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Southern Passion + J-17
Other Half Brewing Company
- From:
- Other Half Brewing Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 94
- Avg:
- 4.31 | pDev: 6.5%
- Reviews:
- 13
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 26, 2017
- Added:
- Sep 06, 2016
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 8
We had to import these hops ourselves but it was worth it. Southern Passion/J-17 is an exploration of two relatively unknown new South African hops. The Southern Passion hop has some subtle passion fruit and lemon/grapefruit character along with some floral notes. The J-17 hop adds some gooseberry, berry, and some slight spice.
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Ratings by agreenman19:
Reviewed by agreenman19 from Connecticut
4.56/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.56/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
L - youthful, bright pineapple juice. Shines like the sun. Golden straw glowing ball of radioactivity.
S - extremely pungent and penetrating. Can smell this one from across the room. Unique... getting hints of lemony farmyard funk, but with a much more robust body than your typical saison. Some bright peach and satsuma. Lots of spice and unripe wild berries. You know, the grassy kind your mom told you not to eat because they'd make you sick but you ate em' anyway.
T - again, brightness through and through. Soft and subtle flavors of passionfruit and grassy pineapple. Strange and different flavors. Feels like a lot of your typical juicy IPA fruits, but not quite ripe, or so freshly picked from the ground that you can still taste the dirt and grass. Fruit grows in the ground, right? Let's pretend it does for the sake of this review. I can't really put my finger on the flavor, but the description is all about gooseberries, so maybe that's it? I should go out and buy some to confirm. Lemon lime citrus and a pronounced bitterness when all is said and done. Finishes semi-dry with a beautiful sweetness. Not sugary at all, but not tart. Light and subtle enough that you find the glass right back up to your lips to try some more to figure out just what the hell this flavor is!
F - big and luxurious, as to be expected from OH DIPAs. Tumbling about my mouth, it's lazily flopping around, getting hung up on itself as it makes no attempt to get out of its own way. My spirit beer
Sep 27, 2016S - extremely pungent and penetrating. Can smell this one from across the room. Unique... getting hints of lemony farmyard funk, but with a much more robust body than your typical saison. Some bright peach and satsuma. Lots of spice and unripe wild berries. You know, the grassy kind your mom told you not to eat because they'd make you sick but you ate em' anyway.
T - again, brightness through and through. Soft and subtle flavors of passionfruit and grassy pineapple. Strange and different flavors. Feels like a lot of your typical juicy IPA fruits, but not quite ripe, or so freshly picked from the ground that you can still taste the dirt and grass. Fruit grows in the ground, right? Let's pretend it does for the sake of this review. I can't really put my finger on the flavor, but the description is all about gooseberries, so maybe that's it? I should go out and buy some to confirm. Lemon lime citrus and a pronounced bitterness when all is said and done. Finishes semi-dry with a beautiful sweetness. Not sugary at all, but not tart. Light and subtle enough that you find the glass right back up to your lips to try some more to figure out just what the hell this flavor is!
F - big and luxurious, as to be expected from OH DIPAs. Tumbling about my mouth, it's lazily flopping around, getting hung up on itself as it makes no attempt to get out of its own way. My spirit beer
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Reviewed by JerzDevl2000 from New Jersey
4.35/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Picked this up when it was released last month, as the date on the bottom of the can was 9/9 with "Arlo has landed" written on top of it. I liked how this had hops from South Africa as it didn't smell, taste, or feel like most of their other IPA's. This was quite smooth and reminiscent of the beers that I love from SingleCut, though this wasn't as dank or as strong.
Nice pour to this as the appearance was a murky orange that looked like juice. Lots of southern hops, mango, and papaya in the nose. The taste is where this shone as the juice from the gooseberry and blueberry came through nicely. Without a doubt one of the softest beers that I've had in a long time, this was incredibly smooth and went down easily. Slick and juicy, with a minimal hop presence, the carbonation was light and the body was moderate but not terribly noticeable as the aftertaste was that of mild tangerine.
There was enough booze in here but it wasn't too much to handle as there was just a hint of warming once I finished this off. Didn't feel the spice here but it was probably hidden under the flavors as it felt more like a light lemon zest. Fun stuff that served as proof that more beers need a profile like this, as this was so easy and fun to savor!
Oct 19, 2016Nice pour to this as the appearance was a murky orange that looked like juice. Lots of southern hops, mango, and papaya in the nose. The taste is where this shone as the juice from the gooseberry and blueberry came through nicely. Without a doubt one of the softest beers that I've had in a long time, this was incredibly smooth and went down easily. Slick and juicy, with a minimal hop presence, the carbonation was light and the body was moderate but not terribly noticeable as the aftertaste was that of mild tangerine.
There was enough booze in here but it wasn't too much to handle as there was just a hint of warming once I finished this off. Didn't feel the spice here but it was probably hidden under the flavors as it felt more like a light lemon zest. Fun stuff that served as proof that more beers need a profile like this, as this was so easy and fun to savor!
Southern Passion + J-17 from Other Half Brewing Company
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
52 ratings
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