Shorts Bloody Beer

Brewed by Shorts Brewing Co.
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Bellaire, Michigan USA

Taste from a 750 @ BA Speedway release today. Overall tasty and strange with clearly some roma tomatoeness, i liked it overall its bretty cool.

Big thanks to heemer for this much wanted beer. Thanks for attending eric! Amber pour with a medium off white head. Aroma was celery and tomato. flavor was the same, heavy tomato, celery, salt, pepper, cinnamon...basically a malted up bloody mary. Points for being interesting, but I couldn’t see this whole bottle being consumed by anyone.

I had big expectations for this one, but it was a let down. The body was copper colored with a yellowish khaki head. The aroma was tomatoes and horseradish. There wasn’t much else to smell. The taste was light tomatoes with some horseradish. There was also carrots with some toast and almonds in the finish. This was interesting and you at least have to give credit for the effort.

Hazy apricot color with a white head that quickly dissipates. Smell of tomato paste, celery, radish, and some other spice I can’t quite pick out. Taste is much of the same, but I also get a bit of cracked peppercorn that adds a bit of a bite to it. Body is light and carbonation is medium. Not a big fan of this beer.

Date: 05/03/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: hazy amber, fine beige head,
Aroma: spicy and peppery aroma with a hint of sweet tomato,
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of peppery character, touch of hot peppers, light spicyness, light bitterness

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Appearance: Pours a clearish, amberish body with a small, though sustained, white head. Smell: A real treat to smell, you can easily pick out the tomatoes, horseradish, dill, and spices. Yes, yes, it’s starting to remind me of... Taste: A blend of lager beer and Bloody Mary Mix. A nice, distinct, though not overdone horseradish and pepper spiciness. Somewhat mild, lightly sweetish tomato character. A hint of sugar and rock salt. Bloody Mary through and through on the finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: As with the Peaches & Creme, it’s quite interesting, although I may lean towards that beer in terms of drinkability. However, they set a goal to reach and delivered in terms of honest-to-goodness Bloody Mary flavor. Other specialty beers fall way short of this, so kudos to Short’s in that regard.

Bottle courtesy of hoppymeal: Pours a slightly hazy bronze with a spotty lacing white head. Aroma of earthy peppery celery and spices. Body starts lightly sweet and effervescent with some pepper and tomato flavor. Finishes slightly drier with a touch of warming peppery spice. An interesting brew.

Pours a hazy copper color with a white head. Aroma is spicy, peppery, tomatoes, and some malt pokes through. Flavor is peppery, spicy, tomatoes, and a bitter peppery, spicy finish.