Shorts Anniversary Ale 2008

Formerly brewed at Shorts Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Bellaire, Michigan USA

(Draught) Pours a hazy amber body with small off-white head. Aroma of pine, floral, caramel, and herbs. Flavor of hops (citrus, pine, earthiness) with toasted and caramel malts to provide balance.

Thank you Derek for the Growler (I owe you one!). Poured a deep and cloudy amberish color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of pine, citrus, grapefruit peels, floral green hoppiness, and a trace of caramel. Tastes of grapefruit juice, grass, cigrus, and some caramel. Light maltiness with very nice hoppiness!

Snifter on tap at the brewpub. This is a glorious brew for hopheads. The body was a very cloudy medium copper with an offwhite head. The aroma is massive grapefruit with some almonds. There is also some bread crust. The taste is palate ruining grapefruit with some almonds shells. Well made and an absolute monster.

2008 MiBGF: Deep sunset coppery hue with a great head and lace. The aroma has notes of caramel and bready malts, moderate piney and herbal hops, and some pepper but seems a tad weak. The taste is bitter and citric with some catty undertones. Caramel and metallic was well, balanced but seems dull towards the finish. The initial mouth feel is sharp and biting, astringent and muddled upon the finish. Not bad but not living up to the hype either.

Many I wish I was sharing this with other raters. Growler. Poured a hazed amber with an off white head. I haven’t had a DIPA like this in quite a while. Strong hop forward aroma of pine, grapefruit and sweaty hop aroma. I am guessing there is malt in there by the sweetness. The flavor is a mix of hops and malt but leans definitively to the hops. Pine flavor in the middle with a moderate amount of bitterness that runs for quite a while on the dry finish. Medium body with no signs of alcohol. That is until I down the growler, then I will be the sign. Another winner for Short’s and my new MI hookup Derek

Poured a hazy red amber color with a small, off white head, that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of pine, floral hops, citrus fruits, caramel, and a bit of yeast. Taste of light caramel up front, some grass, pine, citrus, grapefruit, and a sharp bitterness in the finish, with a bit of alcohol too. Thanks Steve!

Growler shared by hopdog. Pours a lightly hazy ruby orange with a medium creamy/bubbly off white head that left some nice sticky lacing. Aroma of grapefruit, pine, orange, a bunch of fresh American hops, caramel, toasted malt really nice hop aroma, no off flavors or grassy notes. Flavor of grapefruit, pine, earthy, tons of hop flavor, caramel and toasted malt.

GTMW ’08. Poured a hazy copper/medium orange color. The head was light tan with a yellowish tint. The aroma was a nice balance of malty caramel and flowery hops. Medium bodied with moderate to high hop bitterness (7 out of 10) that lingered and lingered. Nice flavor profile including the likes of sprucy/citrusy hops, caramel, and toasted bread. I also picked up a hint of bacon mixed in there somewhere. Tasty.