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Overall similarity
hopIQ take
O'Hara's Irish Stout if you want restraint and drinkability,
San Servolo Nera if you want depth and weight.
Both nail the same bitterness target (35 IBU), but that 1.7% ABV difference hits different—O'Hara's feels like a session stout that won't anchor you to the bar, while San Servolo swings heavier. Neither is trying to out-roast the other; they're just operating at different scales of ambition.
At a glance
Generated from the four anchored axes — never hand-written.
Beer DNA
Body
Δ 7
Sweetness
Δ 1
Situations
In words
O'Hara's Irish Stout
O'Hara's slides down like a stout that knows its lane. Dry, almost chalky roast up front with a whisper of coffee grounds, but nothing that overstays. The 4.3% ABV means it drinks lighter than it looks—there's body here, real body, but it's the lean kind. Finish is clean and slightly mineral, like you could have three of these without your palate getting tired.
San Servolo Nera
San Servolo Nera has more architecture. You feel the alcohol warmth settling in, which gives the roasted malt something to hold onto. Darker, more cocoa-forward than O'Hara's, with a faint licorice undertone that only shows up because there's enough ABV to carry it. It's not aggressive, just present—a stout that asks you to pay attention rather than disappear into the glass.
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Similarly hopped
Within Δ 0. Neither reads as noticeably more bitter on this axis.
Bitterness 44 vs 44 · Δ 0
Bitterness
Δ 0
Texture
Δ 3
Only O'Hara's Irish Stout
Shared character
Only San Servolo Nera