Other Half (2020)

Fair point!

 

Ahh...yeah, from reading this thread it seems that is a pretty common opinion. Reading a lot about certain batches of certain beers being better than others. I think it's pretty fair to say that consistency is common issue among many craft brewers, even the highly regarded ones. Glad you aren't noticing similar issues at D96. Will be seeking them out (along with other NY brewed beers) when things are closer to normal.

 

Well this thread 80% from about dozen of local fans... We probably drink too much OH to give the normies a honest opinion.

Since I know there are L&B fans here, can we eat pizza on the picnic tables? OH cans and squares is my favorite part of summer.

 

While we’re at it, are they still doing a 6 slice minimum on the squares? Was there a few weeks ago.

 

Personally, Other Half is about 85% of the beer I drink, though with Finback slinging in Gowanus there's a good chance that'll drop a tad (at this point I still think OH has the edge on IPA's).

Also just want to note that we're just past the halfway mark this year and only at 84 pages, suggesting a year end total near 160, well below last year's page count.

To help move the discussion along, has anyone local been to the Rochester taproom? I just booked a trip to the Finger Lakes region in July and am looking for opportunities to bring Bloomfield within "striking distance" of a family day trip which might permit me to slide through. I know I'm being completely and unnecessarily sentimental here, but I'd love to to pay a visit and (hopefully if they're open for in house consumption) have a pour.

 

We were robbed a bunch pages with white claw v 6th anniversary gunplay event... That plus the pandemic, I still think OH leads the way on pages on BA.

 

6 slice min damn... That's a lot of carbs of I'm gonna put down two tallboys.

 

I say it again if you like the melon note, this batch of FS is just as good as C+S, enjoyed them equally.

 

From The Veil:

On Tuesday 6/9 we will release Bubble Wrap, ⠀
Caramel Toffee Praline Bubble Wrap, as well as Extra Shipper! All three of these beers are a three-way collaboration between The Veil, @weldwerksbrewing, and @otherhalfbrewing. For Bubble Wrap and the CTP Bubble Wrap base beer, we did an even blend of hand selected barrel aged stouts from each participating brewery ranging from 12-27 months. ⠀
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Bubble Wrap is a blended bourbon barrel aged Imperial Stout aged for 12-27 months. Awesome flavors of burnt sugar, chewy caramel, and malted milk balls. 13.2% ABV. Contains milk sugar. $25+tax/500ml bottle. 1x bottle per person. *CURBSIDE PICK-UP ONLY. NO SHIPPING AVAILABLE.*⠀
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Extra Shipper is an IPA brewed as an extra in this beer trade brewed with Citra and Enigma. Notes of passion fruit, berries, and grapefruit. 7% ABV $17.50+tax/4-pack. 1x case pp. *ALL SERVICES AVAILBLE FOR THIS.*⠀
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Caramel Toffee Praline Bubble Wrap is a blended bourbon barrel aged Imperial Stout aged for 12-27 months conditioned on Madagascar vanilla, caramel sauce, toffee, and Vietnamese cinnamon. 13.2% ABV Contains milk sugar. Delicious notes of caramel hot fudge sundae, Heath bars, and cinnamon churros. This variant of Bubble Wrap is available exclusively at The Veil. $30+tax/500ml bottle. 2x bottle per person. *CURBSIDE PICK-UP ONLY. NO SHIPPING AVAILABLE.*⠀

Each brewery will release their version of Bubble Wrap and Extra Shipper, plus a unique variant of Bubble Wrap exclusively released at their brewery only. Check out @otherhalfbrewing and @weldwerksbrewing to find out what cool variant of Bubble Wrap they’re releasing on Tuesday and how to get your hands on it.⠀

 

@algebeeric_topology its the least I could do since my contributions have been lacking.

 

Perhaps we need some help from @dhaakon to do the maths...but usually June 30th marks the end of the first half of the year. So to be on pace for 190 pages again we need to target 95 pages by June 30th.

 

No Green City is gonna hurt.

 

Leo's teku is shaped funny and doesn't have smiley face food on it, I don't get it.

 

12-27 months is a pretty big difference for barrel aging

 

Considering that pastrytown was arguably one of the biggest factors to coronavirus spreading throughout NYC, maybe it’s a good thing.

 

I'm sure it didn't help, but I feel like that's overstating the case quite a bit. If anything I'm sure a good % of people there didn't live in the city.

 

which is a primary underlying condition!