Half acre's “AKARI SHOGUN”

Label (awesome!):

 

Man I wish we could get these guys down here in the SW burbs...

 

Damn this looks awesome. I hope "soon" is actually soon, I'm leaving for the summer in a couple weeks and really don't want to miss this.

 

They usually end up releasing things the week after they say soon. I bet it's 6/8

 

Releasing the Shogun

"On Wednesday June 13th we release Akari Shogun, the American Wheat we brewed. Sales begin at 12pm when our brewery store opens.
22oz bombers for $5.99 + tax and growler fills for $13 + tax ($17 + tax w/ growler)
So please, let’s pass the wheat and slice the prisms of summer."

 

That may be the least expensive bomber of HF beer they have released...at least in a while if memory serves me correct. Anyone know if this is getting distributed or brewery only?

 

i never know with their distribution. last year and this year ginger twin was distributed. cipher was as well. meat wave was another. seems more like special stuff such as collabs (freedom of 78, couple years ago) captain fantasy (last year) and galactic don't. (double daisy cutter was sent out). based on price and type of beer, i would safely assume it will be sent out. stuff that was sent out, i caught at whole foods.

 

5.99 is the cheapest bomber i've seem from them.

 

Stopped by and grabbed a bomber for my kickball game last night. I'm a pretty big fan. It has a nice hop presence and will be extremely drinkable this weekend as the temperatures rise. Will def be picking more up tomorrow.

Anyone remember when the last time HA brewed a wheat? Ambrosia?

 

I forget what ambrosia was. i'm glad i forgot. probably the only HA beer i didn't like.

 

Love HA, but does anyone else think their beer is starting to all taste very similar? Sampled the Shogun yesterday and if you had told me it was one of the other one-offs, I would have believed you. Maybe it's the base of the beer or something? Still, 5.99 is an awesome price, so I picked some up.

 

I also get tired of Half Acre staying in their comfort zone of hoppy, moderate abv pale ales, but I think we can all agree that this kind of beer is what they do very well. I'm looking forward to trying this one.

BTW - whatever happened to Half Acre brewing saisons??

 

Agreed! It's hot out and those are always quite tasty.

 

They've been tasting the same for awhile...

 

Tnudish and YeahNateNelson this is for you



Nothing wrong (in my opinion of course) with a brewery finding a niche and cranking out winners in that particular genre.

I'll take more pale ale / IPA / hop forward variations as they are almost universally good (unlike some of their past experiments that stepped outside of their comfort zone).

Cheers!

 

That equates to a $3.27 - 12oz. bottle or a $19.60 six-pack.

I wish they'd canned this beer instead and sold it for Daisy Cutter prices as I'd definitely purchase it then.

 

Totally agree with your math.