Hot Dog
Other Half Brewing - Center Street

Light Bodied, Bright, Dry
Tried from Draft at Other Half Brewing - Philadelphia on 21 May 2026 at 12:29

Hot Dog pours a hazy orange color, with a big lacing head. The aroma has notes of hemp. The flavor has notes of wet hops, and helps, finishing a little damp. Good feel.

 

 

Standard haze. Fruity, tropical nose. Distinctive flavor: mostly passionfruit with a spicy component. Usual OH soft body. This was my first IPA with Luminosa. Not sure what it contributes, maybe lemony. But it's the big tropical Riwaka that sets the table here with room for some spices toward the end.

A good NE IPA style beer. I had it from a 3 month old can poured into an IPA pint glass. I would rate this as a very good example of a NE IPA and I would happily drink it again.

 

 

 

Pours hazy yellow/gold color with a 1-2 finger thick head that faded slowly and left nice lacing coating the glass. Smells of lemon zest, yuzu, lime, tangerine, red grapefruit, peppery spices, floral notes, biscuit and faint caramel. Tastes of lemon, tangerine, yuzu, ruby red grapefruit, dry chalky yeast, coriander, melon, raspberries, Razzles candy, floral hops and some spices like tea leaf. Mouthfeel is light, creamy and smooth, with mild carbonation, bitterness on the higher end and a dry feel.

 

Poured from can into snifter. Pungeant Riwaka on the nose. Flavor is sweet with a heavy Riwaka presence. Medium bodied. Riwaka is my spirit animal.

 

 

Underwhelming, bland and unbalanced. Drinkable IPA yes of course but nothing I'd repurchase. I'm rating this on the class, to many good single haze IPAs out there to give away free points imo.

Pours an opaque light orange, brief fluffy white head that settles out to a coaster of head. Streaky lacing. Nose is mango, yeast, dough, honeydew, cantaloupe, pink lemonade, light potpouri. Taste is mildly sweet and tropical with a punch of white and black pepper; tingly, almost warms spice persists through the palate. If you told me there was Sichuan peppercorn in this, I would not be at all surprised. Mouthfeel a little light with crisp carbonation. A little melon forward for me, but overall pretty good!

 

This one was a bit disappointing given that the hop loadout sounds great. Really thin mouthfeel, unbalanced toward the bitter, and just average flavors. Not a very good example of the NEIPA style, and I definitely won't revisit.