OOOooo!
Other Half Brewing - Center Street

 

Canned on 1/18/23; consumed on 2/13/23

Pours an opaque, dirty golden body topped with two and a half fingers of dense, fluffy, eggshell-white foam; good head retention leaves a thin layer of cap, moderate, frothy collar, and generous display of webby/spotty lacing spread across the walls of the glass.

Aromas open to tangerine zest with a swampy moss backing, soon reinvigorated with tones of lime before waves of skunky peach, grapefruit, and dank orange return a resinous, saturated weight to the bouquet.

Taste offers pink grapefruit and juicy clementine expressed into swampy, overripe white grape and a soft, bready malt underbelly, with underripe guava and boggy peach deceloping as secondary accents across the profile.

Mouthfeel brings a medium body and a rounded, fluffy, moderate carbonation; glossy resins inform an interspersed creaminess over the mid-palate as a juicy glide steadies a modest bittering lingering through the close.

Effortless composure through a slick, bright dank, highlighting creamy resins across a profile tempered by airy weight; highly palatable and agreeably expressive.

Well I guess the new release is actually called: OOOoooooo!
Look - hazy tannish yellow with a nice white head and sticky lacing
Smell - orange mango slight dankness and a little earthy
Taste - orange mango and juicy with a slight dank aftertaste
Feel - Full Body Creamy medium slightly light carb
Overall - really delicious and fantastic tropical dankness

 

 

Normally, I love the collaborations between Other Half and Cellarmaker but this one just didn't quite do it for me. Sure, it's a nice beer that didn't disappoint and was brewed well but it tasted like too much that I've had in the past as it didn't break any new ground. This was a juice bomb and if you're into that, go ahead and grab this beer. Just don't expect any new ground to be broken here!

A bit too muted to be orange juice, there were hints of it in this appearance as it looked more like melon juice because of it's dankness and slightly greenish hue. Enough head topped this off as the ring along the top of my pint glass was quite extensive and well-defined. Not much was below that as the lacing that remained was scattered and spotted. Lots of melon and cantaloupe in the nose as it was just too turbid and similar to fruit cocktail for me to rate any higher. Some oat and spelt were in the taste with some pithy tangerine and deep tropical fruit as there was a minty and deep forest tang that lingered on my teeth and palate once the liquid fully went down.

Sure, there was broccoli depicted on the can but although I never tasted it, the feel of this beer was a bit vegetal in spite of it's hops and dank fruit presence. Canned on 7/3/19 with "UMPY SPACE PRINCESS" (I'm sure I missed something in the beginning) written below it, this wasn't a bad beer as much as it never had an identity. If you like anything that either has brewed over the years, this won't let you down but the sad part is that this could have been so much more. Worth a go once to kick back to, in between heavier and more notable offerings...

L-Straight up OJ........two fingered head that is long lasting ........hazy and juicy..........thick lacing that also clings to the glass for a while

S-Faint aroma that is tropical in nature........getting some passionfruit, lime, and mango........nothing that is overly pronounced

T-Nice hop to malt balance.........fruity hops are paired nicely with some sweet syrupy malts with little bitterness but not overly sweet..........flavors include orange, mango, slight citrus finish

F- smooth, soft and creamy........this is where this beer shines......feel makes this beer extremely drinkable

O-Pleasant brew where the ABV is well hidden making this dangerously drinkable