Aorta Ale
Short's Brewing Company in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.19
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jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Aorta Ale from Short's Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
S: fresh hops - toasted grain - brown sugar A: pretty hazy brown body - thinnish off-white head T: alcohol - sweet throughout - crisp end P: soft chocolate - alpha acids - alcohol warmth O: balanced - quite bitter - good-to-sample 12 ounce can - Trader Joe's (grocery): Royal Oak, Michigan - purchased: 09-November-2023 - us$3,00 - sampled: 09-November-2023 before a Red Wings game in downtown Detroit, Michigan
superspak (10160) reviewed Aorta Ale from Short's Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 12/2/2016. Pours hazy deep reddish/orange/copper color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, raisin, plum, fig, orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness/roast, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/pine hops, fruity yeast, and dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of huge grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, raisin, plum, fig, orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness/roast, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine/citrus rind/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, raisin, plum, fig, citrus rind, pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness/roast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops, fruity yeast, and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/sticky/resinous, and lightly slick balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden, a mild warmth lingering after the finish for 9.6%. Overall this is an awesome imperial red ale! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops, fruity yeast, and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on for the big ABV; despite the moderately strong bitterness and increasing resin/rindy dryness. Nicely juicy feeling on hops and yeast fruitiness. A really delicious offering.
Martin Lindström (24380) ticked Aorta Ale from Short's Brewing Company 10 years ago
Rasmus40 (37007) reviewed Aorta Ale from Short's Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. Hazy reddish amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dark fruit, dark sugar and a little alcohol. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet finish. 270315
chrisv10 (24596) reviewed Aorta Ale from Short's Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Clear dark amber/brown with small beige head. Aroma is malt, caramel, hop, toasted, old hop, little candy sugar and oxidized. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, hop, oxidized, medium sweet, dark fruits and bitter.
HenrikSoegaard (21963) reviewed Aorta Ale from Short's Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Creamy White good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. moderate malty nand hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. oily palate. Slightly boring.
Camons (21577) reviewed Aorta Ale from Short's Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle @ Johns. Pours amber with a offwhite head. Aroma of malt, little caramal, light stale hops, light citrus. Flavor is sweet, malty, light caramel, light grass, light lemon, light stale. Medium body, soft carbonation. 270315
saxo (29721) reviewed Aorta Ale from Short's Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are caramel, malt, fruits, little cocoa and hops.
Tinus (5080) reviewed Aorta Ale from Short's Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy brown colour, white head. Aroma of malts, honey, müsli bar with honey. Sweet flavour, malts, honey, rye. High carbonation. Finish chocolate, honey and müsli.
(from 76cL bottle @ ZZT 9. Thanks for sharing, Abijen!)
Drebus (8639) reviewed Aorta Ale from Short's Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle @ ZZT 9 shared by Abijen. Murky brown colour with a small sized off-white head. Smells barleywine, sweet and apricot. Tastes like a barleywine, sweet, hoppy, slightly sticky. Full body, soft carbo.