Other Half (2020)

Mylar says 8.5 vs 8.8, typo or new recipe?

 

@Mrstiffington to elaborate more on Foam. Their beers were really good. Had 4 IPAs and a barrel aged stout. They were a 9 out of 10 on the IPAs it just tasted like the best I’d had to that point elsewhere (Moonraker, Monkish, MT, etc) and made me think “this is great but on same level as I’ve had on west coast.” OH then went and crashed through that glass ceiling of being a 10 out of 10. Hopefully don’t sound like a brown noser but am legit blown away and now believe the hype.

On Infinity Forever Forever this is tasting stupendous. Pineapple, mango, papaya, sweet greens, lychee.

 

One thing to clarify. If “mouth pour” is getting a mag poured straight into your mouth, then what is it called when you go to an OH meet up, there’s a blind taste test, and @afroskully @algebeeric_topology @frozyn @jrnyc @fdonnelly @Tallerboy @SpinSamzo and several others run a train on the same glass before it gets to you? What’s the name of drinking multiple internet strangers’ saliva mixed with beer?

Whatever the name is for that badge I have it.

 

Forever Simcoe is a strong Top 5 contender in the world of OH beers.

 

Yea FS is amazing when its on, they get this pineapple note that I've never had from other Simcoe forward beers, assuming its from their hop selection.

Drinking an AGE, first time in ages and honestly this batch is incredible, I think its way better than all of the Anniversary beers released two weeks ago except 4th.

 

The transformation of AGE has been intriguing. Went from being one of my favorite OH beers back in 2015, then turned into a beer I would pass on, and now it's back to being one of my favorite triples OH does.

 

As a medium level germophobe, that skeevs me.

 

#otherhalfvirus

 

Wow, I totally missed the change... Their IG still has it 8.8 though.

Ditto on FS.

 

Agreed about AGE. I got a 4 pack out of respect but in hindsight wished I’d gotten three of them and skipped the other stuff I got

 

Man, I have had 2-3 Foam beers I really loved and would go after again, and the rest I have had (IPA wise) were just okay at best.

This this this, DDH Forever Simcoe is one of my top OH beers and it doesn't get the fanfare some others get. I think they first did the DDH version the same week they released OG Broccoli and I opened a can on Xmas with my cousin and he was just like whoa and I just said I know right. Thats pretty much all I drank in the tap room that afternoon because I loved that beer so much

 

i loved the FS at first, but there was a stretch a while ago where a few consecutive batches were really muted/malty and it made me leary when they'd release it. maybe its time to give it another shot

 

I had one of those batches as well and it was most def off. But these recent batches of DDH FS have been great, the last one was amazing. I wasn't a huge fan of Double Simcoe Daydream, because it didn't need the 'tose (unless @frozyn is drinking it) but the most recent batch of that was incredible as well1

 

Vapor Ringz this Saturday - but doesn’t mention lactose in the announcement

 

Hoping it’s true otherwise this weekend’s drop would be 100% ‘tosed.

 

wasn't this beer always 'tosed though?

 

Saturday release info! We have five IPAs for sale this Saturday, including our collab with @barrierbrewingco ⁠⠀
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Opulent Opulence Imperial Oat Cream IPA (8%) with Barrier. You can tell it's NYC Beer Week again because we're dropping our annual NYC Beer Week release with our homies @barrierbrewingco. An embarrassment of riches of some of our favorite fantasy hops, Citra, Motueka and Ekuanot balanced out with a load of oats bigger than a treasure trove and a hint of silky lactose. $20 per 4 pack, 1 case per person.⁠⠀
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Cream on the Inside Green on the Outside Imperial Oat Cream IPA (9.4%) This beer is brewed with 2-row and almost 50% oats with a small hit of lactose for smoothness. We then furiously hopped it with Citra, Motueka, Riwaka and Galaxy hops at 8 lbs/bbl. $20 per 4 pack, 1 case per person.⁠⠀
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DDH Simcoe Daydream Oat Cream IPA (6%) our hand selected, super pineapple forward Simcoe with the creamy oats and lactose treatment. Double dry hopped with Simcoe Cryo. $18 per 4 pack, 1 case per person. ⁠⠀
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DDH Vapor Ringz (8.4%) 2-row, wheat and oats crushed with Citra, Galaxy and Nelson Sauvin hops. $20 per 4 pack, 1 case per person. ⁠⠀
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Tremendous Cream Imperial Oat Cream IPA (10.0%) our bigger version of Dollar and a Dream with even more hops. Tons of oats, Mosaic, Citra, Idaho 7, Mosaic Cryo and Citra Cryo and a touch of milk sugar. $22 per 4 pack, 1 case per person.