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Overall similarity
hopIQ take
4 Pines Pacific Ale if you want restraint and drinkability,
Seven Bro7hers Session IPA if you want hop character on a light frame.
Both sit in that sweet 3.5–3.8% ABV zone where you can actually taste the beer without alcohol heat getting in the way. The IBU gap (35 vs. 40) is small enough that the real difference comes down to hop philosophy: Pacific Ale plays it smooth, Session IPA leans into the bitter.
At a glance
Generated from the four anchored axes — never hand-written.
Beer DNA
Body
Δ 3
Sweetness
Δ 10
Situations
In words
4 Pines Pacific Ale
Pacific Ale drinks like someone actually thought about what a pale ale should do at 3.5%. There's malt sweetness that sits comfortably—not cloying—with a gentle, almost herbal bitterness that arrives late and doesn't overstay. The hop character feels restrained by design, letting you taste the actual grain work. It's the kind of beer that disappears in a good conversation.
Seven Bro7hers Session IPA
This one's got more to say. You get citrus and pine cutting through immediately, with a drier finish than the Pacific Ale. The extra ABV and IBU aren't huge, but they're *felt*—there's more structure, more assertiveness. It's still crushable, but it's asking you to pay attention to what's in the glass.
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Similarly built
Within Δ 3. Neither reads as noticeably fuller on this axis.
Body 41 vs 44 · Δ 3
Bitterness
Δ 6
Texture
Δ 6
Only 4 Pines Pacific Ale
Shared character
Only Seven Bro7hers Session IPA