Other Half (2020)

Yea I would take 2014 VR over any stout OH puts out with vanilla (which appears to be almost every stout) 100/100 times. Even regular BCBS every single year is better than any BA stout OH puts out.

 

The color looked weird in picture, very brown for a stout, especially an Imperial Stout. I actually did quite enjoy the Crunchee Stout from anniversary and this might be just a better version of that.

 

I know nothing about brewing. Is there a reason why these sugar beers are all 15% alcohol? Does it make the beer thicker? Is the abv high only to justify the price?

 

You almost need the booze to balance out all the adjuncts

 

How's the ACE?

 

I will give a fuller report soon. I drank two cans last night and would rate it an 8/10 (usually I would give a 9, HDHC would be a 10). However I had slept like shit the night before, taken a flight that day and was dehydrated as a mofo, and hadn’t eaten anything since breakfast - so palate probably off

Yes I can see it’s clear how much I care about ACEs rep.

 

Thanks, I'll grab a 4 pack this evening.

 

The most simple answer is that these beers are so sweet because of the high ABV. Sugars from the grains used in the brewing process are converted to alcohol by fermentation. In order to achieve something like 15% abv you need a ton of grains, which translates to a ton of sugars. I’ve noticed most of OH stouts are under-attenuated (whether it’s by design) which is why they are so sweet to begin with.

Add in all the ridiculous adjuncts (most of them sugary to begin with) and you have liquid diabetes.

edit: it could also be the result of OH mashing at higher temperatures. Difference in mash temps for many grains results in the extraction of non-fermentable sugars, which remain after feementation.

 

The mods stole pages from us with White Claw/Gun incident.

 

Don't worry there's always tomorrow.

 

RIP this post

 

For tomorrow's release, any advice on how early I should arrive for a good chance to get the BA stouts?

 

early.. but not too early..

 

line already at Smith, better drop your chair now!

 

if you are asking this question now it is already too late !

 

so I see on social media that OH will be doing special mouth pours at Pastry Town... with what is going on in this world is this really something that needs to be done?

an even more serious of a question...what is the history of mouth pours? how/why did they become a think? Is this a brewer exerting power of his minions or is this fan boys hoping to get a taste of their favorite brewery poured directly into their gullet?

 

And you need the adjuncts to help offset the booze.

 

For our final Pastrytown release, we have a new installment of one of our favorite collabs with @omnipollo Cookie Kooks. ⁠Available tomorrow at 5pm from warehouse. ⁠⠀——————————————————
We're very excited to release Barrel Aged Cookie Kooks, as well as a new iteration of it, Still Kooks. To celebrate this epic release, we've packaged them into limited special collectors edition cereal boxes that harken back to our favorite part of each morning as kids eating cereal. Each box includes 1 bottle of each stout and a special surprise holographic sticker. They're $45 per box, with a limit of 2 boxes per person. ⁠⠀
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There will be a limited supply of Still Kooks available and sold individually.⁠⠀Barrel Aged Cookie Kooks only available in box. ⁠⠀——————————————————
Please note the limits below apply to the TOTAL number of bottles you receive. You can purchase both the boxes, and 4 bottles of Still Kooks, but you can't exceed the 6 bottles overall. ⁠⠀
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Barrel Aged Cookie Kooks (16%) w/ Omnipollo Imperial Stout The OG Cookie Kooks is back after a 14 month slumber in bourbon barrels with cacao nibs, vanilla, caramel sauce, coffee, pretzels, potato chips, corn flakes, cookie crisp, cinnamon toast crunch, golden grahams, cocoa puffs, oats and milk sugar. $45 for boxed set, only available in box. ⁠⠀
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Still Kooks Peanut Butter Garbage Cookie Imperial Stout (15.4% ) w/ Omnipollo The peanut buttery ying to Cookie Kooks 2 Chocolate Garbage Cookies yang. Brewed with Potato chips, Pretzels, caramel, peanut butter, captain crunch, reeses puff, vanilla, coffee, cinnamon and lactose. $18, limit 6 bottles per person in total, in box or individually. ⁠

 

Cereal boxes and holographic stickers...guess they know their market! Lol