Other Half February 2018

Way too cold to wait in line today.

Planning on swinging by around 6 if they still have some 4th left.

 

Still plenty 4th? Going to head down at 1 if so

 

Parked in front no line got my 4th.. drinking 2nd and 3rd and got a fill of 3rd. Cheers

 

Seemed like enough 4th to last through the afternoon. By my (bleary-eyed, bottle-shared) estimates, you had to be there before 630am to score 2nd/3rd cans.

 

Literally just heard someone on the phone say “they’re out of the good stuff, I can only get 4th anniversary cans.” The FOMO has reached critical levels.

 

Just got here, in and out with no line.

Edit: tap room crowd has subsided.

 

They still had like a double batch of fourth left when I left. I think this is going to last the week. The case gobblers have all left and they still have, I would estimate, around 300 cases left.

I missed out on third but it's all good. I was dumb to get there at 9 because it took 2 hours to get cans but I was already up and in the area. Felt like a sucker though.

 

Had to line up for 44 seconds. Glad I bought my chair

 

Chin up and own it man. Everyone makes mistakes. It’s what you do with the lesson learned that counts

 

They know that 2nd and 3rd will never taste as good as the OG batches right? That has been objectively proven on BA time and again.

 

Yeah looked that way to me too. But maybe more palates in the back? Based on their insta I thought they must have more

 

They said that was all they had left when I asked, then I noticed they wheeled out a new palette after that so nm

 

In/out in 2 minutes with 4th..and had pours of 2nd,3rd & Citra/Galaxy with a couple of dudes..got to sleep late..can't beat it

 

I got there at 6am this morning and I think I was one of the last people to get guaranteed full allotments, was a total shitshow though. I met some cool people who made it bearable but I doubt I will line up again until spring.

 

Jesus Christ man, don't line up again ever.

 

I just opened my first can of 4th and it is delicious. If you told me this beer was 8% I’d believe you. Super smooth for the high abv and excellent mouth feel and lacing on my glass. Glad I stocked up as this one should hold up really well over the course of the month.

 

Oh do tell more for the coffee/bagel types.

 

OH said no fills and now they are filling 2nd and 3rd???? That’s it! OH hates their customers!!!!

There, is that the complaining that people are looking for?

 

touché, if I showed up at noon with no line I'd be smug AF too

 

Like I said, peak hazenfreude.

 

I know I know - I looked back on my flurry of posts and cringed a little. Was on a massive post-sanctimonious high

 

Showed up around 11:30...grabbed two four packs of 4th anni and a 32oz fill of 3rd. The whole process took about 10 minutes. No complaints here

 

Insta is claiming 4th is almost sold out. Is that true?

 

I don't know how you were able to get a 32oz growler of third in that amount of time. I was in the tap room and there were at least 20 growlers on the bar. Good on you if it was expedited. The tap room was so crowded and so smelly.

Wow crazy that it could sell out I was 500 in line and there were maybe 80 people that arrived after me from time of arrival to time of purchase.

 

Sold out of all cans. I'm sorry if I gave anyone any false hope.

 

If the quantity count was correct - pretty crazy they got through that amount of 4th so quickly. Was sure it would last into the night

 

In the taproom now. Snagged one of the last 4 packs. 3 guys walked in the garage after me and bought the remaining half case or so.Glad I decided not to wait any longer.

Guy who sold me the 4 pack said they spent 2 days canning. 8 pallets of 4th. Gone in like 5 hours.

They moved the tables and chairs out to fit more people. Brings back memories of the old tap room with everyone standing around. Looks like thst have the actual brewery space in the back open too.

 

Savages!!

That’s literally 800 cases...

 

In non OH-related can news, just grabbed a 4 pack of sip of sunshine from gowanus Whole Foods for 11.99! Not a bad consolation prize if you missed out today.

 

I wasn't hell bent to got 4th, had something to do this morning. With 800 cases and the optimism in this thread I pointed the car west at about 2pm and headed to OH. Drove right by the garage at around 3pm , it was open and figured I would get beer no problem, I wouldn't do it but was very tempted to park on Smith and roll in very quickly, but didn't. Found a spot about 5 minutes away, go to Centre Street and garage was closed, shocked they were out !! Must have missed out by a couple of minutes. Did realize Peter Pan was on my way home and luckily didn't get shut out of my favorite kind of donuts.

 

I think the patented @dhaakon line calculator is broken ! Anyone else want to apply for the job??

 

Some (accurate) stats. As a result of that post:

79 BAs spent a collective
243 hours driving, and
$1341 on gas, for
0 beers

 

Anyone know what the wording printed on the bottom of 4th is? Mine are all smudged.

 

Looks like GANGSTA QUATRE to me

 

Because of his broken calculator I spent about $10 on gas, 2 hours of driving, nothing on tolls. I did though however get donuts, so that needs to count for something and factored in. Also, I never really had FOMO, but I do now have a small case of ROMO ( Reality of Missing Out) , that needs to be factored in. I would have him do the math on this to calculate what I actually lost, but his credibility now is suspect at best !

 

Should have swung by Greenpoint. Peter Pan doughnuts INSIDE the beer. (Publicity Stunt)

 

Nice!! Peter Pan is the Other Half of the donut world, lines, running out of stuff, although not sure if anyone has slept on the sidewalk over night. Maybe there is a www.donutadvocate.com, FT:Voodoo Donuts ISO: Peter Pan donuts.

 

I blew it this morning, got there around 7:30 am and walked out with the same allotment many got with no wait after 3 hours.

Annoyed that third anni sold out and I’ll never wait on a line at Other Half again but holy shit 4th anni might be the best beer I’ve ever had, hoppy bitter juicy pineapple and grapefruit.