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Overall similarity
hopIQ take
Fat Cat Bitter if you want to ease into the session light and dry,
Randalls Patois if you want a bit more weight and complexity.
Both clock in at nearly identical IBU counts (30), so bitterness isn't the differentiator—it's the malt foundation. At 3.8% versus 4.2%, that half-percent gap might seem negligible, but it shifts the whole feel. Fat Cat reads like a proper session bitter, the kind you'd nurse for hours. Randalls has just enough body to suggest substance without ever feeling heavy.
At a glance
Generated from the four anchored axes — never hand-written.
Beer DNA
Body
Δ 8
Sweetness
Δ 4
Situations
In words
Fat Cat Bitter
Fat Cat Bitter is lean and honest—crusty bread crust, a whisper of caramel, and a clean mineral finish that doesn't linger or demand attention. There's a biscuity warmth underneath, but it never blooms into richness. The bitterness sits at the back of your throat in a polite, herbaceous way. You'll forget you're drinking it, which is exactly the point.
Randalls Patois
Randalls Patois carries more presence. You get a toastier grain profile, some subtle fruit notes (dried apricot maybe), and a slightly fuller mouthfeel that makes each sip feel deliberate. The bitterness is the same mathematically, but it feels smoother here because there's more malt cushioning it. It's a bitter that actually tastes like something, rather than a vehicle for refreshment.
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Similarly hopped
Within Δ 0. Neither reads as noticeably more bitter on this axis.
Bitterness 38 vs 38 · Δ 0
Bitterness
Δ 0
Texture
Δ 3
Only Fat Cat Bitter
Shared character
Only Randalls Patois