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Overall similarity
hopIQ take
Coolship No.1 if you want pure spontaneous fermentation funk,
Petrus Aged Pale if you want structured complexity with oak age.
Both are sours, but Coolship is wild and unpredictable—it's what the brewery's coolship caught that day. Petrus has been aging in wood long enough to develop a burgundy-like depth, making it the more meditative pour.
At a glance
Generated from the four anchored axes — never hand-written.
Beer DNA
Body
Δ 9
Sweetness
Δ 12
Situations
In words
Coolship No.1
Coolship No.1 hits you with this bright, almost prickly acidity right away—the kind that makes your mouth water before the flavor even lands. There's a subtle funkiness underneath, not aggressive, more like white flowers and old stone. It's dry as a bone with almost zero bitterness, so it feels impossibly light for 6.8%. This is what happens when you let the air and wild yeast do the work.
Petrus Aged Pale
Petrus Aged Pale is thicker, more deliberate. You get dried apricot, wood tannins, and this vinous quality that sneaks up on you—it's had time to develop character. The sourness is softer, more integrated with age, and there's a slight oxidative note that keeps it interesting. It's the kind of beer that tastes like patience in a glass.
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Similarly carbonated
Within Δ 2. Neither reads as noticeably livelier on this axis.
Texture 78 vs 80 · Δ 2
Bitterness
Δ 6
Texture
Δ 2
Only Coolship No.1
Shared character
Only Petrus Aged Pale