Half Acre Brewing Co. (2023)

Cherry Brandy, Sunken Ghost, regular Benthic, Land Before Shook and World of Bog just sitting in the coolers at Balmoral.

 

@eppCOS tell me someone sent you fresh Deep Space cans?

I can handle the job if necessary.

 

Was really impressed by the Cherry Brandy I cracked last night and haven’t grabbed any Bog yet, going to have to make the trek down soon

 

Yeah man, I've been distro'd and DEEP SPAC'D for days now... fond memories.
I don't think the new Space is getting distro, however. No worries, tho. Plenty of choices and I'm trying to be "good" (ugh) this month. Cheers!

 

Anyone know the current BA cans lineup available to go? In the post it looks like they have Benthic, Vanilla Benthic, Sickle and Orin?
https://www.instagram.com/p/CncNsdAuIQ2/

 

If that is a current photo, I see Orin, Sickle Through Sable, Before Land Shook, Benthic, Vanilla Benthic & World of Bog for BA beers there.

ETA: HA used to be good at updating their Beer To Go menu. Unfortunately, it seems to no longer be the case. The current menu does not appear to have been updated since August.

 

This can't be right, Nelson Double Daisy is a November release, Tend is the "Winter IPA". My guess is that someone is editing the file and not renaming it.

 

Good catch, you are likely right. I just looked at the file there.

 

I just bought a Nelson Double Daisy Cutter 4-pack off the shelf here in Minneapolis Friday and don't recall seeing on the shelves much earlier. You sure they wouldn't still be selling out of the taproom too if we're seeing distribution up here?

 

It didn't come out in August.

 

Nelson is shelf turding it up through IL, IN and WI so I would very much believe it is still available at HA.

 

I saw it on the shelf in the Twin Cities a month or so ago.

 

Shelf Turding? It was canned less than 2 months ago

 

And what do you think it has been doing on the shelves the past 2 months? Quiet quitting?

 

Oh, excuse me haha. Didn’t know being a shelfie was the same as a shelf turd. DDC Nelson isn’t even half way through its shelf life. You’re being ridiculous

 

New Year Round offering from Half Acre launches this week. Way Bird, Hazy IPA, 6.5% ABV

WayBird is where you want Hazy IPA to live. Rooted in El Dorado & HBC 586. Heavy waft Citrus & Stone Fruit. Just enough bitterness to keep it grounded in the Half Acre flavor realm. Big mouthfeel, easy drinking & clean IPA from your friends on Balmoral Ave.

 

Replacing anything? Seems a bit overkill potentially to have Bodem, Tome, Hallow, and this as year round beers. Can't remember the last time I purchased Tome or Hallow.

 

I was wondering the same thing but with the current wave of 6.5% accessible hazy IPAs hitting the market I think this is just Half Acre's entry into that market. I thought it might replace Tome but that's technically a Hazy Pale Ale coming in at a slightly lower ABV.

EDIT: Should also mention that Half Acre's current draft list also shows both beers as still available.

 

I enjoy a lot of half acre beers but it’s still strange to me when a brewery like this makes a marketing push for what seems like a new beer. Was it released previously, or maybe it had a different name? They release enough frequent one-offs - why not capitalize on momentum and scale up one that has already proven to be popular?