HOPIQ FACEOFF
86%
Overall similarity
hopIQ take
Protokoll Märzenbier if you want restraint and drinkability,
Ratsherrn Märzen if you want presence and weight.
Both nail the Märzen brief—that malty, bread-crust foundation—but Protokoll sits lighter on the palate despite matching IBUs. The half-point ABV difference is subtle until your third glass, when Ratsherrn's warmth becomes noticeable and Protokoll stays refreshingly neutral.
At a glance
Generated from the four anchored axes — never hand-written.
Beer DNA
Body
Δ 1
Sweetness
Δ 7
Situations
In words
Protokoll Märzenbier
Protokoll tastes like someone made a Märzen and then gently edited it down. There's genuine malt sweetness—biscuit, light caramel—but it doesn't linger or build. The finish is clean, almost austere. This is a beer that lets you taste food, lets conversation happen, doesn't demand attention. It's confident in its simplicity.
Ratsherrn Märzen
Ratsherrn shows more kitchen depth. You get caramel, toasted grain, a whisper of spice that doesn't come from hops. It sits rounder in your mouth, finishes with a slight grainy dryness that pulls you back for another sip. It's the kind of beer that tastes better on a cool evening than at noon.
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Similarly carbonated
Within Δ 0. Neither reads as noticeably livelier on this axis.
Texture 75 vs 75 · Δ 0
Bitterness
Δ 0
Texture
Δ 0
Only Protokoll Märzenbier
Shared character
Only Ratsherrn Märzen