Oat Junkie
Other Half Brewing - Center Street

 

 

 

 

 

On tap at Stag's Head in Manhattan.

Appearance: semitranslucent yellow, big frothy head with great retention. Covers the glass with lacing.

Smell: Absent. Doesn't smell bad. Maybe a distant memory of hops.

Taste: But the taste! Delicious. Citrusy with some New Zealand-y guava/earthy hops (it's those awesome new German hops, Hallertau Blanc). Very light and refreshing with a solid, satisfying hop kick. Great combination of flavors, just urges you to take another sip.

Mouthfeel: Light bodied. High side of moderate carbonation. Creamy while still being crisp and refreshing. Touch of dryness at the end. Low hop bitterness.

Overall: This is an excellent beer for a hot night like this. Honestly I drank it about twice as fast as I do most beers; too good, too quenching. Could drink a heat wave night into oblivion with beer like this.

 

 

 

 

Had this one on tap at the Other Half tap room. This one was only okay. Easy to drink, nice taste to it. I found this one to a bit too thin. Enjoyable beer, but not on par with OH's better stuff.

 

 

A: Light gold to straw in color. Sparse, soapy head and spotty lacing.

S: Passionfruit, grape, lemon wheatgrass, pineapple. Earth funk with pine resin. Ebbs and flows between sharp and sweet.

M: Lush and smooth with moderately high astringency.

T: Grapefruit, acetic grape, balsamic. Lychee, lime zest, resin. Quite bready.

On tap at Other Half Brewing Company in Brooklyn, NY. Collaboration with Tired Hands here.

This one pours a fairly hazy dark yellowish-orange, with a small head, and lots of foamy and soapy lacing.

This one smells like honey, juicy hops, and sweet malt.

This one ran a little bit too sweet for me, but was still very tasty anyway. There's a definite honey character to it, with sweet malt as well, with a nice juicy hop character. There's some very minimal resin at the back end, but not enough to balance the sweet honey and malt up front.

Though I found it a little too sweet, the mouthfeel was definitely on point. Had a nice creamy character to it, syrupy in a slight but good way, with a lower level of carbonation.

This was a nice little IPA, but I wish it was a tiny bit more dry.

 

 

 

Pours a hazy dark yellow orange color with a little white head. There is some soapy lacing. The odor for me is tropical fruits, passion fruit, lemon, grapefruit, orange, grapes, slightly floral, honey, slightly pine, slight resin notes. The taste for me is floral, honey, lemon zest, slightly orange, grapefruit, bread like, pine, resin, woods, dry on backend, bitter throughout.