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Overall similarity
hopIQ take
Edinburgh Gold if you want a beer with real presence and weight,
Yorkshire Terrier if you want something lighter and more delicate.
Both sit in that golden ale sweet spot, but the 0.6% ABV difference matters more than you'd think—Edinburgh Gold finishes with a subtle alcohol warmth that lingers, while Yorkshire Terrier disappears cleanly off your palate. Same IBU count means neither will blindside you with bitterness; the difference is texture, not aggression.
At a glance
Generated from the four anchored axes — never hand-written.
Beer DNA
Body
Δ 1
Sweetness
Δ 1
Situations
In words
Edinburgh Gold
Edinburgh Gold has this honeyed richness that creeps up on you mid-sip. It's not sweet—Stewart Brewing knows better—but there's genuine malt body underneath, almost a faint caramel note that sits on your tongue. The finish is where it earns that extra 0.6% ABV; there's a subtle warmth that makes you feel like you're actually drinking something, not just going through the motions.
Yorkshire Terrier
Yorkshire Terrier goes the other direction—it's bright and immediate, almost effervescent in how quickly it presents itself. The malt is cleaner, crisper, with barely any residual sweetness. It drinks almost like a pilsner's friendlier cousin, designed to refresh rather than impress, and it does that job without apology.
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Similarly hopped
Within Δ 0. Neither reads as noticeably more bitter on this axis.
Bitterness 25 vs 25 · Δ 0
Bitterness
Δ 0
Texture
Δ 6
Only Edinburgh Gold
Shared character
Only Yorkshire Terrier