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Overall similarity
hopIQ take
BRLO Happy Pils if you want a nimble, dry pilsner that disappears fast,
Störtebeker Übersee-Pils if you want something with more backbone and grip.
Both sit at the same IBU level (38), but the 0.3% ABV bump in the Störtebeker actually matters here—it fills out the middle of the beer where BRLO stays lean. Think of BRLO as the weeknight workhorse, Störtebeker as the one you linger with.
At a glance
Generated from the four anchored axes — never hand-written.
Beer DNA
Body
Δ 5
Sweetness
Δ 1
Situations
In words
BRLO Happy Pils
BRLO Happy Pils hits you with immediate crispness—almost effervescent, like someone opened a pilsner and forgot to let it breathe. The noble hops are there but restrained, giving you just enough herbaceous whisper before a clean, slightly grainy finish that doesn't overstay. It's refreshing to the point of being forgettable, which isn't a knock—sometimes that's exactly what a 4.9% pilsner should do.
Störtebeker Übersee-Pils
Störtebeker Übersee-Pils has more presence on the tongue. There's a malty sweetness underneath that the BRLO doesn't telegraph, and it gives the beer a rounder mouthfeel despite identical bitterness. The hop character is more spiced than herbal—think white pepper and a touch of stone fruit. It lingers longer, which means you're actually tasting something at the end of the sip rather than just the memory of one.
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Similarly hopped
Within Δ 0. Neither reads as noticeably more bitter on this axis.
Bitterness 48 vs 48 · Δ 0
Bitterness
Δ 0
Texture
Δ 6
Only BRLO Happy Pils
Shared character
Only Störtebeker Übersee-Pils