Pure Michigan Autumn IPA
Short's Brewing Company in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Autumn Out of Production|
Score
7.03
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Livonia Liquor. Pours a crystal clear gold with a finger of white foam that lingers. Toasted caramel malt, herbal hop aromas. Grapefruit and more earthy, herbal hop notes. Drying finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 9/26/2019. Pours slightly hazy deep golden amber color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, onion, garlic, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, onion, garlic, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, minty, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, onion, garlic, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no astringent hop flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly crisp/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 5.6%. Overall this is an awesome fresh hopped IPA. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and fairly crisp/refreshing to drink with the mellowly bitter/resinous/drying finish. Great soft feel and not aggressive. Feels like Columbus, Summit, Chinook, Centennial hops. Extremely vibrant and fairly juicy/dank/earthy hops; with a great balanced bready pale malt backbone. Mild residual sweetness with crisp resin dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive spot on style example as expected. Loved the classic hop profile.