3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
750ml from mibirder - thanks, Sean! A shame I didn’t have a chance to sample this when fresh. Even after about 18 months, it’s still fairly robust and hoppy. The deep ruby pour still has impressive carbonation and an above average foamy head. Some strong bitter hops in the nose, but slightly overpowered by boozy heat. Sticky sweet malts with just a hint of roasts in there for backbone. The hops have retained their sweetness and have mostly lost their light floral quality. What you’ve got remaining is a solid American strong ale.
3.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Aroma of hops, with a it of malt too. The beer is amber with nice head. Flavor is of course hoppy, but also balanced with some malt.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
From a 750mL Bottle. Mostly hazy, caramel amber colored pour with a finger of tight bubbled ivory head. Big, west coast hop aroma of grapefruit, pine, and pithy lemon peel. There’s a substantial amount of hop character left in the aroma, although it has a plodding, pithy quality to it, presumably from age, rather than a bright freshness it likely displayed at a younger age. Hints of toffee malt sweetness in the background. Medium full bodied, lightly carbonated mouthfeel with a sticky caramel texture up front. Hop flavors are still pretty decent, although this perception could be clouded by the heaviness of the malt sugars that distort the palate’s vision. A bit herbal and grassy, but there’s still quite a bit of grapefruit and pine that comes through. This is actually holding up remarkably well, but the stickiness of the malt bill suggests it wasn’t remarkably better when fresh.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle.
Cloudy orange red coloured with a medium sized white head.
Fruity aroma of caramel, hops, pine needles and grape fruits.
Fruity flavour of caramel, hops, pine needles and grape fruits.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Shorts smagning med klubben.Uklar rav-rød med et lille hvidt skum. Sød maltet. noget græs, bær, masser af humle. Skjuler alkoholen godt.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Shorts tasting with The Club +a few. Pours a hazy amber with a tanned head. Sweet with aromas of hops. Some grapefruit and resin aromas. Also a hint of peppers. Long bitter finish.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at home. Cloudy red/brown - white head. High hoppy, malty sweetness, berries, resin, grass, apricot, light peachy. a simpel good IIPA.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cloudy red amber with a lasting off-white head. Aroma dominated by apricot hops, with spice and alcohol mixed in. Sweet and fruity flavour, with herbal, grass, apricot notes. Good hop bitterness, yet the sweetness gets cloying.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ Kolding Shorts Tasting, 18.09.08.
Pours deep red with a nice, creamy, small, film head. Aroma is nice fruity hops, strawberries, grass and grapefruit. Nice, dry mouthfeel. Flavour is bitter, wonderfully hoppy with some caramel. Good pine and wonderfully fruity.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. [Drikkeriget Grand Shorts Imperial Series tasting, thanks to Jeppe for another great session] Average creamy off-white head that mostly lasted. Spare display of lacework. Light cloudy amber color. Aroma of grapefruit, chew peach, floral, grassy, citrus. Over the palate came some counter malty – caramel notes. Full bodied with a soft carbonation and mild alcoholic very dry texture. Heavy bitter hoppy flavor with some counter sweetness. Lingering bitter dry hoppy finish.
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