Other Half (2020)

Are you saying only true beer nerds can appreciate in your face sugar bombs? Those other poor fools can only appreciate beers that taste somewhat like beer, smh

 

FWIW Geriz posted on his story Green City is his fav IPA too, I do love Green City and I agree with @algebeeric_topology and his earlier post too.

I think an everyday walk up, I don't like beer much or know much about what craft beer is person would like the sweetness of a triple citra more than something lacking that. Although the overt alcohol that hits out of the gate could deter them if they drank it right when it dropped. but hey what do I know lol.

I think this is only for NJ breweries since they are competing directly with the restaurants/bars doing take out right now. what a total joke though and a complete slap in the face of small business in NJ. All small business should be able to do as much as they can right now. Its a freaking wonder that some of these long standing breweries have survived and even flourished in NJ under the radically idiotic laws they need to abide by.

 

Remember when breweries use to work with local distributors to get beer to almost every neighborhood. Industrial arts just handed there NYC distribution network to sarene and Its working for them. Getting the beer you like shouldn't be so hard. Other half is making this way more complicated than it has to be

 

Yeah but then they're getting less of a cut, so that's the easy answer. If they can sell out without involving a distributor why would you? Plenty of breweries here in NJ self distribute, and it's taken time for even the larger ones to expand to most/all of NJ. I get you have connections to retail liquor stores etc. but let's face it, other half generally has been popular enough that it hasn't felt the need to do anything other than mobile can releases or work with a very specific liquor store.

 

They are? I’m not an expert in either running a brewery or in pandemics, but is now the best time to be setting up relationship/infrastructure with a distributor?

a) other direct to consumer breweries are scrambling to get beer to people via non-distributor channels as well, so don’t think OH can/should be singled out

b) as was already mentioned in this thread, OH are doing it in such a way that it allows them to retain/help their employees - whether or not there’s a self interested aspect at play as well, I still think that’s admirable.

c) I don’t think any of the OH type (selling cans of haze direct) breweries can be faulted for not accounting for global pandemics in their business model - they’re all trying their best in the circumstances

 

I'm down to my last can of ACE. The only other OH cans I have left are the panna cotta and recent crunchee bullshit. This quarantine is so depressing man.

 

Wait I’m not quite following your second point. And I wasn’t clear on my initial one that it was in response to. I was meaning that if a certain person who while not a beer geek, could broadly be said to have a developed palate, tried both Green City and Triple Whatever Daydream side by side, my guess is they would prefer the Green City. And I was blaming a certain (vocal and committed) segment of the beer geek spectrum for putting us in a situation where places like OH feel they need to produce sugary triples

 

Where does it say that it's OH's job to make things convenient for customers? That comes well down the line after making money and paying bills, making investors happy, sanitation, making good beer, finding and keeping (some) employees, collaborations, festivals, the list keeps on going. Their business model is predicated on it being inconvenient for customers -- how else would they get free distribution via mules/razzles/trading/etc.?

 

Really short sighted. There's always going to be something new and better

 

I still think the sugary/sweeter triple is more appealing to, say my sister who doesnt like beer or craft beer, but would stomach a sweeter tasting version of either over one with a slight hoppiness or bitterness to it, but maybe I am wrong when I think thats a lot of the public?

Debatable, if this were true, OH wouldn't be where they are today. There are new and different things often, doesn't mean they are going to be better at all

 

Delivery here on the UES worked flawlessly, A++ would use again. Rare Nacho Cheesier Doritos varietal

 

I agree with you guys. I think I’m just doing a bad job of articulating myself, thus I will give up!

 

Things get lost in translation sometimes when the conversation isn't face to face ha

 

Took a couple months off from drinking and the following happened:

• Coronavirus
• OH started delivering....to the Upper East Side
• Apparently an off batch of ACE?

Whoops

Anyways, how is this batch of Space Daydream?

 

Not sure but last week’s space diamonds is definitely off.

 

Far Out, Spaced Out turned a corner, hopefully Space Diamonds does too.