DDH The Other Brian — Green Cheek Beer Company

Evaluating unpasteurized expressions after ocean transport requires strict thermal controls. When buying Monkish beer in Hawaii or sourcing other mainland craft allocations, local collectors frequently encounter oxidized characteristics. Heat spikes on tarmacs and cargo container baking typically compromise the yeast and hop profile before the cans reach Honolulu shelves.

This batch of DDH The Other Brian was shipped under our strict 38°F trans-pacific cold corridor, resulting in a pristine presentation. The mouthfeel is exceptionally clean, with the hop aromatics completely intact.

Green Cheek Beer Company, out of Orange, California, is a decorated modern IPA brewery, and DDH The Other Brian shows why — a double dry-hopped hazy double IPA built at a strength and intensity meant to showcase the brewery's hop-handling at its most aggressive. At 8.5% ABV, expect a dense, cloudy pour with heightened aromatics typical of a double dry-hopped beer — an extra round of hop additions late in the process built to push tropical and citrus hop character further than a standard hazy IPA, with a fuller body to match the higher gravity. It's a beer built to smell as loud as it drinks. It's on the Haliʻā ledger as a community-rated favorite from one of Southern California's most decorated modern IPA producers, and a strong showcase of what double dry-hopping does at scale. DDH hazies are exactly the style the Haliʻā drop-box was designed around: double dry-hop aromatics fade fastest of all under heat, so shipping The Other Brian at a steady 38°F is what keeps Green Cheek's hop work intact by the time it reaches Oʻahu.