Shorts Anniversary Ale Part Deux Dry Hop Version

12oz bottle. thanks to Kan for bringing this back from the brewery. pours hazy amber with white head. aroma of fusel alcohol, oak, sweet, and vegetal. flavor is vegetal, minty, touch of charred toasted oak, and sweet fusel alcohol notes. some sips went down easier than others and it started to grow on me but this is not a very good barrel aged IIPA.

Pours caramel brown with a unique nose of oak, alcohol and very faint hops. The beer was a bit all over the place. Should have taken better notes.

Bottle thanks Brian: Another solid offering from Shorts here. Aroma is musty citrus, some traces of bourbon possibly, oak and light vanilla. Flavor is citrus/grapefruit rind, dry, and finishes woody.

12oz bottle purchased at the brewery. Wild and unusually paired aromas of caramel, subdued rubber/leather, light boozy whiskey, cherry pasty, and citrusy hops (especially orange). Strange bedfellows which came together nicely. Fruitier and sweeter than than the Anniversary Ale Part Deux Original Version. Medium bodied with mild hop bitterness (3 out of 10). Flavors included caramel, tree bark, subdued whiskey, and vanilla. There was also a mild, but distinct, mint note. Yes, mint. Carbonation was on the low end of the spectrum.

bottle from mibirder. Thanks sean. I was a little sceptical of trading for an aged iipa, but this one does not disappoint. Very complex with more depth than most iipa’s. Sweet and hoppy up front with bourbon and oak finishing notes. Very good.