Mystic Greens
Other Half Brewing - Center Street

Cloudy orange. Big, white head. Tropical fruits and malt in the aroma. Sweet start is followed by moderate hoppy bitterness. Very light notes of alcohol.

 

 

 

Pours orange typical of Other Half. Tastes of citrus and candied fruit with some vanilla and dankness all combined into one brew. Smooth mouthfeel with ample ABV.

 

From a 16oz can, dated 7/17/20. Drink now. OK, you don’t need to tell me twice. Served in a willi becher.

Pours totally opaque, dull chalky-orange with a two-plus finger head of off-white, lathery fluff. Retention is excellent, settling to a half-finger of lumpy, foam insulation-like cap with sparse rings of lacing.

Aroma is rather faint which might be just as well since what I’m getting is reminiscent of dirty subway platform, sort of damp and unspeakable.

Taste, however, is a great deal more pleasant. Dank, boozy, but I guess no more so than you’d expect at 10%. Orange creamsicle, clover, midori liqueur, simple syrup and grain alcohol. Truthfully, a bit muddled but by no means undrinkable.

Feel is slippery-smooth and syrupy, medium-hefty bodied with gentle, fizzy carbonation.

Overall, well, I don’t really much like IPA’s where the abv goes much above 8.5% so you’d think I’d be smart enough not to drink them or, failing that, have the forebearance not to review and rate them. But anyway...

 

 

L - pours a muddy orange swampiness. Thick, impenetrable haze for dayz. Compacted head with tons of microbubbles and sticky, oozing lacing.

S - candied orange syrup and weed-infused clementine marmalade. Lime zest and liquified hops.

T - evolves from the nose to improve on the dankness with softening vanilla and marshmallow. Peach, bubblegum, and fruity liqueur. A touch vegetal as the hop saturation starts melting through this cloying curtain, ushering in mild booziness. Finish is relatively neutral.. a little hot, a little dry.

F - jam enough hops together and you've got a stew going, baby. Creamy and viscous. Supple velvet.

O - another booze-laden TIPA from OH. Oh boy. Sticky and saturated, this one hits all the dank notes, but balances with sweet and sugary syrupy fruitiness. It's a little over the top in its heaviness, but I think that's the point?