Chatterbox
Short's Brewing Company

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From:
Short's Brewing Company
 
Michigan, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
ABV:
6%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.64 | pDev: 10.16%
Reviews:
18
Ratings:
163
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 11, 2019
Added:
Jan 01, 2014
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  33
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Ratings by StoutHunter:
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Reviewed by StoutHunter from Michigan

3.75/5  rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I picked up a bottle of Short's Chatterbox last week for $1.69 at The Lager Mill. This is the first in Short's new series of Pale Ales that they are releasing this year, I've never had this beer before and I'm interested to see what Short's does with this Pale Ale, so lets see how it goes. No visible bottling date, but it just showed up so it's fairly fresh. Poured from a brown 12oz bottle into a imperial pint glass.

A- The label looks nice, it goes good with the name and it's a little eye catching. It poured a fairly clear golden color that took on more of a golden orange color when held to the light with two fingers worth of white head that died down to a thin ring that stayed till the end and it left some nice patchy lacing behind. This is a pretty good looking beer, It looks pretty true to style and I have no complaints.

S- The aroma starts off with a higher amount of medium sweetness followed by a nice hoppy fruit aroma that has a nice mix of fruits with some citrus fruit aromas seeming to be the most noticeable, but not by much and there's also some herbal hop aromas in the background that work well with the fruity hops. Up next comes the malts which impart a toasted malt, caramel malt, grainy, and biscuit like aromas that show up just enough. The mixture of fruit aromas and toasted/biscuit malts remind me of Strawberry Shorts Cake. This beer had a pretty good aroma that was pretty unique.

T- The taste seems to be similar to the aroma and it starts off with a medium amount of sweetness followed by the hops being the first to show up and they impart a pretty even mixture of citrus, herbal, and earthy hops with no single aspect seeming to stick out the most and it's followed by a pretty high amount of medium bitterness that borders on being highly bitter. On the finish comes the malts which impart all those nice malt aspects that I got in the aroma and there's also some lingering bitterness with a hoppy and toasted malt aftertaste. This was a pretty nice Pale Ale, but I thought the bitterness could be toned down some.

M- Not that smooth for the style, clean, crisp, medium bodied with a medium amount of carbonation. The mouthfeel was nice, but I wish this beer was smoother.

Overall I thought this was a nice beer and nice and unique example of a American Pale Ale, but I thought it was still a little rough around the edges with a couple aspects that didn't make it as smooth and drinkable as it could be, but besides the bitterness I enjoyed the hop profile. This beer didn't have the best drinkability, it wasn't as smooth as it should be, but it was clean, crisp, and not filling and the taste did a decent job at holding my attention, but I think one would be enough for me since I think the bitterness would easily to start to wear on me if I had more than one. What I liked the most about this beer was the appearance and aroma, I thought they were both pretty good and I really enjoyed the unique aroma. What I liked the least about this beer was the high amount of bitterness, I feel like it should be toned down a good amount to give this beer the right bitterness level for the style and as it stands right now it's about at DIPA bitterness and that hurts the drinkability. I might buy another bottle before it's all gone, but I don't think I'll be getting a six pack since it isn't really my kind of Pale Ale and I'm not sure I would recommend it either. All in all I was slightly disappointed with this beer, it wasn't bad, but short's let the bitterness get a little out of hand with this one and that seemed to be the main problem with this beer. It's not my least favorite beer from Short's, but it's my least favorite Pale Ale from them. Better luck next time guys this one could use a little work.
Jan 17, 2014
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Reviewed by Raime from Korea (North)

3.27/5  rDev -10.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Short's Chatterbox.

Short's almost always does a solid job in terms of brews and my local Kroger had a great sale on left over Summer singles and this was one of them I picked up.

Look - Mours a deep murky amber with a three finger off white head that looks like it is going to stick around for awhile. Carbonation is unreadable due to the murk. Left some very solid lacing. 4.5.

Smell - Picking up some faint hints of what could have been dank hops that never quite fully form. Overall not a great nose. 3.

Taste - Grapefruit piths are met straight away by an odd maltiness with a touch of water and lemon zest. There really isn't much else to say about this beer. It is quite basic and to the point. 3.25.

Feel - Body is quite full with a large amount of catbonation and a good dose of creamyness that coats the mouth. Beer goes down a bit watery upon swallo. 3.25.

Overall - Well, it wasn't bad but even as an APA this was pretty weak. Not sure if it is past its day or not. But hey, this is a laid back relaxed drinking night with a few buddies so I don't need anything overly complex. 3.25.
Aug 10, 2015
 
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Jul 29, 2015
 
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Jul 03, 2015
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Rated by Johnfromalexandria from Virginia

3.53/5  rDev -3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Decent flavor, but too flat and watery in mouth feel for me.
Jun 22, 2015
Chatterbox from Short's Brewing Company
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