HOPIQ FACEOFF
72%
Overall similarity
hopIQ take
Burning Soul Stout if you want roasted depth and structure,
Surly Bender if you want approachable smoothness.
Both sit in that comfortable 5% ABV zone, but Burning Soul swings darker with 6 more IBUs of bite and a genuine stout backbone. Surly leans into its oatmeal character as a gentler entry point—less intimidating, more sessionable. Pick based on whether you're craving something that demands attention or something that slides down easy.
At a glance
Generated from the four anchored axes — never hand-written.
Beer DNA
Body
Δ 17
Sweetness
Δ 0
Bitterness
Situations
In words
Burning Soul Stout
Burning Soul hits you with real cocoa and dark grain presence right away. The oatmeal doesn't soften things much—it just adds a subtle silkiness underneath the roasted notes. That 30 IBU threshold is noticeable; you taste the hops in the finish, a drying bitterness that keeps you coming back for another sip rather than coating your mouth.
Surly Bender
Surly Bender is the beer equivalent of putting your feet up. The oatmeal is the star here—creamy, almost cereal-like sweetness that makes this feel less like a stout and more like a comfort beer. It's gentle on bitterness, which means the malt character just sprawls across your palate without any sharp edges.
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Similarly balanced
Within Δ 0. Neither reads as noticeably sweeter on this axis.
Sweetness 46 vs 46 · Δ 0
Δ 8
Texture
Δ 5
Only Burning Soul Stout
Shared character
Only Surly Bender