Shorts Strawberry Shorts Cake

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

Serve in Flute, Shaker

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(12oz bottle, courtesy of Mora2000) Pours a hazy orange body with a small white head. Aroma of strawberries, steaming sauna rocks, and dough. Flavor of strawberries, angel food cake, and sugar.

Name: Strawberry Short’s Cake
Date: January 08, 2011
Mode: Draft
Source: The Porter, Atlanta
Appearance: cloudy burnt orange, big creamy beige head, heavy lace
Aroma: sweet strawberry aroma arrives as soon as the glass is placed on the bar, touch of bready sweetness
Flavor: lots of strawberry flavor, sweetness is offset by a fruity tartness, light musty character
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *** /4

6th November 2010
Very hazy dark amber beer. Good white head. Sweet strawberry nose. Dry crisp palate. Minerally crisp freshness host Strawberry candy. Lactose sweetness follows and the two things come together to resemble something like the promised Strawberry Shortcake. Finishes minerally crisp. Love Shorts and like this one - but I agree with another rater that this would work better as a big beer.

Draft. Poured reddish brown color and an average fizzy off-white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate to heavy tart strawberry fruit and sweet dough aroma. Medium body with with a smooth rich texture and flat carbonation. Medium to heavy tingly tart berry flavor with a medium to heavy tart berry finish of moderate to long duration. Refreshing complex change of pace fruit beer.

12oz bottle that gushed everywhere. Poured a hazy amber color with a huge sized off white head. Yep, aromas of strawberries with some yeast, and sugary. Tastes of, well the same. Strawberry shortcake.

Bottle poured a hazy pinkish amber with a lasting amber head. Aromas of cookie, strawberry and lighyt citrus. Palate was light bodied and crisp. Flavors of strawberry, light citrus and light cookie with a crisp tart finish.

Bottle from bulldogp04! Reddish orange pour. Frothy off white head. Aroma is remarkably similar to the name. With just a touch of honey and beer noticeable. Flavor is sweet with the flavor of the damn name. Holy crap. A tiny bit artificial, but still this stuff is crazy. Fun beer and good. Kudos for the balls to brew something like this!

Enjoyed on tap at the brewpub. Yes, strawberry delight fruit beer. Reddish colour with Caesar head, and some lace. Average mouthfeel.

A: We’ve got a gusher...once things settle down the pour is a red-tinted orange color, perhaps some pink, with a big white head. S: Lots of sour (lactic) notes which you can smell far away from the glass. Definitely some tart berry notes as well, and I can pick up some sweetness from the milk sugar. A hint of buttery graham cracker crust. T: Quite tart and dry with some moderate strawberry flavor. I get some of the same graham cracker crust as the nose exhibited, but not so much the sweetness. M: The body is medium with tons of carbonation (due to the infection) and a very dry, tart finish. D: This was pretty tough to drink due to the intense sourness. It’s too bad Short’s has so many problems as these beers all sound really great.

Served on draft at the Michigan Summer Beerfest, 2010, as part of RBSG festivities. Pours a strawberry color with a medium offwhite head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of strawberry, cranberry and a faint spicy note. The taste is strawberry, apricot and a peppery note. Medium bodied.