Other Half Brewing November 2016

Not to pick this apart too much, but they also had the best record in the MLB this year.

Wish I could say the same about Gang Green.

 

That's the spirit!

 

I'd say 1% of cans. I'm getting there around 2 and just hope it's on draft

 

Musings from a trip to OH:

Had Mosaic on train ride in,in a can grassy taste gone, really good. Not 1st batch great, but very good.

Like Woah at brewery, good, but in the lineup of OH beers and Trillium beers, just average. This coming from some whose two favorite breweries are OH and Trillium. Line waiting and hype have overrated this beer.

Mosaic on tap at brewery, good, but still grassy, can so much better.

Mylar Bags, so good, tasty and smooth, so much better than Like Woah.

On to Top Hops, best beer of night, Born Yesterday. No lines, no cans, no hype, but better than anything I had tonight, fantastic.

 

I still don't get the fascination with Mylar Bags. I thought Whoa blew that away.

 

Like Whoa is cleaner, and has more character. Mylar Bags is creamier, and has more of that “juice” aspect…I’m a fan of both

 

Mylar and like whoa are both great beers.

 

Finally made it to OH last night for a growler of Like Whoa. I'm a big fan of Mylar Bags, but I enjoyed Whoa better, I'd agree its cleaner and definitely has that Trillium yeast character.

 

I really need to get myself some born yesterday, hear nothing but great things about it.

 

Get it while the getting is good, not sure how long this beer will stay at its best.

 

Though this year's is unfiltered and a different beast, I feel it has a better extended life than last year's. I drank through a six pack last year and found the first few, drank within days of bottling, were phenomenal, but the beer's aromatics and flavor dipped considerably within a week.

This year's I first had at WF CC from a bottle, good not great, was my initial reaction. But I took home a bottle and enjoyed it a ton. Had it on tap at Top Hops a couple of days ago and was tasting even better. Also took another bottle home from there and it was reminding me of a lot of the great stuff coming out of the East Coast these days. Very good and this is now at I think two weeks from bottling.

 

Also, I just noticed that Like Whoa is on tap at St. Gambrinus.

 

I know I'm probably in the minority here but I'm not that impressed with Like Whoa. Had a can and followed it up with a space diamonds can with i thought was way more interesting and tasty. I know Street Green was a year ago but I thought it was much better. Don't get me wrong, it's a good beer but not great. I would take a Fort Point or ACE, Mylar over it any day.

 

I think ACE is my favorite OH Beer, and is more drinkable than Like Whoa. But Like Whoa is definitely Top 5. Its hard because OH bar is so high.

 

I typically never buy a full allotment, because I have way too much beer as is, but I actually might with the DDH ACE tomorrow. I'm that excited for it.

 

I'll be lining up for this one. Dont know where I'd put a whole case though so I think 2 4-pack is good.

 

Think we'll be able to show up at 11 for ACE? I know no one actually knows for sure, but is everyone lining up?

 

I showed up around 12 for ddh mosaic dream. Don't know why this would be different, but who knows

 

It's one of my favorite beers from OH. It's still big at 7.4% abv but everything else that is +8% are tough to drink all night long.