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Overall similarity
hopIQ take
Reissdorf Kölsch if you want to taste what a perfect style benchmark tastes like,
Revolution Cross of Gold if you want something with more grip and presence.
Both are light enough for a session, but they're playing different games. Reissdorf is like the Platonic ideal of Kölsch—clean, precise, almost austere. Revolution trades some of that purity for a rounder malt body that actually sits on your palate.
At a glance
Generated from the four anchored axes — never hand-written.
Beer DNA
Body
Δ 7
Sweetness
Δ 0
Bitterness
Situations
In words
Reissdorf Kölsch
Reissdorf hits you with this almost mineral-like clarity—no residual sweetness, no fuzzy edges. It's got a delicate white wine note underneath the grain, and the finish is bone-dry with just a whisper of noble hop spice. This is what happens when a brewery has been doing one thing perfectly for over a century. It's not exciting; it's unsettling how right it is.
Revolution Cross of Gold
Revolution Cross of Gold has this golden honey sweetness that actually registers on your tongue, not just in your nose. There's a subtle bready richness underneath—almost brioche-like—that makes it feel more substantial than its ABV suggests. The hops are barely there (20 IBU), so they just ghost through as a faint herbal cool-down at the end. It's a beer that wants to be your friend.
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Similarly balanced
Within Δ 0. Neither reads as noticeably sweeter on this axis.
Sweetness 38 vs 38 · Δ 0
Δ 3
Texture
Δ 9
Only Reissdorf Kölsch
Shared character
Only Revolution Cross of Gold