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United States · German Pilsner · 4.8% ABV
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Overall similarity
hopIQ take
Lanikai Brewing Pillage if you want restraint and clarity,
Tipopils if you want presence and grip.
Both nail the German pilsner blueprint at nearly identical IBU, but the 0.4% ABV difference lands differently on the palate—Pillage drinks leaner and more transparent, while Tipopils carries a roundness that fills your mouth. Neither is "better"; it's about whether you're chasing elegance or substance.
At a glance
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Structurally near-identical
Structurally these two are the same beer. The difference is in the aromatics. Sweetness and bitterness match within Δ 1. Tipopils runs a touch livelier in texture (Δ 4). Tipopils brings a distinct floral note that Lanikai Brewing Pillage doesn't.
Beer DNA
Body
Δ 2
Sweetness
Δ 1
Situations
In words
Lanikai Brewing Pillage
Pillage is a wire-tight pilsner that doesn't announce itself. The noble hop bite is there but refined, almost whispered—you get that classic spicy-floral thing without aggression. There's a minerality underneath that keeps things dry and snappy, and it finishes clean enough that you immediately want another sip. For a 4.8% beer, it punches above its weight in definition.
Tipopils
Tipopils has meat on its bones. The extra half percent ABV isn't huge numerically, but you taste it—there's a slightly honeyed undertone and a fuller mouthfeel that gives the hops more to work with. The bitterness is the same 38 IBU as Pillage, but it feels integrated rather than surgical. This is a pilsner that sits with you, not one that passes through.
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Δ 4
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