Black Chai
Short's Brewing Company in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.94
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A sumptuous black cream ale that immediately entices the senses with rich aromas of dark specialty malts, cardamon, nutmeg, and ginger. The deliciously creamy mouthfeel gives way to the layering of flavors within. Ranging from big chocolatey roasted malt characteristics, to a bouquet of playful spiciness that lingers pleasantly into the finish, all followed by a hearty bitterness and even some slight peppery notes.
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flatmatt (2380) reviewed Black Chai from Short's Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12 oz bottle. Pours black with a tan head. Spiced aroma somewhat like nutmeg, ginger, a little cream and smoke. A roasty ashy flavor with a light cocoa and spiciness of ginger, with a lasting bitterness and astringency. Better than I expected.
superspak (10160) reviewed Black Chai from Short's Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 11/17/2014. Pours pitch black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky brown head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, cardamom, clove, nutmeg, ginger, and herbal/spice earthiness. Nice aromas with good complexity and solid balance of dark/roasted malt and chai spice notes; with good strength. A bit spice heavy but pleasant overall. Taste of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, light smoke/char, cardamom, clove, nutmeg, ginger, herbal, and roast/smokey earthiness. Fair amount of roast and earthy spice bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, light smoke/char, cardamom, clove, nutmeg, ginger, and roast/smokey earthiness on the finish fora while. Damn nice robustness and complexity of big dark/roasted malts and moderate chai spice flavors; with a nice malt/spice balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy, and lightly chalky mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very good spiced black ale style. All around good robustness, complexity, and balance of dark/roasted malt and moderate chai spice flavors; and very smooth to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Silphium (4308) reviewed Black Chai from Short's Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at Short’s. Deep opaque brown/black body, thin cream head. Nose of chai; spicy and bitter with lots of anise. Spicy body with strong anise, slick and oily. Good heft and mouthfeel.