Shorts Bellaire Brown

Brewed by Shorts Brewing Co.
Style: Brown Ale
Bellaire, Michigan USA

Bottle. Thin looking brown body with a very little head and aromas of sweet, dark malt (brown sugar and toffee) and nuts and earth. Flavor is decent enough... a nice mix of the aforementioned players, but could be a little more robust. Still, this is a pretty good brown.

A great brown, full of flavor. Not thin and bitter like many, but sugary, and warm. It tastes like a mutherfucking tootsie-roll! wonderfull brown.

Bottle sample at Noogfest High 5. Poured a clear brown color with an average frothy off-white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate toasted malt, nut and smal hop aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium sweet toasted flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Average complex brew.

Bottle at Atlas courtesy of psprings. Pours, smells, and tastes like a brown. Very nondescript and average. Toasted malt and caramel, as advertised. Seems unambitious - particularly for Shorts’ rep.

12 oz bottle from Siciliano’s (Grand Rapids, MI). Pours a dark brown, tea hues just faintly hazed with smalloffwhite tannish head, dies to a small film, minimal lacing. Aromas are coffee grounds, cocoa, vanilla, and a bit of brown sugar, toast, and nuttiness. Very nice for a brown. Initial has a decent body, pushing cocoa, coffee, a touch of espresso, nut, brown sugar, caramel, a touch of toastiness with decent bitterness on the backend to balance and finish. The flavors on this are quite exsquisite with gourmet coffee and espresso, vanilla, cocoa, and a good sweetness, flavor of copious amounts in comparison to the body’s girth. A top notch sessionable Brown ale. Flavor sticks to the palate, sufficient bitterness, light enough to drink several. Very nice. Cheers!

Poured dark brown without much head. Characteristic aroma of nuts, fudge and caramel. Taste is similarly fudgy without being excessively sweet. Finish is earthy and smooth. A good attempt at an unloved style.

Clear chestnut with a quickly dissolving beige head. Aroma of caramel, roasted malt, nuts and chocolate. Taste of roasted malt, nuts, brow sugar and mild chocolate. Mild bitterness with a semi-sweet finish.

Noogfest High 5. Sample from a bottle thanks to unclejedi. Dark brown red with a solid off white foam. Sweet malty aroma. Taste is sweet malts, chocolate, nuts.