Michigantuan
Short's Brewing Company in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Flavoured Rotating|
Score
6.89
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superspak (10160) reviewed Michigantuan from Short's Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 6/15/2017. Pours fairly crystal clear reddish orange/amber color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy light pink head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice thick soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of tart/tangy cherries, grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/pine hops, cherries, and moderate bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big tart/tangy cherries, grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, floral, grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine/citrus rind/grassy bitterness and tangy cherry tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy cherries, grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, mango, lemon/orange peel, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/pine hops, cherries, and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/tartness balance, and zero astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitter/tartness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/sticky, fairly tangy/tannic, and lightly resinous balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 8.8%. Overall this is a delicious fruited DIPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/pine hops, cherries, and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. Spot on balance between fruit and hops; with a nice malt backbone. Never too sweet or heavy, with no syrupy fruit character. Never overly aggressively bitter or drying. A very enjoyable offering.
flatmatt (2380) reviewed Michigantuan from Short's Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12 oz bottle. Pours orange amber, mostly clear, with a white head. Berry and cherry aroma. Flavor is kind of a general fruity cherry-ness, slightly tart, citrus. Unfortunately, neither the IPA flavors nor the cherry is really given a chance to shine. It’s alright, but nothing really makes me like it.