Shorts Huma-Lupa-Licious

Pours a bright, almost irredescent, completely hazy orange with a fluffy and short-lived white head. It recedes to a ring quickly and leaves only a trace of lacing. The smell has a big resiny hop character but with some nice grapefruit and orange hints as well. The sweet malt base is in there as well but only as a compliment to the big hop aromas. Taste is earthy resin up front and a substantial malt backbone before giving way to a lingering citrus bitterness in the finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and slightly sticky with a bitterness that tickles the tongue throughout. This is another very good brew from the guys at Shorts, a well-balanced yet very hoppy IPA.

tap at shorts....cloudy orange brown with a soapy white head....light and sweeter citris fruits, somewhat grassy aroma.... flavors had grassy but more citrus hops. light bitterness in the finish what lingers on the palate awhile....i think i enjoyed this one more than what my rating reflects.

Was it the crappppppy service at Ashley’s or that I just didn’t get into this? Or did it perhaps clash with the previous beer? At any rate, found it rather grainy and lacking in the lupa-liciousness.

Draft: Poured at Shakespeare’s in Kalamazoo...dark copper in color with a medium cream head, good retention and lacing. Resin and floral hop notes dominate with some light citrus and pale malts. Strong pineapple and bitter pine flavors at the forefront, some mild floral notes and light malts. Decent.

On tap at Short’s. Pours a hazed copper with a white head. Juicy citrus and grapefruit hops in the nose. Those same juicy grapefruit and pine flavors with a strong pine bitterness that is extremely bitter for its accompanying malt backbone. The bitterness is slightly cloying, and finishes dry. Good parts of an IPA, they just don’t come together as well as they otherwise could, especially compared to the Stellar Ale. Good IPA though.