Short's Brewing Company Sabrotage!

Sabrotage!

 

Short's Brewing Company in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

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Score
7.32
ABV: 7.4% IBU: 31 Ticks: 5
IPA with Sabro Hops

…you know we planned it. We harnessed all the complex tangerine, tropical fruit, coconut, cedar, and chaos flavors of the one-and-only Sabro hop for this beer. Crank the radio and enjoy a glass that looks like a quintessential American IPA, but delivers oh-so-much more complexity. Delightfully bitter, incredibly bright, this beer bumps hard and comes at you quick. We’re telling you now, its Sabrotage!
 

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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Ever so slightly hazy golden coloured body with a faint ghostly white glow, all underneath a one to two centimetre tall just off-white head. Aroma of crisp, grassy and pretty bubble gummy scents come out at first from the fresh hops, with some noticeable malt aromas and a pleasant light tropically sweetness - robust and pungent in the nose. Light-bodied; Grassy and floral notes show at first with a pretty big fruit-based sweetness that hits right behind and gives this a nice balance without any pungent bitterness, but a smooth fruity characteristic. Aftertaste is dry, pretty clean and showing a soft soapy quality towards the end with a mellow malty finish, but the malt, hops, dryness and especially fruit notes all hit nicely together, with a great balance and good profile throughout. Overall, a nice fresh hopped IPA that blends the line on sub-styles and hits nicely across the spectrum, with some noticeable bitterness, but smooth fruit and sweetness and a complex dryness that stays on the palate in a good manner - great to try from my home state of Michigan! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle, purchased from Beer Baron in Livonia, Michigan on 23-October-2022 for US$2,99, sampled at my house here in Washington on 16-November-2022.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2024 at 06:49

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours a copper color. The aroma is of tropical fruit and resinous hops. The flavor has moderate to strong bitterness with caramel malt, tropical fruit, and piney hops. Very tasty.
Tried on 01 Sep 2021 at 03:52

8.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8 Texture 9 Overall 8
Fresh grass, grapefruit peel, lemon, and biscuit malt aroma. Slightly hazy golden yellow with large white head. Moderately sweet lemon, orange, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter grass and grapefruit peel flavor. Good body. Excellent - great hops.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2021 at 02:44

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Livonia Liquor. Pours a clear gold with a finger of white fluffy foam that lingers. Nice lacing. Straightforward Sabro nose with coconut, coconut water and light citrus aromas on the nose. More of the same on the palate with coconut, citrus and a slight creamy durian note. Some pithy citrus on the finish. Enjoyable stuff. Light bodied, ABV hidden fairly well.
Tried from Bottle from Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine on 11 Jul 2021 at 01:46

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
12 oz bottle. Pours yellow with a light haze and a white head. Citrusy lemon and orange hop aromas. Flavor has a mix of hop flavors: grapefruit and lemon citrus, tropical fruit, kind of herbal and peppery with a nice, but restrained juiciness. Works quite well and goes well with the Beastie Boys video.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jan 2021 at 03:25