Other Half (2020)

Threes Brewing is the cure for all NYCers consistently getting burned like @no_scents. You won't have the same wild expectations, every beer will be satisfying, and you'll end up losing 5-10 pounds because you aren't chugging 8.5% hazies 8 days a week.

ETA: Oh and you can actually pick which beers you want delivered from their entire available portfolio! @algebeeric_topology

 

I like Threes, but I’d say Finback is consistently putting out the best IPAs in NYC. If you told me 2 years ago, that I would one day make this statement, I would have scoffed.

On my way to visit my in-law upstate, I’ve stopped by District 96 and Obercreek and damn, those place are making IPAs that I wish we had access to in the City. It’s ironic that OH was one of the progenitors and that NYC had an embarrassment of riches when it came to breweries, yet now we are being surpassed by many other places not far away. I’m sure it’s an issue of scale and the cost of doing business here vs elsewhere.

 

Sorry @SpinSamzo

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I was pretty close

 

Hey man. Stop blowing up my spots.

 

While I would tend to agree, can a mod please delete this sentence before resident Finback gremlin @jrnyc sees this after midnight and starts drain pouring everything but Finback from his fridge?

 

I disagree. The beer that I’ve been chasing the dragon on was the OG Street Green. For a while collabs were great. The past few years, not so much but that’s a general statement for all their brews, IMO.

By no means are Finback banging out ringer after ringer. Just a higher percentage of hits from what I’ve had.

it’s just seems like an unfortunate law of the craft beer universe is scale=decrease in quality. Seen it play out too many times

 

Not even close now, Finback best beer in NYC, great haze game and awesome stouts. I hate to say it, but OH is all about marketing and $$, quality of beers way off. New money can’t tell the difference between great beer and OK beer. Look at the Untappd ratings for G is Green , the batch was clearly bad, it looks like mud yet you have people rating it 4,4.25 and 4.5.

I hope they prove me wrong, but they have jumped the shark.

 

100% agree on scale, same thing as Trillium.

 

Tell your boys to stop @ mentioning me

 

You can have Malcolm, I will take Tyler in spite of his challenged palate.

 

I apologize if it's been covered in the previous 118 pages. Does Other Half allow for proxy pick up?

 

Philosophical question - if we’re posting in the OH thread and have purchased OH beer (ever, let alone recently) can we characterize others as “new money”?

Also totally second Threes. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say it’s sort of an urban, tier 2 Hill Farmstead (and I mean that in a complimentary way) as far as their line up goes. I always wonder if they’d started 5 years, what the perception of them would be. Definitely continue to fly under the radar (relatively speaking).

 

Someone jump in if I'm off, but I've just said my name and they've given me my cans. Would forward your order confirmation in case they ask, but I doubt it'll be an issue

 

Never been asked for ID since the curbside site went live.

 

I do wonder when OH will jump on the Double Barrel train seems like the trend just appeared out of nowhere.