Other Half Brewing

What Other Half Brewing does

Other Half Brewing is a Brooklyn-headquartered craft brewery founded in 2014 by Sam Richardson, Matt Monahan, and Andrew Burman, producing hop-forward beers including hazy IPAs, imperial IPAs, New England-style ales, barrel-aged stouts, lagers, and specialty sours. The company's core capability is brewing flexibility around hop selection, supported by direct supply partnerships with Yakima Chief Hops and NZ Hops for experimental varieties (Cryo, Lupomax, Hyperboost, Nectaron), a 17–38 month bourbon and sherry barrel-aging program, and a recurring monthly collaboration schedule with peer breweries through the Freaky Fourth Friday program.

The company operates a vertically integrated multi-channel model. Distribution combines eight company-owned taprooms across New York City (Centre Street, Domino Park, Rockefeller Center), the Finger Lakes region (Bloomfield, Canandaigua), Buffalo, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C.; direct-to-consumer e-commerce shipping to 32 states via UPS with tiered case formats (Build Your Own Case from $84, Flagship Case $106, Anniversary and event boxes up to $155); a wholesale sixtel keg program serving bars and restaurants; and branded merchandise. Pricing for packaged beer runs $14–$28 per four-pack, cases $84–$155, and merchandise $1–$45. Beyond beer, the company has launched adjacent sub-brands: All In non-alcoholic hazy IPA, Oh2 Chill THC seltzer, Annuelle wine, and Cloud Cover Coffee. A scheduled release calendar drives demand, including the 12th Anniversary celebration, Green City Festival, Hop Madness, Munchies, and branded collaborations with partners such as Junior's Restaurant and Bakery, Mister Softee, Omnipollo, Trillium, Monkish, and Cellarmaker.

Other Half is a private, founder-owned company with 101–250 employees and no disclosed institutional investment or external ownership change. Founders maintain operational roles, with Matt Monahan serving as CEO and Andrew Burman serving as COO. Marketing leverages organic social (Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter), an email newsletter for weekly release alerts, and event-driven community programming. The competitive position rests on brand reputation in the hazy IPA category, a dense collaboration ecosystem that functions as a community lock-in, and a geographically anchored but DTC-extended retail footprint.

Name

Other Half Brewing

Legal name

Other Half Brewing

Website

https://otherhalfbrewing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Other Half Brewing is a Brooklyn-headquartered, founder-owned craft brewery founded in 2014 that produces hop-forward beers across eight Northeast taprooms and ships direct to consumers in 32 states, leveraging barrel aging, experimental hop sourcing, and a year-round festival and collaboration release calendar.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Craft Beer

NAICS

Breweries (31212), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410), Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers (424810)

SIC

Malt Beverages (2082), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Wholesale-Beer, Wine & Distilled Alcoholic Beverages (5180)

akta.pro primary industry

Beer Brewing & Brands (CRADAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Brewpubs & Taprooms (On-site Beer Service) (THAFALAA), Packaging & Production Breweries (Limited/No On-site Service) (THAFALAB), Regional & National Breweries (THAFALAD), Craft Beer Bars & Taprooms (THAFAEAG), Taprooms & Brewpubs (CRANACAF)

Keywords

• Craft beer brewing
• Hazy ipa production
• Barrel-aged stouts
• Brewery taproom operations
• Craft beer merchandise

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Beer Sales (Taproom): Direct sales of canned and bottled beer at taproom locations with on-site consumption and pickup options.
2. Direct-to-Consumer Beer Shipping: E-commerce sales of beer cases shipped directly to consumers' homes across 32 states. Includes Build Your Own Case, Flagship Case, Stout Box, and special event boxes.
3. B2B Keg Sales: Wholesale sales of sixtels to bars, restaurants, and bottle shops through retail request process.
4. Merchandise: Sales of branded merchandise including apparel, glassware, hats, koozies, and accessories through e-commerce.
5. THC Seltzer (Oh2 Chill): Non-alcoholic THC seltzer product line with tropical flavors sold through separate website.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Other Half Brewing manufactures and sells hop-forward craft beer in cans and bottles, operating 8 company-owned taprooms across the Northeast U.S. and shipping direct-to-consumer to 32 states. The portfolio spans flagship hazy IPAs, barrel-aged stouts, lagers, and limited-edition collaboration releases, alongside complementary non-beer product lines (Oh2 Chill THC seltzer, All In non-alcoholic IPA, Annuelle wine, Cloud Cover coffee) and branded merchandise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Oh2 Chill: THC seltzer brand for non-alcoholic relaxation
• Annuelle
• Cloud Cover Coffee
• All In
• Green City
• Munchies
• Hop Madness

Products and services

• Other Half Flagship Craft Beer Lineup Year-round canned and bottled craft beers sold at taprooms and online, headlined by hop-forward DDH hazy IPAs (All Citra Everything, Forever Ever, Green City) and the Snaps Lager, available as Build Your Own and Flagship cases for individual consumers.
• Oh2 Chill THC Seltzer Non-alcoholic seltzer with tropical flavors and a touch of THC, positioned for relaxation without alcohol effects, distributed through a dedicated oh2chill.com site and offered as a separate sub-brand for adult consumers.
• All In Non-Alcoholic Hazy IPA Non-alcoholic hazy IPA available in taprooms, at select retail locations, and online for at-home delivery, marketed as the no-alcohol option for hop-forward consumers.
• Annuelle Wine Wine product line launched as part of the 'Not Beer' portfolio, offered through Other Half Brewing for adult consumers seeking the brewery's house style outside of beer.
• Cloud Cover Coffee Branded coffee product line operated as an 'Not Beer' extension of the Other Half portfolio, distributed through a dedicated cloudcovercoffee.com storefront.
• 12th Anniversary Box Limited-edition anniversary collection pairing past Anniversary IPA releases (Small 4th, 10th, 11th, 12th) with Bananaversary 2026 and Bananaverse 2026 barrel-aged stouts for individual collectors at $155 per box.
• 12th Anniversary Collab Week Box Limited-edition collaboration box for individual collectors featuring six 12th-anniversary IPAs co-brewed with breweries such as Omnipollo, Green Cheek, Brujos, Jackie O's, Tripping Animals, Oology, No Seasons, Westbound & Down, and Half Acre, priced at $135.
• 12th Anniversary Throwback Week Box Limited-edition throwback box for individual collectors featuring six past-collaboration IPAs from Burial Beer Co., Equilibrium Brewery, Holy Mountain Brewing, Industrial Arts, J. Wakefield, and other partners.
• Hop Madness Box 2026 Special-edition event box for individual consumers featuring six basketball-themed IPAs (Sports Ballin', Blazer Hazers, Layups Only, Crashing the Boards, Last Week, TDH Raining Threes), sold during the annual Hop Madness tournament promotion.
• Munchies Box 2026 Special-edition food-themed event box for individual consumers featuring food-inspired IPAs such as Bacon, Croissant, Deviled Eggs, and HDHC Broccoli/Cabbage/Cheddar Special Reserves.
• Green City Box 2026 Festival-anchored event box shipped to coincide with the Green City festival, featuring six Green City 2026 IPAs (Blacktop Buckets, Brooklyn Bound, Fresh Tag, Loosey Juicy, On Your Left, Wheeee!) for individual fans and remote collectors.
• Junior's x Other Half Box Limited-edition cross-brand collaboration box with Junior's Restaurant and Bakery featuring four dessert-inspired beers (Black and White Cream Ale, Egg Cream Milk Stout, Key Lime Cheesecake IPA, Strawberry Dream Oat Cream IPA), shipped to 33 states.
• Collab Rewind << 2016 Box Limited-edition collab-rewind box commemorating milestone IPAs from 2016 brewed with Trillium Brewing (Street Green), Monkish Brewing (First Things First), and Cellarmaker Brewing (All Dank Everything).
• Craft Brewers Conference Variety Case Variety case celebrating the Craft Brewers Conference featuring nine experimental beers (All Segal Everything, Chilly Bin, Proving Grounds, HDHC Double Mosaic Dream, All Fresh Krush Everything, HDHC Forever Simcoe, Heaps of Kiwis, Thora) for individual consumers at $135 per case.
• Build Your Own Bottle Box Curated configurator product for individual consumers that lets buyers build a custom box of four barrel-aged stout bottles from the latest stout releases, priced from $96 per box with additional shipping for remote states.
• Build Your Own Case
• Flagship Case Fixed curated case containing six four-packs of flagship hazy IPAs (All Citra Everything, Green City, Forever Ever, Snaps) priced at $106 per case, shipped direct to consumers in eligible states.
• Other Half Branded Merchandise E-commerce line of branded apparel and accessories for individual consumers, including t-shirts ($25–$30), hoodies ($45), hats ($25–$35), koozies ($5), tumblers ($12), stickers ($1), and air fresheners ($5), with collaboration drops such as Mister Softee.
• Taproom Experience and Pickup On-site beer service, flights, and pickup at 8 company-owned taprooms in NYC (Centre Street, Domino Park, Rockefeller Center), Finger Lakes (Bloomfield, Canandaigua), Buffalo, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C., with free pickup orders via the company website.
• Brewery Tours, Tasting, and Private Events On-site brewery experiences including beer tours and tastings, private event hosting, and event-space rental offered at Other Half taprooms for groups and private bookings.
• B2B Wholesale Sixtel Keg Distribution Wholesale distribution of sixtel kegs sold from Centre Street, Bloomfield, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. to bars, restaurants, and bottle shops, with new accounts onboarded through a retail request form on the website.

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Alvarado Street BrewingminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026Freaky Fourth Friday collaboration featuring Contains No Juice Imperial IPA. Monthly rotating brewery collaborations.
• Junior's Restaurant and BakerycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026Limited edition dessert-inspired beer collaboration featuring four flavors: Strawberry Cheesecake (8.5%), Key Lime Cheesecake (6.5%), Egg Cream Milk Stout (6.0%), and Black and White Cookie Cream Ale (4.8%). Products available at both companies' locations and select East Coast retailers, shipped to 33 states.
• Mister SofteeminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 August 2025Collaboration merchandise including t-shirts ($30), tumblers ($12), and air fresheners ($5). Summer-themed partnership.
• OmnipollominorStrategic or Co-development Partner12th Anniversary collaboration - Dankest Dads hazy Imperial IPA brewed with special dank hop blend.
• Green Cheek Beer CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner12th Anniversary collaboration - Dankest Dads hazy Imperial IPA co-brewed with Omnipollo and Green Cheek.
• Jackie O'sminorStrategic or Co-development Partner12th Anniversary - Maximalists hazy IPA collaboration.
• Tripping AnimalsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner12th Anniversary - Three's Company, Four's Legendary Imperial IPA collaboration with Oology and No Seasons.
• OologyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner12th Anniversary - Three's Company, Four's Legendary Imperial IPA collaboration with Tripping Animals and No Seasons.
• No SeasonsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner12th Anniversary - Three's Company, Four's Legendary Imperial IPA collaboration with Tripping Animals and Oology.
• Westbound & DownminorStrategic or Co-development Partner12th Anniversary - Denver Omelet West Coast IPA collaboration.
• Half Acre Beer CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner12th Anniversary - Sporty Peppers Pale Ale collaboration.
• Yakima Chief HopscoreTechnology or IntegrationHop supplier and collaboration partner for experimental varieties including Cryo Fresh hops, Nectaron Hyperboost, and specialty hop products.
• NZ HopscoreTechnology or IntegrationSupplier of New Zealand hop varieties including Nelson Sauvin, Motueka, Riwaka, Nectaron, and experimental varieties.
• Trillium BrewingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollab Rewind 2016 - Street Green IPA celebrating 10 years of collaboration. Original collaboration from 2016.
• Monkish BrewingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollab Rewind 2016 - First Things First IPA, the first ever Monkish IPA collaboration.
• Cellarmaker BrewingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollab Rewind 2016 - All Dank Everything Imperial IPA collaboration.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Monkish Brewing: California craft brewery specializing in hop-forward and experimental IPAs with an emphasis on limited releases and brewery-only sales. Operates a comparable scarcity-driven, single-state taproom model with strong brand prestige.
• Half Acre Beer Company: Chicago craft brewery with a broad portfolio spanning IPAs, lagers, and barrel-aged beers plus a taproom presence. Comparable on multi-format craft portfolio and collaboration activity with Other Half.
• Russian River Brewing Company: Iconic craft brewery with cult following on Pliny the Elder and barrel-aged sours, plus a multi-taproom presence. Comparable on brewing reputation, premium positioning, and on-premise-focused distribution.
• Hudson Valley Brewery: New York-based craft brewery recognized for hazy IPAs, mixed-fermentation programs, and a tasting-room experience. Comparable on regional Northeast positioning and mixed-fermentation/barrel-aging expertise.
• Cellarmaker Brewing: San Francisco craft brewery with hop-forward focus and frequent high-profile collaborations. Comparable on experimental IPA portfolio, collaboration culture, and taproom-led retail model.
• Equilibrium Brewery: New York craft brewery focused on hop-forward IPAs and frequent collaborations with other top-tier brewers. Comparable on hop-driven portfolio and recurring collaboration drops in the same scene as Other Half.
• Tree House Brewing: Massachusetts-based craft brewery renowned for its hop-forward IPAs and limited-release, appointment-only taproom model. Closely comparable to Other Half on hazy/IPA specialization, scarcity-driven demand, and premium direct pricing.
• Green Cheek Beer Company: Southern California craft brewery known for hazy IPAs and frequent collaboration releases. Comparable on hop-forward portfolio, collaboration culture, and limited-edition drop mechanics.
• Trillium Brewing: New England craft brewery with similar hazy IPA focus, multiple taproom locations, DTC distribution, and an active collaboration program. Direct competitor and frequent collaboration partner of Other Half (Collab Rewind 2016).

Broad incumbents

• Brooklyn Brewery: Established NYC craft brewery with broad national and international distribution and a wider portfolio spanning lagers, IPAs, and seasonal beers. Comparable as a Brooklyn-anchored craft brand, but operates at substantially larger scale and serves as an incumbent in the same category.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/OtherHalfNYC
• Facebookfacebook.com/otherhalfnyc
• Instagraminstagram.com/otherhalfnyc

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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