subtle bread-and-honey foundation. At 0.2% ABV apart, the difference in feel is more about philosophy than strength.
At a glance
Generated from the four anchored axes — never hand-written.
Beer DNA
Body
Δ 5
Sweetness
Δ 6
Situations
In words
Aying Pils
Aying hits you with a clean, almost austere grip—there's a grainy minerality that sits on your palate like fresh chalk and stone. The hop bitterness (38 IBU) isn't loud, but it's precise, cutting through with a herbal snap rather than citrus. Finishes dry enough that you're reaching for the next sip before the foam settles. This is pilsner as precision instrument.
Únětické Pivo 12°
Únětické Pivo 12° opens softer—you get that biscuit-malt sweetness upfront, almost like honey toast. The bitterness (35 IBU) is gentler, integrated rather than confrontational, which lets the grain character breathe. There's a fuller body that lingers pleasantly. It's pilsner with warmth, the kind that makes you slow down and actually taste it.
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Similarly carbonated
Within Δ 3. Neither reads as noticeably livelier on this axis.
Texture 75 vs 72 · Δ 3
Bitterness
Δ 4
Texture
Δ 3
Only Aying Pils
Shared character
Only Únětické Pivo 12°
No unique character notes