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Overall similarity
hopIQ take
Landgang Amerikanischer Traum if you want bright citrus punch,
Ratsherrn Küsten-IPA if you want coastal minerality and restraint.
Both clock in at nearly identical ABV and IBU, so the split comes down to hop character and malt backbone. Landgang feels like it's built for immediate impact—the kind of beer that leads with its chin. Ratsherrn plays it cooler, more measured, like it's inviting you into a conversation rather than shouting over a crowd.
At a glance
Generated from the four anchored axes — never hand-written.
Beer DNA
Body
Δ 9
Sweetness
Δ 2
Situations
In words
Landgang Amerikanischer Traum
Landgang Amerikanischer Traum hits you with forward grapefruit and tangerine notes that feel almost aggressive in the best way. There's a clean, slightly resinous finish that doesn't linger too long—it's built for session drinking but with enough personality to keep you interested. The malt is restrained enough to let the hops dominate, which is exactly what you want from a 6.2% American IPA. It's straightforward, unpretentious, and genuinely refreshing.
Ratsherrn Küsten-IPA
Ratsherrn Küsten-IPA has a subtler hop expression—more herbal, slightly peppery, with a whisper of sea salt minerality that lives up to the 'Küsten' name. The malt base is slightly more present here, giving it a touch more body and a bready warmth underneath. It drinks like a beer made for lingering over, not rushing through. The bitterness is there at 60 IBU, but it's woven in rather than front-loaded.
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Similarly hopped
Within Δ 0. Neither reads as noticeably more bitter on this axis.
Bitterness 75 vs 75 · Δ 0
Bitterness
Δ 0
Texture
Δ 2
Only Landgang Amerikanischer Traum
Shared character
Only Ratsherrn Küsten-IPA