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Overall similarity
hopIQ take
Floret if you want a pale ale that feels like a session beer,
Four Pines Pale Ale if you want more weight and presence.
Both sit at 35 IBUs—so bitterness isn't the differentiator here. The half-percent ABV gap sounds tiny until you're halfway through a pint and feel the difference in body and staying power. Pick based on pace and mood, not hop profile.
At a glance
Generated from the four anchored axes — never hand-written.
Beer DNA
Body
Δ 0
Sweetness
Δ 8
Bitterness
Situations
In words
Floret
Floret drinks lean and eager. There's a clean malt sweetness—almost biscuity—that moves fast across your palate without overstaying. The hops feel integrated rather than shouted; you get a dry, herbal finish that doesn't linger aggressively. At 4.5%, it's built for conversation, not contemplation.
Four Pines Pale Ale
Four Pines brings a fuller frame. The malt has more substance, a slightly bread-like richness that anchors the beer. Bitterness arrives as a neat handshake rather than a slap—clean and defined. That extra 0.3% ABV pulls the whole thing into rounder territory; it's the kind of pale ale you can sit with for twenty minutes without it flattening.
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Similarly hopped
Within Δ 0. Neither reads as noticeably more bitter on this axis.
Bitterness 44 vs 44 · Δ 0
Δ 0
Texture
Δ 7
Only Floret
Shared character
Only Four Pines Pale Ale