Tiny Gems
Other Half Brewing - Center Street

Enjoyed, locally, on tap.

Appearance: Opaque gold body. Medium size head. Light lacing.
Aroma: Citrus, pineapple, stone fruit.
Taste: Soft on the palate. Tropical fruit. Soft fruit. Still pulling in a heavy dose of pineapple. Bitterness is negligible.
Feel: Medium bodied, A bit on the sweet side. Pretty much what you would expect from the style.
Overall: Hype is lost on me.

 

 

Pours cloudy light gold orange color with a thick creamy white head that looked like whipped cream, fading very, very slowly and leaving excellent foamy lacing. Smells like lemon zest, tangerine, orange peel, yuzu, clementine, star fruit, biscuit, light peppery spices and tea leaf. Very fragrant in the hop department for a light ABV IPA.

When I saw the 5.5% ABV listed in the can I assumed this would be a light session type brew, but the aroma and flavor exceeded my expectations. Tastes like lemon zest, peach, tangerine, orange juice, clementine, star fruit, biscuit, toasted grains, light peppery spices, piney hops, earthy notes, and tea leaf. It’s very leafy like it was dry hopped, but complex and full of flavor. I could drink this all night, a really nice low ABV brew from OH.

Poured from the can into a Spiegelau IPA glass. Canned Jan 13th 2021.

Pale lemon opaque body. Fairly solid looking but not too chunky on the turbid scale, but quite uniform in its color, hints maybe even a little green. Head is lush, fine and super creamy looking. Real fine bubbles mixing with a solid three finger top and layers of cake like ring lacing.

Fine hop aroma. The light abv range doesn't give way on the nose to this hop expressive brew. Fruity and almost cherry to strawberry strangely, with a real nice soft sweetness that isn't overbearing. Comes with a touch of earth as well on the nose, a sweet dirt sense interestingly. Very fun aroma.

The declared abv definitely shows up in the mouthfeel, but with a touch that makes the beer just great. Light bodied but with not a hint of wet, or even pale ale male depth. Rich hop notes and a neutral base make a mid palate that is a candy like stone fruit to pitted dark earth tones, and still this faint hint of cherry or is it just me? Refreshing finish, with clean faint mint and herbs to mix too.

This is a real enjoyable light IPA that doesn't go to session lengths or Pale Ale simplicity. A bit more going on here, very unique creation. Can see myself drinking a good bunch of this.