Shorts Bourbon Barrel Sustenance Black Beer

Brewed by Shorts Brewing Co.
Style: Schwarzbier
Bellaire, Michigan USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Pours deep brown with a tan head. Full smooth Bourbon and vanilla in the nose. Burnt caramel like creamed brule but not as sweet. Smooth mouthfeel.

RBSG09 bottle at the grand tasting. Pours dark amber brown with a beige head. Epic aroma, lots of bourbon obviously but also dark fruits, bananas, and chocolate. Flavor is roasty and chocolatey with some tart bourbon, vanilla, and a woody dry finish.

Deep dark brown bordering black with a thin latte head that left some sticky, web-like lacing inside the glass. Light wood in the nose accompanying subtle bourbon, vanilla, cocoa, and charred malt. Flavor is more assertive than the aroma with the before-mentioned observations being magnified significantly. Rich, hearty, enjoyable. Really nicely done.

A- Pours a clear dark brown / blackish hue with little to no head. S- Smell is fairly faint, non destinct sweetness along with a small roasted malt backbone. T- Now this is what i’m talking about! Roasted sweetness followed by deep candied fruit notes mixed with dark chocolate. This is all tied off with a nice roasty coffee-esque flavor. Definitely subtle yet delicious. M- Medium viscosity with quite a bit of carbonation. D- This is definitely an easy and balanced drinker. I was a little worried about this being heavy but it isn’t at all. All in all an excellent brew!~

On tap at Short’s Summer Kickoff Party. Pours black with a thin tan head. Bourbon and booze in the aroma. Taste is the same with a bit of sweetness in the finish. Pretty spectacular.

0.33l bottle from Ølbutikken, Copenhagen. Pours a deep deep brown - near black - body with a small quickly fading and sidesticking light tan head. The aroma knocks your head back a bit. Lots of bourbon here alright! It’s roasted with chocolate and dark caramel, but it’s definitely the bourbon that’s the most prominent, aka. The King, here. It has a average carbonation level and a medium oily to watery texture in the mouth. The first thing noticed with this compared with the non-barreled is that this is so much more warming. Almost as if it has more alcohol or something. Nice and rounded chocolate and coffee touches, hints of something almost salty before it’s ended of both hoppy and sour with a lasting bourbon finish. Yeah, really nice and the flavors are extremely well blended. Please start barreling ALL schwarzbier’s! By far the best one I’ve ever had. 27.01.2012

Bottle. Pours and tastes like a delicious barrel aged stout. Lots of bourbon and vanilla with a medium body.

Bottle. Deep brown in color with a little off white head. Malty fruity vanilla and chocolatety aroma. Molasses smokey notes. Sweet chocolatety roasty flavor. Vanilla notes. Sweet tasting. Full bodied. Very drinkable. Great.

Pours dark brown, with a light brown head. Aroma is bourbon, malt, and molasses. Flavor is bourbon, fruit, malt, and chocolate. Medium body. Ends a little sour and tart. Very good brew.

Pre MiBGF taste at northernbrews, thanks Jeff: Basically opaque with a creamy head and spotty lace. The aroma has notes of bourbon (oak, vanilla, alcohol), chocolate and heavy roasted black malts, hint of lactic acid and brett, nutty. The taste has a nice fruity start with toasty and nutty malt profile before heading off towards a acidic finish and oak undertones. The mouth feel is lush and oily, dry finish. Outstanding balance and complexity, show the Schwarzbier character without overpowering Bourbon flavors.