CananDANKua
Other Half Brewing - Center Street

Hazy golden color. Huge white head. Tropical fruits and malt in the aroma. Not much of those DANK notes. Moderate sweet taste with a gentle hoppy bite. Not bad.

 

 

Aroma first is a splash of tropical, grapefruit peel, hint of pungent floral. Pours handsome glug glug with a great merengue head that worked down to a sudsy rinse on the glass.; opaque golden haze. Tastes of pineapple, dank grapefruit. Drying finish which seems to be the OH signature. Nice mouth feel with some smacky smacky. Very good!

 

 

 

 

Serving: Can
Canned: Jul-25-2023
Consumed: Aug-11-2023

Dirty orange juice with a nice wee little head. Sticky lacing. What an aroma! Stanky, resinous but not piney, underlying oily citrus. The flavor is a bit of a let down when compared to the nose but is still very enjoyable. Sticky bitterness, green grassy vegetal hoppiness, not much else. More two-dimensional than the awesome depth of the nose. It is a bitter, dry beer for a hazy IIPA, not too awful juicy. I once saw a video of some dudes in a mountain camp in Colombia making cocaine and part of the process was shoving a weed-eater into a barrel full of leaves with gas or some sort of solvent. The aroma here (and possibly even the taste) immediately brought that to mind somehow. Sweaty, greasy, vegetal, exhaust fumy, tropical, stank. Topped off with a twist of orange to brighten things up a bit.

While we're on the subject of illicit descriptions, a linguistic observation because language is awesome. Drinking this beer made me realize I may have never had a beer specifically targeting "dankness," though I have heard people talk about them quite a bit. I use to use the word in reviews as it pertains to a cellar or dungeon; for earthy, rustic profiles. But in the last few years I have watched online with great interest as this word has taken on a whole new meaning in beer circles. Initially as an adjective used to describe a particularly pungent quality in certain "kine" buds (not originally "kind," though that has also changed). However, recently I've noticed people using it as a noun stand-in meaning basically "marijuana" (i.e. 'a hop that tastes like dank'). This is interesting to me for a few reasons.

First, it is a logical leap for whatever reason based on their interpretation of having seen it written. Second, in using it this way the term becomes more muddied as a way to quickly call to mind a certain quality in hoppiness. All that to say, that drinking this I never once was reminded of stinky weed, it was more like herbs and grass ground in a mortar and pestle. So either it is (a) being used two or more ways simultaneously--very possible, (b) being misused as an equivalent for whatever reason, or (c) is indicative of the need for a new term to describe leaning into a very pungent hop profile that is neither piney nor fruity. If (c) is the case, may I humbly submit either "donk" or "doink" as possible terms? Regardless, "Your beer smells dank" means it smells particularly good or pungent AFAIK, "Your beer smells like dank," always sounds off to me. Get off my lawn. Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk.

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From a 16oz can, dated 07/25/23. Served in a spiegelau-style IPA glass.

Pours milky-orange with a finger-plus of soft, lathery foam. Retention is very good, leaving a heavy cap of whipped cream and a fat gobby webbery of sudsy lacing.

Nose is sweet, dank and fruity. Aroma of pineapple and bhang hits.

Taste is sticky tropical fruit and harsh green bitterness. Tasting grapefruit, sweet orange, pineapple, orange peel, mint, white cake. A smidge of kerosene-like fusel with the green leafy bitterness makes for a rough finish.

Feel is juicy, medium bodied with semi-aggressive, seltzer-like carbonation.

Overall, a bit of a mixed bag: sweet and dank up front; harsh, green and fusel on the back end. Tastes bigger than the stated 8.0% abv - I might have guessed that it was a triple.

 

Can: Poured a hazy/cloudy bright yellow color ale with a large white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of citrusy/tropical hoppy floral undertones notes with some juicy hops notes and some dank notes. Taste is a mix of juicy hops notes with some hoppy floral hops undertones with some citrusy and dank notes with light dry finish. Body is full with a nice creamy texture with good carbonation. Nice hoppy double NEIPA but hoppy floral undertones didn't come out as much as expected.