Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

In my hand is a pint can from the latest order from Half Time. An imperial stout, I have high hopes, the label promises good things. My snifter of choice this evening is the long ago acquisition from ABGB in Austin, nice place to visit. Not a thick pour but it is jet black. The cover, what it is, is slim at best with a thin ring of taupe foam, but there is a resilient stream of carbonation. An okay nose, I determine dark chocolate, grain and berries of some kind. But the taste, oh my, the taste is good. Bakers chocolate, baked bread, strawberries, vanilla and plums. Like the pour, the sensation is thin, I prefer otherwise. No evidence of the moderately high ABV, covered up obviously. A good imperial stout, not over the top.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draught @ THe Hoptimist, Manhattan (Mar 2025). Cloudy dark yellow with a very small frothy off-white head, tropical fruit aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter orange-mango=tropical fruit taste, thin body, long finish. Solid NEIPA.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Good Beer, New York. Aroma is juicy tropical fruits with pineapple, green hops, and mango. Fairly bitter flavour with some hopburn. Medium body. Aromatically pleasing, taste could be more smooth.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can from Beerdome. Sweet milk chocolate aroma with notes of vanilla, cocoa powder, some coffee, Nesquik. Flavour is medium sweet with a light bitterness. Medium body, nicely creamy. Gentle and pleasant.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

440ml can. Hazy yellow gold, small white head. Sweet fruity aroma of pineapple, passionfruit, citrus. Taste has the sharp citrus and tropical notes with a piney bitterness and sweet malts. Well balanced. Smooth body, soft carbonation. Excellent.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

On tap at Beer Run - Chelsea, pours a hazy blonde with a small white head. Nose has lots of pithy stone fruits and some melony hops. Flavour is minimally chalky, with stone fruit pith galore, a touch of dankness, and a sweet bready malt base. Competently made but just seems deficient in the hop department. Fine.

Should have picked another night to come here. But that’s on us, not them.

That being said, the coolest drinking day of my life was meeting Brian from @bayouteche and @cowboymouth. He just walked in like he wasn’t a fucking rockstar. THE NAME OF THE BAND IS....