Shorts Anniversary Ale Part Deux Dry Hop Version

Brewed by Shorts Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Bellaire, Michigan USA

Name: Anniversary Deux Dry Hop
Date: 02/23/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: cloudy burnt orange, wispy beige head,
Aroma: sweet crystal malt aroma with lots of astrengent earthy hops,
Flavor: sweet crystal malt flavor, lots of citrus hops for balance, lots of earthy bitterness, long bitter finish,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **+/4

( 12oz bottle ) Pours a hazy amber body with a small white head. Aroma of grapefruit, bread, wood, and earth. Flavor of breadiness, grapefruit, caramel, and florals with a bitter finish.

12oz bottle acquired in trade with hoppymeal (thanks!!). Tasted side by side by side (Original , Dry hop, & Grapefruit versions). Poured a medium and hazy amber color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of fresh floral green hoppiness, caramel, some vanilla, pine, citrus, and a trace of woodiness. Tastes of floral hops, citrus, caramel, and vanilla. This one was also nice and bitter. The barrel aging was done nicely as the bourbon was in the background and added nicely to the overall experience.

Pours a slightly hazy orange copper with a thin ring of white head. Aroma of bourbon and lightly sweet caramel malt with some resiny grapefruity hops. Starts lightly caramely sweet and citrusy hoppy bitter with a big bourbon oaky balance. FInishes warming oaky and bittersweet. A decent double IPA.

Stinky hop fuel nose, some fusel orange cleaner, very sharp, stinky, fuel-like, ammonia-like... there’s got to be some chemicals in there. Up front there’s some vibrant sweetness and juiciness, but it quickly turns to maple coated dogfood and ammonia. Hugely sharp and putrid, heavily astringent. Difficult to like. Finishes like alcoholized dogfood.

Hazy dark copper body with a light yellowish khaki head. The aroma is massive grapefruit with some notes of black tea. There is also some medicinal quality, but it is complementary. The mouthfeel is thick and sticky. The taste has lots of rich grapefruit and leathery notes. There is also some oak character, but it is underneath the tremendous citrus character. There are also notes of almonds. This woudl have been pretty good without the barrel aging.

Poured a cooper color with a small off-white head. The aroma is full of grapefruit juice and some sugary sweetness. It smells like breakfast. Some vanilla and caramel underneath. Citrus, grapefruit, and caramel mix together to form the flavor. But as it fades you get pure grapefruit juice mixed with mild bourbon and a touch of alcohol. Nice warmth in the chest. Which feels good on this cold rainy night after having a chest cold. Medium to full bodied. The bourbon really came out when the beer warmed.

Bottled at DLD. Poured clear grapefruity-brown with a short cap of off-white head. The aroma was just delightful.. dark, sweet grapefruit meat and pine with strong floral and perfumey accents.. heavy and hopped-up. The flavor was not so good.. it can be described as a rough, boozy mess actually.. sweet grapefruit and grain alcohol with pine and grapefruit bitterness at the finish.. unbalanced and unpleasant. Thick and boozy on the palate with rough alcohol-fueled bitterness.. long, warm finish with lots of residual sugars. This went way downhill from the initial impression.