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Shorts Aorta Ale

Shorts Aorta Ale

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An American Strong Ale brewed by
Shorts Brewing Co.

Bellaire, Michigan USA

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183.54/5.03.48/5.0Special7.6%41.8Trappist glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Modest essential benevolence of humanity. Beer Type: Double Red Ale.

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 joergen (6529), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Oct 5, 2008  
Bottle. Clear red brown coloured with a medium sized off white head. Fruity aroma of hops, pine needles and caramel with notes of grass. Fruity flavour of grass and caramel with notes of hops and pine needles. Hoppy finish.


 Mette (145), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 2, 2008  
shorts smagning med klubben. Uklar mørk ravfarvet med et lille råhvidt skum. Sur humle i smag og duft. Spicy, grøntsagnjuice. stikker på tungen. Tør og bitter.


 sunevdj (1469), Copenhagen OE, Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/511/20
Oct 1, 2008  
Shorts tasting with The Club +a few. Pours a slightly hazy amber. Pours a light brown with an off-white head. Smells a bit of sour hops. Sweet and malty with aromas of caramel and more sour hops (fuggles?). Hints of nuts. Medium body. Medium to high carbonation. Dry finish with some sourness.


 Theis (2208), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 30, 2008  
Bottle at home. Clear dark brown - offwhite head. High malty, sweetness, light bitterness, wierd hoppy, chocolate, spicy, nutty, woody, earthy. Not that well balanced.


 awaisanen (1157), Irvine, California, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 27, 2008  
From a 750mL Bottle. Mostly hazy, ruddy amber colored pour with a creamy layer of thin ivory head. Aged grassy hop nose with some cardboard oxidation notes. Caramel malt aromas with some spicy, varnishy alcohols present. Medium bodied, softly carbonated mouthfeel. Plenty of hop bitterness, but the hop flavors taste aged and planty with edges of onion. Lots of caramel malt, with an earthy, spicy hop bite on the back end. Slight oxidation makes the palate a bit thin. Perhaps once tasty fresh, this one clearly tastes past its prime. Even still, it’s hard to imagine this one upstaging any of the other Imperial series Short’s offerings in the primest of forms. Thanks, Ryan!




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