Half Acre (2019)

I think 12 packs of Pony and Daisy Cutter should help with that.

 

great point

 

I’m with you man. I have daisy on tap in my house quite regularly, but next up is dungeons, so I’m not sure I’ve proven my point. But I’ve narrowed down my brands. I typically drink beer from 5-7 breweries now. That could be core, or it could be an “one off” like dungeons from HA or a hazy from Brickstone. But I’ve figured out which breweries make my kind of beer and that’s what I stick to now. It’s why i joined HA keg club membership.

 

I’ve heard a quote somewhere - If your favorite beer gets discontinued, it probably wasn’t your favorite beer. A little extreme but it makes a point.

I’m guessing Navaja didn’t sell well enough in the later stages of the six months it’s been out. You can come on here and imply they are just following a trend chasing part of the market I hope, but I doubt anyone on here knows how their own beer sold better than they do.

 

Love Navaja but I noticed it was turning into shelf turd at my local Binny's which definitely surprised me.

 

Speaking of the Keg Club, they’ve been down to just a few kegs available for the last month or so. Hoping the selection returns to what it was earlier in the year!

 

I would argue that part of Navaja's issue is that they went from originally releasing it (the canned version) as year-round to a summer beer. I personally think it is a good summer beer (it's got a really nice dry finish for a high ABV DIPA), but honestly, who is buying 10% DIPAs in the summer? There's a reason everyone brings out their lightest beers in the season. Plenty of us (myself included) are guilty of buying mostly "new" beers, but I still find it pretty surprising that HA doesn't have a year-round (or 6 month, now) DIPA.

I pass on pretty much all of their year-round releases (I'm not a big fan of Pony, Daisy Cutter, etc.), so it's a shame that the one I do buy is no longer even here for a half a year. At least their one-offs somewhat fill that void (although I haven't run into a good replacement for Navaja yet).

 

Yikes, I thought you guys were joking. I pick up Navaja pretty much every time I see it since it often would be sold out at Schaumburg Binny's. That is a real bummer that it won't be coming out as much...

 

I don't know what it was about Navaja, but I just never liked that beer, which strikes me as odd considering how much I enjoy so many of HA's hoppy beers (BHA, Double Daisy, Plane Wave, Sailor's Kush, Deep Space, Gone Away...). I can't put my finger on it, but there was just something off-putting.

 

What is this "Keg Club" you speak of?

 

https://www.halfacrebeer.com/keg-club/

 

Imo it's just way different than most of their hoppy beers, so I'm not surprised you don't like it. It's super dry but really high ABV. I'm not a huge fan of Space or Deep Space (I think it might be the malt), and Sailor's Kush is just a really out there beer (and way more towards NE style).

Put another way, I feel like Navaja (and Sailor's Kush) are two of the most unique DIPAs HA puts out; the rest may have varying hop profiles (and most are delicious), but they all taste unmistakably like Half Acre hoppy beers.

 

Binnys on Grand has it

 

HA is clearly capable of making a shelfie DIPA as good as NvU but Navaja was not it.

 

I think I prefer Navaja honestly. I like NvU a lot, but I love Navaja.

 

Heavy Gem drop tomorrow

 

Based on these pics. Are these beers meant to be combined? Or am I crazy?

 

It showed up downstate yesterday. Love this beer. Really glad to see it back.

 

We prefer to use the term differently special.