Other Half Brewing November 2017

So with Mylar being a double batch but with a case pp limit...the question for me is, will this make it to 5PM on Saturday?

 

Almost guaranteed to last through Saturday. I may be forgetting something, but I think every double batch since Like Whoa has lasted at least well into Sunday.

 

if all infinity everything lasted until Monday than I think Mylar has a good shot.

 

Gooooooooooooooooood

 

If all infinity came out again, you think it would still last lol

 

Anyone else having trouble drinking the Lupulin Powder variation (pink)? Definitely the hottest of the four.

Citra T-45 (orange), on the other hand, is drinking great.

 

yeah i do. surprised it lasted as long as it did when it did come out. it was a highly anticipated collab.

 

Almost positive Mylar will last at least until Sunday.

 

I understand that OH is trying to stay ahead of the trends and to stay relevant as possible, but I do not like milk in my IPA’s. Clearly, this is how OH is evolving, and they have every right to do so, but I will start taking my business elsewhere as we see more and more beer with a “hint” of lactose. I can only imagine how much whole milk will be thrown into their 4th anniversary beer in a couple of months.

 

True that. They can definetly make what they want, but I'd like to see a return to the more "traditional" IPAs.

 

YES!

 

Does anyone know if the Triangles have been opened up to growler fills yet?

 

Don’t think they’re doing fills unfortunately...

 

from a business perspective - it makes more sense for them to make these oat/lactose IPAs that don't have the typical "beer" taste. They make a hell of a lot more money on draft pours vs. can sales, there is currently a very large market of "beer" consumers who like the idea of craft beer - but may not necessarily like "beer" tasting beer. I mean how many of these breweries are doing traditional German styles and sticking to Reinheitsgebot? I know of some (actually just 1 that I go to) in NJ that make high quality German style beer and the place is generally empty because they're not doing juice bombs/sours.

If i recall correctly, there is a growing trend of women craft beer consumers - who (based on trends) happen to be more interested in saisons and sours, and given the normal Saturday scene at OH - oat and lactose IPAs.

OH will continue to release their well regarded "normal" IPAs to keep their hype up and to get can sales, however I can't see them stepping back away from the Oat/Milk IPAs that are flowing quite well in the taproom to people who may not enjoy the more "normal" IPAs....that is until they get really good at brewing up fruited sours.

I also assume that after winter, when stouts/porters are not so heavy in the rotation you'll see that 3rd or 4th beer slot having their more traditional IPAs.

but i also have only had a few oz of coffee this morning and only been following OH for a few monts, so what the fuck do i know.

 

i'm all for oat/lactose. Just tapped a homebrewed one yesterday. I am not fully attributing it to women, if anything it can be attributed to the fact that they constantly sell out of these beers quickly (Chimera was a bit of an exception). But there is definitely a rising trend of craft beer drinkers who are women and studies show that they lean more towards sours/fruited/farm house beers: http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insigh...ferences-start-and-end-with-the-consumer.html

 

To be pedantic, lactose is a sugar (that is not fermented by yeast), not milk. The haze isn't coming from OH dumping whey protein powder into their beer. Although if they did I can see it selling well with the #swolebros as a recovery formula after a long day's muling.

 

Yes, but it is a sugar that comes from milk.

 

Wow, remarkable leap of logic there. I would also suggest that there's an age, income, education, geographic origin, gaps at play here. Fruity and sour beers aren't nearly as popular outside the Northeast; people with lower incomes, men and women alike, probably aren't dropping 5 to 8 dollars for 16oz cans of fruity IPA's and just drinking whatever domestic or import macro they prefer.

And at any rate, I suspect a longer term study would reveal that beer preferences aren't static- insofar as women or any other subgroup in the beer drinking population prefers one style over another, it may reflect how long they've been drinking beer, or more specifically, craft beers. For several years I drank exclusively stouts and other malt-forward beers. Some Grimm IPA's helped me segue into that style, and frankly, I still don't care even a little bit for most of what Sierra Nevada or Lagunitas or Bells put out with an IPA label on it.

At the same time, I'm pretty much sick and tired of IPA's with mango or berries or grape juice added. Even more recently I've found myself craving pale ales, lagers, beers that aren't necessarily hoppy but just really well balanced. I still enjoy what OH has put out recently, but my beer diet has diversified.

I could be wrong, but I think most of my friends who are beer nerds have had a similar experience, whether they started with super bitter hop bombs or saisons.