Half Acre (2021)

Since no one else has explicitly said it, no, HA are not "dicks." And you're in luck, you have a LOT of other choices to go to. They're a private business and can run it how they see fit. Maybe spend your time finding an alternate option rather than speculating why they made this choice.

 

Xtra Dubl just kicked and has been replaced by Vanilla, for anyone thinking of dropping by.

 

pickup was super easy. hemi daisy cutter is delicious as previously noted. only sampled 2021 benthic so far but i loved it.

trading card tastings notes was a nice touch. wife got a kick out of it.

 

Anyone spot reg Benthic out in the wild, yet?

 

Thank you to Half Acre for making great beer and making the Benthic pickup process very easy.
That being said this Benthic box is one of the worst smelling things ever.

 

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Kinda smells like glue, in my opinion.

 

The toxic Benthic box came up in a conversation among strangers at the Minutiae tasting yesterday. The black paint they used all over it and/or the glue had some massive offgassing and I literally had to put it out in the garage because it was intolerable in the house. I’d be happier if Half Acre didn’t waste so much money on the packaging and trading cards and sold the beer cheaper.

 

Finally got around to trying On & On Part II over the weekend and it is fantastic. Thick chocolatey barleywine? Amen, HA and Rev.

 

ISO: The Toxic Benthic

Is that like double double coconut?

 

Last year was terrible too. I had to throw mine out as soon as I got home. HA has the worst peeling labels too. All the glue stays on the can vs coming with the label like a lot of other breweries.

 

We’ve read your beer reviews. We know you can pick more nuances from aroma than that.

 

The box has that sitting off the Port of Los Angeles for 3 months next to a crate of kimchi stank

 

Notes of chemical unguent, with aromas of Elmer's Liquid Rubber Cement...

 

Makes sense. Seems to be how you hone your "trashpalate" skills.

 

I step away for about 8 months only to return to people talking about "smelly boxes," which I hope are containers for beer.

I missed this place.

 

Drinking a Vampira.

man, that’s just a low growl of a beer.

 

I feel like every time I turn around on BA lately I am confused by a post. I’m sure it’s just me, but…

What is does “low growl of a beer” mean?

 

Quilentro is the modern day equivalent of the Sphinx of Thebes. One may not so much as understand him, as they must decipher the meaning. The riddle of Quilentro is the riddle of your future.