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Stacks On Stacks
Other Half Brewing Company
- From:
- Other Half Brewing Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #190 - ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 95
Ranked #1,419 - Avg:
- 4.3 | pDev: 5.81%
- Reviews:
- 42
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 30, 2024
- Added:
- Feb 10, 2016
- Wants:
- 23
- Gots:
- 39
Imperial IPA brewed with Citra, Mosaic and El Dorado hops.
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Ratings by ConradKenney:
Rated by ConradKenney from Maryland
4.25/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Aug 23, 2016
4.25/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Aug 23, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by DaveMaciolek21 from New Jersey
4.85/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.85/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
OH, yeah! Another classic festival for the senses from Other Half. Pale cloudy gold pour, fluffy head that will coat the glass as you drain it. Fruity nose with just an incredible volley of flavors that evolve to a gently resinous finish. There's a lot here--citrus, tropical fruit, apricot, lychee with a tantalizing touch of dank. Brilliant.
Nov 28, 2023Reviewed by edthehead from Maryland
4.5/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Hazy dense pale yellow appearance with a moist pungent fruity white head. Pineapple, apricot, mandarin orange, hop oil. Dense, mildly dank, fruity, thick, creamy, outstanding.
Nov 12, 2023Reviewed by Edgewise
4.63/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.63/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
It's getting so hard to rate Other Half beers, because I think at this point they are just zeroing-in on perfection. Small incremental improvements, at this point. Other Half makes the best IPAs in the business. Just mellow natural flavors that could seduce the most die-hard Coors Light fan.
My previous Other Half favorite was Double Citra Daydream. A substantial step forward! Stacks on Stacks is...very similar. Maybe a little danker? On that ground, I might like it a little more. I am glad to have a more hop-forward flavor that dodges the trap of hardcore IPA bitterness. If we can get more vegetal and more citrusy without being substantially more bitter, I'm 100% on board.
I had a few Heady Toppers a couple days before this. Overrated as hell. Put those head-to-head with these, and it's no contest. Go back to Vermont, The Alchemist! You can't attain this kind of subtlety, and you leave a bitter flavor in my mouth.
Oct 03, 2023My previous Other Half favorite was Double Citra Daydream. A substantial step forward! Stacks on Stacks is...very similar. Maybe a little danker? On that ground, I might like it a little more. I am glad to have a more hop-forward flavor that dodges the trap of hardcore IPA bitterness. If we can get more vegetal and more citrusy without being substantially more bitter, I'm 100% on board.
I had a few Heady Toppers a couple days before this. Overrated as hell. Put those head-to-head with these, and it's no contest. Go back to Vermont, The Alchemist! You can't attain this kind of subtlety, and you leave a bitter flavor in my mouth.
Reviewed by TreyIsWilson from Michigan
4.43/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
A - Pours a hazy orange with a two finger creamy white head. Heavy amount of soapy lacing.
S - Aroma is pineapple, apricot and dank hops.
T - The taste is apricot, pineapple, grapefruit, key lime and lingering resinous hop bite.
M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with a soft crisp finish.
O - Really nice.
Jun 23, 2023S - Aroma is pineapple, apricot and dank hops.
T - The taste is apricot, pineapple, grapefruit, key lime and lingering resinous hop bite.
M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with a soft crisp finish.
O - Really nice.
Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
4.27/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Look - really fantastic hazy mostly yellow slight tan with a frothy white sticky head and lacing
Smell - grapefruit, apricot, pineapple scents
Taste - basically the same as the smell but more of the grapefruit than the others. fairly sweet slight bite
Feel - medium full body with a slight fizz medlium light carb
Overall - pretty nice NE
Jun 12, 2023Smell - grapefruit, apricot, pineapple scents
Taste - basically the same as the smell but more of the grapefruit than the others. fairly sweet slight bite
Feel - medium full body with a slight fizz medlium light carb
Overall - pretty nice NE
Rated by pathman from Ohio
4.5/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
05/17/23 can @ home
May 18, 2023Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
4.42/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Mostly opaque pale maize with a fluffy white head that settles to a creamy collar leaving nice curtains on the glass.
This literally tastes like someone rubbed the rim with pineapple and mango. While at times I detect qualities of Spree, at other times it's faint hints of pine.
It also seems more sweet than I'd expect for the most part, but still very dry. That hops are creating this flavor profile all on their own is something that I find to be even more consequential here than in other examples of the style.
The medium-light body has an almost crackly froth that comes to a fairly chewy dry finish.
Oct 24, 2022This literally tastes like someone rubbed the rim with pineapple and mango. While at times I detect qualities of Spree, at other times it's faint hints of pine.
It also seems more sweet than I'd expect for the most part, but still very dry. That hops are creating this flavor profile all on their own is something that I find to be even more consequential here than in other examples of the style.
The medium-light body has an almost crackly froth that comes to a fairly chewy dry finish.
Rated by BillRoth from Maryland
4.43/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Cans from OH DC.
Creamy, juicy and apricot. Touch of dank.
Great brew!
May 23, 2022Creamy, juicy and apricot. Touch of dank.
Great brew!
Rated by Captain69 from Illinois
3.94/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
a lot of hop flavor in every sip every enjoyable
Apr 22, 2022Reviewed by Pivopijak from Washington
3.72/5 rDev -13.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.72/5 rDev -13.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
draught
Bright, very pale, golden yellow look. Pronounced grapefruit peel and a good amount of light malt aroma. Semi-thin bodied, with a not too bitey Citra (grapefruit peel) hop flavor with some medium light toasted malt, in support.
Nov 08, 2021Bright, very pale, golden yellow look. Pronounced grapefruit peel and a good amount of light malt aroma. Semi-thin bodied, with a not too bitey Citra (grapefruit peel) hop flavor with some medium light toasted malt, in support.
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Beer rating:
95 out of
100 with
243 ratings
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