BA Betsubara
Other Half Brewing - Center Street
- From:
- Other Half Brewing - Center Street
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 11.8%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.26 | pDev: 4.69%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 21, 2026
- Added:
- Nov 23, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Imperial stout aged 30 months in bourbon barrels with almonds and vanilla. Collaboration between Other Half, Side Project and Xul.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
4.46/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Other Half Brewing "BA Betsubara"
$10 / 8 oz. on tap at the Philadelphia, PA location
Look: An opaque black body is capped by a short head of dark brown foam that drops shortly.
Smell: Oak, roastiness, and dark chocolate.
Taste: Rich with notes of chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, caramel, cherry, oak, fudge, almond, soft coconut, spiciness, and alcohol. It's massively chocolatey but the fruitiness comes forward in the mainly dry finish.
Feel: Absolutely full bodied and smooth.
Overall: Quite impressive!
Feb 21, 2026$10 / 8 oz. on tap at the Philadelphia, PA location
Look: An opaque black body is capped by a short head of dark brown foam that drops shortly.
Smell: Oak, roastiness, and dark chocolate.
Taste: Rich with notes of chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, caramel, cherry, oak, fudge, almond, soft coconut, spiciness, and alcohol. It's massively chocolatey but the fruitiness comes forward in the mainly dry finish.
Feel: Absolutely full bodied and smooth.
Overall: Quite impressive!
Reviewed by CHickman from New York
4.13/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.13/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pours as black as ink with a small brown head that faded quickly and left minimal lacing. Smells of dark chocolate, molasses, soy sauce, vanilla, chocolate syrup, metallic notes, nutty accents and fudge. Tastes like it smells, with the addition of bourbon and its charred oak (plus the boozy heat) hitting first, followed by dark chocolate, molasses, vanilla, chocolate syrup, metallic notes, soy sauce, cocoa powder, nutty accents like chocolate covered almonds, coconut and fudge. The booze is present throughout the brew but not overpowering. I thought there'd be a lot more impact and flavor from the long barrel aging...it's really good, but not earth shattering.
Feb 08, 2026
Reviewed by Sammy from Canada (ON)
4.04/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.04/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Bottle pour. It may non ba version if there is such a thing. Big bourbon aroma. Flat head. Chocolate bourbon, spicy finish. Smodialed in.oth yet edgy. Bloomfield.
Jan 04, 2026
Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
4/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Look - black thick syrup
Smell and taste - lots of barrel with syrupy with a chocolate booze
Feel - full body syrup with a lighter barb
Ovearll - to much syrup
Dec 29, 2025Smell and taste - lots of barrel with syrupy with a chocolate booze
Feel - full body syrup with a lighter barb
Ovearll - to much syrup
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