3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
(Bottle) Pours golden amber. The aroma holds honey, nut-like malt, flowers, sunflower seeds, light spices and light earth. The flavour is medium to heavily sweet with tones of honey, nuts, spices and flowers. The mouthfeel is light sticky and medium carbonated. Medium bodied.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle… Mostly clear amber ale with a small, creamy, white head. The nose is of very rich, deep honey and sunflower seeds – amazingly spot-on. Full-bodied and fatty with fizzy carbonation. The flavor is smooth with lots of honey (sans the cloying sweetness) and sunflower seeds. Sweet, minerally finish. Bottle courtesy of Maltzilla!
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle #478 of 798 at Monks Café Sveavägen Stockholm. Cloudy orange golden colour with an off-white head. Sweet malty aroma. Full bodied sweet, fruity taste.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Aroma is sunflowerseed oil, some honey, malt and spices. Flavour is quite sweet, a bit cloying, spices. Okay, but not my thing.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Hazy amber pour, thin off-white head. Aroma is interesting strange spices, clearly the sunflower seeds emerge and with some sweet fruits. Flavor is sweet, fruity, honey, spices and toffee. Thick body and lively carbonation. Unique brew.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Dark gold. The toasted seeds really emerge in the aroma, smells like nut butter and alcohol. Palate is hot and thin. Sweet and nutty, but the alcohol ends up overpowering the sunflower seeds but they are really there, in toasted nut butter form. Maybe not the most well-executed one but is another fun beer from Shorts.
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Another funky bottle shared by Diego, thanks bro. Murky burnt orange pour with an off white head. The sunflower seed soaked nose was so overpowering it almost choked me. If a rag was dipped in it and held over my mouth, I’m sure i would have passed out. The taste is really wacky with all kinds of sweet honey and caramel malt flavors. The sunflower seeds that are so prevalent in the nose, disappear in the body..
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
750mL Bottle, thanks for sharing Sean! Aroma cracks with distinct sunflower husk note, lots of oxidized malt. The sunflower character is great and really enjoyable. It’s unique, singular and adds a fun flavor to the beer. I like how it turns into raw golden pipe tobacco. Unfortunately, this has aged to the point to be quite oxidized. I hope sunflower seeds see another use in beer, but by themselves, not in combo with other weird ingredients.
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