 Pailhead (2602), Allen Park, Michigan, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 18, 2009 Bottle: The aroma has lots of citrus hops, oranges, pineapples, and tropical fruits. It pours a slightly hazy amber with a small soapy off-white head. The flavor starts with a quick dose of tropical fruits that end up completely dominated by a huge fresh grapefruit and light pine hops in the finish along with big grapefruit aftertaste. Light-medium bodied with soft carbonation and mouthfeel.
CharlesDarwin (1849), Point Judith, Rhode Island, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 3, 2009 Dank aroma heading into weed fields, pine groves, and olive branches. Spiced, aromatic, and leafy. Nice bronze-coppery amber, a bit clouded, with a thick whitish edge. Flavor is a bit peculiar. There’s some immediate grassy, dry dusty, and slightly celeried profiled. This is a character that seems to pervade the Short’s heavy hop beers. It always ends a bit dusty or celery-like, which ends up bothering me. A puckering edge to the backend. Alcohol very well subdued. Good, not great.
flatmatt (227), Northville, Michigan, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 20, 2009 12 oz bottle. Pours a hazy amber orange with a nice off-white head. Pine and citrus hop aroma with spice. Interesting flavor, I’m getting tons of pine and grapefruit, some sharp lemon and orange, and a lot of spice and bitterness after the finish. Flavor comes together more and more as I drink more. Definitely has a certain appeal.
PhillyBeer2112 (2089), Orange Park, Florida, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 26, 2009 Growler at throwdown, courtesy GodofThunder. Huge fresh hop nose: grapefruit, pine and dank. Resiny flavors with a clean bready background. Very bitter finish. Copper color.
Dickinsonbeer (3496), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 1, 2009 on tap at EBF. Pours a nice hazy orange with a thin but lasting sticky head. Aroma is surprisingly powerful with all kinds of hops- mostly resinous, piney and NW citrusy hops with a good amount of tropical mango character. Hop juice int he flavor- an ok big malt backbone but it is all hops- tangerine, orange, pine needle, and white pine sap with a nice resinous and tacky bitter finish. I wasn’t really expecting a great DIPA here from Shorts, but this was really nice.
GodOfThunder (877), Orlando, Florida, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Feb 24, 2009 Thanks to Northernbrews for getting me this special brew in a growler! Aroma is fantastic. Lots of piney hops in the aroma. Pretty flawless Double IPA aroma. Flavor is bitter, with a little sweetness from the malts. Flavor is good, but nothing out of this world. However, the aroma is perfect.
JMFG (1514), Florida, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 14, 2009 Courtesy GodofThunder. Orange-brown color with a thin white head. Grassy earthy hop aroma, slight malt backbone present, some mild sweetness suggested. Nice aggressive grapefruit hops on the taste, less sweet than aroma, some lingering hops, but not a whole lot. Pretty good overall.
DJMonarch (6878), Northwich, Cheshire, England
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 22, 2009 From the Bottle at the Marriott Hotel, Denver 26/09/2009
Floral malt aroma. Amber coloured very strong in alcohol and hoppy with a little dryness in a crisp malt finish.
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