Shorts Peaches & Crème

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

Serve in Flute

(Bottle) Pours deep amber with a small off-white head. The aroma is sweet fruity with canned peaches up front. Sweetish but soft on the nose. Malt and hops stays in the background. Some soft citrus. The flavour is rather sweet, light bitter and a bit acidic with notes of tropical fruits (peaches), sweet berries and canned citrus. The mouthfeel is soft and medium carbonated. Medium bodied. Nice but too sweet.

Big thanks to Deuane yet again for this one. Bottle #290/820 A - Pours hazy copper orange with a nice pillow of one finger tall off-white head leaving spotty lacing down the glass. S - Smells of tons of ripe peaches, creamy milk, vanilla, and some lactic sweetness. How there is this much peach aroma after five years is beyond me. T - Starts off with a big peachy kick in the teeth slowly giving way to a creamy smooth core with hints of vanilla and even more lactic sweetness. A tiny bit of oxidation creeps in at the very last moment but it is to be expected here. The alcohol is hidden VERY well, I had no idea this was 9.5% at all. The finish is pretty sweet with a tiny hint of dryness, lingering for a short period of time. M - Medium body and flavor with moderate carbonation. Smooth, juicy, goodness in the feel with a slight bit of oxidation creeping in toward the end. O - This is five years old? Could have fooled me. There is still PLENTY of peaches lurking inside this one. I have had some bad experiences with Short’s beers recently that have really turned me off them but when you try something like this one it all seems to make sense again. Great beer, thanks again Deuane!

Bottle, courtesy of Enjoyit. Hazy orange/brownish pour, medium head. Aroma has peaches, lactose, yoghurt, candy, sugar, some sourness. Taste is extremely thick and milky, lots of peach and exotic fruits and candy. A bit like Fanta.

Thanks to Popkas... awesome looking beer, a dark medium clear orange with a great tan, great lacing and cap... the aroma, is unreal, totally nails peaches and cream, the peaches are sweet with a sour bite, reminds me of a mixture of Upland Peach with vanilla... the taste sadly doesn’t live up the start, a bit too sweet and oxidized, peaches die off a bit, I miss them, more of the cream... a really great beer, need to have had this 2 years ago and might have been world class

Bottle shared by Enjoyit. Pours amber with a nice creamy head. Aroma has lots of peaches, peach peel with a slight acidic sharpness, smooth sweetness, slight caramel malts, peach melba yoghurt. Taste has lots of peach as well, caramel malts, yeast, yoghurt, chewy mouthfeel.

Pours amber/orange with a beige head. Aroma is yogurt, peachy candy and some lacto. Taste is light sourness, peach and candy shining through here aswell.

Opened at ffejherb’s tasting. Pours a deep dark ruby red color with dark golden amber hues when held to a light source and a two finger frothy off-white head. Excellent retention, only slowly fading into a lasting cap that leaves splotches of soapy lacing behind. I don’t know how Short’s does it but they continue to nail down the aroma they are going for in their dessert beers. Slightly spicy aroma with estery light fruit and a lactic cream presence. Hints of peppery spice complimenting the light frut and cream character. Lots of peach but also hints of apricot and apple. They were after peaches and cream and this beer surprisingly smells just like that. Medium bodied with tight carbonation up front along with zesty, peppery spice, crisp light fruit, phenolic alcohol and lactic cream. A bit spicier than the aroma suggests with hints of corriander, clove and pepper. Lots of light fruit especially peach and apricot. Fuller bodied than expected with the lactic creaminess adding to the complexity qnd mouthfeel. I was hoping that this would be more of a sweeter dessert beer but it is more subtle than expected. It tastes more like a spicy Belgian ale with lacto added.

Bottled. RBESG 2010. Cloudy orange with a low head. Sweet peaches in aroma. Silky smooth body and lots of peach here too, along with lactose. Semi-dry beer, which seems like a tasty session ale.