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Shorts The Curl Imperial Pilsner

Shorts The Curl Imperial Pilsner

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An European Strong Lager brewed by
Shorts Brewing Co.

Bellaire, Michigan USA

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353.48/5.03.45/5.0Special7.1%90.5 Lager glass P  Stats

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Brewed with 40% more ingredients to bump any ordinary pilsner to an imperial level. We hop the kettle four times, using a good amount of Amarillo hops to balance the malty sweetness from the pilsen malt and lots of flaked maze. At 7.5% ABV and 50 Bittering Units, this beer is still very quaffable and packed full of flavor thanks to the help of our house American lager yeast. This beer was brewed upon the request of every ones favorite beer tender, Jeremy “the curl” VanSice. 50 IBU's.

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 detroiter (957), Euphoria, Minnesota, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/517/20

Oct 31, 2007  
Bottle conditioned - pour slowly to prevent the cloudiness. Clear medium gold color, lively carbonation and thick head of fluffy white foam. Clumpy lacing. Mild malt and a little grassy hop character in the aroma. First sip was much more hops than anticipated - masking the malt. Subsequent sips still have a citrus and flowery pungency with a mellow pilsner malt character well behind. Smooth body with long citrusy and ever so slightly spicy hop aftertaste. Bottle #714 of 1000 purchased Aug ’07 in Rochester Hills.

 hopdog (4525), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 11, 2008  
750ml bottle acquired in trade with ogglethorp (thanks!). 2006 Vintag. # 288 / 1000. Poured a deep yellow color with a larger sized white head. Aromas of citrus, grassy, and bready. Tastes of the same with some caramel.


 egajdzis (2947), Terrapin, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/516/20
Jul 11, 2008  
Poured a dark golden color with a small, white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of floral hops, pils malt, caramel, toffee, grass, and toasted dough. Taste was sweeter, caramel, toast, toffee malts, grassy hops, light caramel, and a bitter, hoppy finish, with low alcohol in the end.


 TomDecapolis (2389), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 10, 2008  
Thanks to hopdog for sharing this one. Pours a lightly hazy golden with a bubbly white head that left some lacing. Aroma of noble hops, some citrus notes, bready, a little grassy with notes of lemon and some candy sweetness. I liked the nose on this one. Flavor of bready malt, a little sweet, noble hop flavor, some hop bitterness followed by some bready sweet malt.


 Styles (1653), Taylor, Michigan, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
May 17, 2008  
Hazy golden, nice white head. Decent floral/lemongrass aroma up front, no malt to speak of, rotten pears? in the background. Flavor much the same, some faint pils/pale malt comes through, but not much. Not very clean for a pils, now listed as a euro strong lager anyway.


 yjb (108), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/512/20
Mar 20, 2008  
more bitter than it is malty this is not a bad drink. From an experimental brewery that makes as many hits as misses this one was close, but a bit off.




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