Shorts Sustenance Black Beer

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Shared bottle at local tasting. Pours almost pitch black with no head at all. Aroma of dark malts, light roasted, tobacco and coffee. Taste is light roasted, well balanced with hops, easy to like this schwarz. Smooth mouthfeel.

Shared 355 ml bottle, thanks to abemorsten. Black colour, moderate beige head. Lovely complex aroma, roasty and oaky notes, coffee and chocolate, hints of cigar tobacco, leather and dark dried fruits. Smooth flavour, medium dry, coffee and wood. Too moderate hops, but still a very enjoyable beer.

Flaske hos Ole Anders mai-13: fin aroma av røstet malt. Kort skum. Syrlig rugsmak, i tillegg til tobakk og mørke bær. God, men med en viss reservasjon. I litt større mengde en smaking vil den nok gi sustenance.

Bottle shared thanks to Dmac. Pours black with a small off white head. Aroma is of chocolate, light bitter hops, cream, roast. Taste is complex, some dark toast, oak, mild fruity sweetness, chocolate, light lingering bitterness.

Bottle: Medium sized, vast yet a bit lively, slowly changin beige tan foamy head on top of a very very deep dark ruby to almost black colored beer. Aromas of mocha, chalk, roast, cacoa, milk chocolate, some hops, hint of coffee (roast), slight hint of charcoal, crushed pepper rounds and other spices. Lot like a milk stout Flavour has lots of roast, chalk, cacoa, burn, bitters and grass. There is some hints of spices like pepper and bay leaf, chocolate, malts in a toast/roasty way. Aftertaste chocolate, cocoa, (malty) roast, bitters, light dry and some chalk. Low carbo, soft lightly blown foamy mouthfeel, medium to fuller body and a creamy texture. Very stout a like, tasty beer, balanced and going towards a complex beer. Nice.

Bottle at Klooster. Pours dark brown with a beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, coffee and dark fruit. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

35cl bottle shared at tge klooster Thin creamy tan head. Clear black pour. Nice brew.

Bottled. Poured dark amber in color with a tan head. Chocolate, roasted malt and some bitterness in aroma. Chocolate, roasted coffee and perhaps some wood in taste also.

Great big bourbon chocolate roast. Taste is similar with a bit of cherry tartness. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle. Molasses, dark fruit, chocolate aroma. Black brown with a small tan head. Ashy malt, chocolate, fruity flavor with a roasty bitterness. Light to medium body, dry finish. Finally! A Shorts that didn’t have to go down the drain.