Other Half February 2018

Does the 4th Anni label really have the McDonald's logo on it?

 

Shocked to see no merchandise release details ...... yet! They can generate a ton of cash for sure....

Maybe they will be selling Other Half branded frost bite kits tonight.

 

Had a tasting of all 3. I'll echo what everyone else has been saying. 2nd was good but didn't wow me, 3rd tasted great, just as good as I remembered it, and 4th was my favorite. Didn't taste like 10% at all.

 

I'm excited for this thread tomorrow morning -- I have a good feeling I'll get a brief return to the Saturday morning routine of coffee, bagel, and reading the comedic gold these things used to turn into.

 

The "Golden Arches" are cut off and blurred out for the can design.

 

Was the 3rd Anni can release crazy last year? Like, taters line wrapped around McDonalds before opening crazy?

 

Hate to interrupt the anni talk, but drinking a DDH Broccoli, great beer!

 

I think it might have spilled onto court street but I dont recall it going much further than that.

 

I have DDH Cabbage at home waiting for me. Looking forward to it.

I really hope they do a non-DDH Broccoli, Cabbage and Cheddar release again. I like the non-DDH versions better.

 

In general I like DDH versions of beer, but I loved Mylar Bags, didn't love DDH version. I didn't love Broccoli, love DDH, liked Melcher Street, DDH Melcher Street is my favorite IPA. It can go either way for me.

 

Of course a “regular line guy” will say this, that’s what they have to tell themselves to not feel dumb when people like me show up at 11 and buy the same beer without wasting hours of my life in line.

 

There were alot of people there but nothing like taters.

 

Hazenfreude - the strange satisfactory feeling you get by watching people complaining about waiting on line for a hazy IPA while sitting at home with your coffee

Peak hazenfreude is achieved by doing that and then arriving at the brewery to purchase said hazy IPA with no line

 

Same usually goes for me. Like DMD and ACE, I prefer the DDH’s of those. But for some reason I liked the non-DDH’s of the vegetables.

 

Have they show what the 4th Anniversary can looks like?

 

Yea its like two people looking at a newspaper and the billboard over the gowanus. i like to think our boy @dhaakon 's drawing inspired it

 

Well - one plus one does equal three, as we all know

 

Just a point of beer nerd clarification and order-high flocculation=clearer and low flocc=cloudier/"hazier"

 

What was on for growler fills?

 

its cool, the redcoat was just commenting on my drunk math skills.

 

my apologies

 

What did I miss

Edit - what did I miss about me lol

 

[likes comment and responds in similar vein in weak attempt to keep the banter flowing]

“That’s all well and good, BUT FUCK YOU. OH AND BY THE WAY - YOUR MOM”

But bros be juicing and messaging so I get it

 

At the Patchogue release they were selling prints that some artist did for $75, golden arches not blurred

 

What in the world just happened here?!

 

As far as I can tell I had a run in with @dhaakon ’s older brother

 

ha no, he's on here though...

hey yo, it's just a Jersey misunderstanding.

Back to the anni. I'm thinking they brewed a bunch of quad. Still going to try and make it around 8:30 and see the madness plus hopefully get some third.

 

Line update?

 

Depends, large dry hopping during active fermentation will aid in a high flocculation yeast being hazy. Hazy NEIPA generally use medium/high flocculation yeast.

 

Yea true dry hopping and fermentation temps play a large role. The yeast used is technically a med/high flocc usually but the conditions play a huge role like anything in brewing.

Was there ever any confirmation on batch sizes or all speculative?

 

They had it for sale in Brooklyn too...I think it was two weeks ago...for the same price. I'm willing to pay an ungodly amount on a regular basis for beer, and I really love the 4th anniv. logo, but that's a bit unreasonable for an unsigned, unframed poster.

 

From people I've spoken with who have pretty reputable sources, they brewed a ridiculous amount of 4th. Reports on 2nd and 3rd batch size have been inconsistent.

So to answer your question, still speculative.

 

As per Instagram..line started to form about 1/2 hr ago..i was off by 30 min..

 

what time do i need to arrive to not whiff on 2nd Anniversary cans?

Now?

 

Time would be better spent just driving up to Tree House in the morning.

 

Instagram shows a line of chairs.

 

I just see a lot of empty chairs. What’s stopping anyone from throwing one down tonight, going to bed and then strolling back to the chair at 10am?