Ta-Dow
Other Half Brewing - Center Street

 

 

 

 

Poured from a can (believe 5/6 but hard to read) into a stemless glass

L: very hazy darker orange. Massive, thick white head with accompanying lacing that sticks around. Update: halfway down my glass and lacing still there, pretty impressive - upping to 4.5

S: get mostly citrus at first (orange, grapefruit) followed by some nice berry notes. A danker tropical fruit backbone, delivering mango/papaya, but in the background. Some abv to it, appropriate. Great aroma overall, could use some more depth

T: creamier than I expected based on the nose, led by those berry and citrus notes. Some nice piney bitterness, especially toward the back. Medium finish, avoids being sweet. Very good

F: fairly smooth, but not as rounded/pillowy as other OH beers. Actually prefer it as a change of pace. Medium carbonation, slightly drying

O: delicious (and crushable) DIPA . Great aroma and flavor, but nose lacks some depth and the taste doesn't deliver anything new (vs. the high bar of OH IPAs). Very good beer, fits in the general OH lineup well

 

 

L - pours a glowing orange ball of haze and murk. Warm like an evening sunset or campfire embers. Sticky, syrupy-looking head that leaves little specks of lacing behind.

S - huge burst of berries. Blueberry soda, raspberry tartness, and blackberry sweetness. Dank hop oils and overripe mangos. Apples and a hint of white wine, probably from the ABV.

T - fruit preserves and ripe, sticky orange candy. Reminds me a bit of that fruit leather stuff. Mixed berries, apple cores, and orange caramel syrup. Sweet, but features some robust numbing bitterness on the finish. Perhaps a hint of oxidation to round it out.

F - certainly feels like a 9%+ beer. Low carbonation and syrupy feel. Silky with heft.

O - it's a boilerplate big DIPA. Lacks any big juicy NEIPA flavors and tends more toward the pungent candied varietal, which is not a bad thing of course. Similar to their Nuggets.

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a murky dark yellow with orange hues, a three quarter inch fluffy white head that left spotty lacing. Smells of citrus and tropical fruits. Tastes of orange, orange peel, tangerine, mango, peach, melon and a bit of pine. On the full side of medium bodied, light carbonation, creamy and plush mouth feel, very mild bitterness and a ever so slightly dry finish.