The Half-Acre thread (2018)

I will wait til big north to try this Fully saturated nonsense

 

Then you'll have to wait until December for Fully Saturated Big North....

 

+1 for Fully Saturated. It’s the familiar flavors of DDC, just 50% bolder.

Heads up, as of about 4:30 they’ve apparently gone through about half their cans. So I wouldn’t expect this to last past the weekend, if it even makes it to tomorrow after the post-work crowd.

 

Glad the beer is fully saturated because one's wallet will be fully drained. Sigh.

 

Yeah, bit more $ than I’m use to paying at Half-Acre. Pours were $8/pint. Quality brew and happy to have a pour... just not that many of them.

 

Yeah I'm as big a HA homer there is but yuck on $20+ pricing.

 

Sailor's Kush was $20 as well, wasn't it?

Not saying I'm a fan, but I thought the pricing was related to the amount of pure hoppage.

 

I mean the beer is good but at $22.04 walking out the door it is a straight up joke compared to other 4pks

Hell the highest I ever remember paying at Other Half was $20/4pk and Half Acre is trying to top them. Literally dumb.

 

Not that I’m a fan of high prices, but I justified this to myself since it was pretty much a one-off and $/oz, it still beats draft. Are there high quality options that are cheaper? Certainly. That’s why I buy so much NvU. Would I prefer to pay less? Of course, but I’m a fickle beer buyer who likes to try a couple new things a week and will pay for that variety.

There are other places for the price debate and I know it can get tedious, but this pricing equates to $10 crowlers (in an arguably more convenient format). And there are popular breweries in the area charging more than $10 for their crowlers, for beers of varying quality. For that matter, it’s been awhile since I’ve thought twice about paying $15+ for bottles of sours and stouts, which are also much more per ounce.

 

Anyone know if Fully Saturated cans ran out for sure at Lincoln? I tried calling there last night and...the HA phone system is not good and the tap room guy doesn't seem to care what's available in the shop. I literally said "Dude, you're high" as I hung up on him last night after a wasted minute that yielded zero information....

 

They had cans at Balmoral when I was at dinner last night.

 

Fully Saturated didn't jump out at me. Wasn't bad, but I really enjoyed the 2 IPAs at Balmoral- "Angles" and "Splatter Brains".

 

Doubt I'll get to try some of these latest when I hit the ground running Aug 14 in Chicago, but we found an Airbnb a block away from HA/Dovetail/Begyle and I am stoked. Just gotta talk to my liver about everyone has hard days, once in a while. Only 4 days, so gotta make 'em count. Cheers all...

 

Making it for the Big North? We'll be neighbors for four days

 

SADLY< EFFING no. Disappointed, but have to fly back the very day of BN. 2017 was fun... but just couldn't swing it with this family trip stuff on front end and work awaiting on the back end. ugh. Maybe some other year in the future... fun event for sure. Cheers!

 

Bad news is that Fully Saturated cans are done at the Lincoln shop (growler fills still on).

The good news is that Preen is fantastic, and still readily available for the same price.

 

I came into a can of FSDDC. Pricing aside, I did enjoy it. I think any fan of DDC/GDDC will enjoy it as well. IMO HA should reboot DDC with this.

 

dude its become standard for any top tier IPA these days.

 

FSDDC is fantastic. Wish I had taken a case instead of 2 4pkcs. DDC is excellent this year as well.

 

locally, i don't think $20 pre-tax is the standard yet.

for most DDH, i've seen it capped at 16-17 for a 4 pack.

i think $20 is that price point which will start to change behavior