3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
12/10/2008: Short’s Aorta Red has adeep amber-honey color with a frothy beige-coloed head that created wavy lacing patterns on the glass. I like the grapefruit and pine hoppy aroma and am actually glad that the hops overpowers the malt a bit. The beer has a chewy toffee maltiness and a moderate pine/resin bitterness. It is medium-bodied, smooth, and clings to the tongue. Overall this is a very good beer.
750 mL capped bottle shared by alexsdad06. Thanks Brad! Rating #40 for this beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
750ml bottle 524/798 7/15/09 (Shorts Brewery)-Pours a hazy dark amber with a small off white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, and sweetness. Taste of the same with more malt thrown in. This medium to full bodied brew is nicely balanced and tasty.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. Dark amber coloured. Clar. Dense beige head. Sweetness, spice, fruits, caramel and herbs in the aroma. Flavour of spice, herbs and light flowers. Light pine is notable. Medium bodied. Dry. Nice bitter sweetness in the end. Smooth and balanced.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Big thanks to rlcnmeyer for this rarity, bottle #546, poured into a tulip.
There is plenty of carbonation on this one and it pours a deep copper with a huge creamy off-white head that dissipates slowly and leaves tons of lacing.
The aroma is that of a nice big red ale. It’s got lots of caramel sweetness but with a toasted bread character overall. There are vestiges of hops in the nose, with a very faint citrus hop presence. It’s pretty much all malts in the nose at this point.
The taste is sweet up front with lots of caramel malts and even some dark fruits and sugar. The finish really brings out the toasted bready malts and the finish is subsequently dry and ever so slightly bitter. Again, the malts are the major player here.
The mouthfeel is highly carbonation and on the heavier side of medium bodied. The slight bitterness, even after a couple years, suggests there was a solid hop profile on this one initially.
Another winner from Shorts with this one. It’s definitely one of the more straight forward imperial series beers, and, while not as creative as some of the others, it’s very drinkable and a solid execution of an amped-up amber.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hazy reddish colour with an off white head. hoppy, piney and fruity aroma with a light caramel sweetness. Hoppy fruity, light piney flavor with a vague grassy note.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Thanks to GodofThunder. Very caramelly color, with a mega hop and evergreen flavor. Caramel comes back in the taste. Very tastey hoppy flavor. DIG IT
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Thanks to GOT for the taste. Hazy reddish brown pour. Big citrus hop and pine aroma with a touch of caramel. Taste is nice smooth malt, toffee, pine and citrusy hops. Very tasty.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Courtesy of GoT and northernbrews. 750mL. Red body with some wispy head settled over the top. Citrus hops and tons of caramel, a fair bit of acidity on the nose. Caramel malts fight with some sharp hop acidity, a touch of soapiness in the hops. Sweet on the front and middle of the sip then finishes bitter. Nice medium carb.
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