Schnozzleberry Griffin
Short's Brewing Company

 

 

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 6/27/2018. Pours slightly hazy deep reddish orange/copper color with a 1 finger dense and rocky light pink head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lightly tart/tangy blackberries, fruit skin/seed, black/green tea, lemon, peach, plum, pear, red apple, red grape/wine, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, light toast/peppercorn, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of blackberries, tea, fruity yeast, and bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of lightly tart/tangy blackberries, fruit skin/seed, black/green tea, lemon, peach, plum, pear, red apple, red grape/wine, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, light toast/peppercorn, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness; and fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of lightly tart/tangy blackberries, fruit skin/seed, black/green tea, lemon, peach, plum, pear, red apple, red grape/wine, wheat, cracker, biscuit dough, peppercorn, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of blackberries, tea, fruity yeast, and bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness and tart/tangy fruit balance; with puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and tart/tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and fairly sticky/acidic/tangy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is a very good fruit/spiced beer. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of blackberries, tea, fruity yeast, and bready malt flavors; very smooth and pretty refreshing to drink with the mildly bitter/tart/tangy/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Feels like an English mild base style. Well balanced juicy blackberries, earthy tea, fruity yeast, and pale/wheat malts. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example.

 

 

Taste: complex, tart, blackberry, herbal tea, some wheat bread and fruit sweetness. Same with the nose. Ruby/Pinkish hue, semi clear, average size foam, sticky webbed lattice of lace. Medium body.Another ale for Summer. 24 IBUs

 

Very nice wheat ale. Pours a garnet color with two fingers of pink foam. Aromas of blackberry and wheat base. Flavor is blackberries upfront with an Oolong finish. Refreshing on hot day.

Had at beer fest in Ypsilanti, 2018.

 

 

 

It's time for a Short Short's Review. This was a nice beer, it was pretty fruity with some nice berry flavors and the tea showed up just enough, It was a very drinkable beer and I would like to Short's bottle it for the summer.