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Noble Chaos
Short's Brewing Company
- From:
- Short's Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Märzen
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.72 | pDev: 11.56%
- Reviews:
- 82
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 14, 2018
- Added:
- Sep 14, 2005
- Wants:
- 9
- Gots:
- 30
Our new fall seasonal which is a Northern Michigan version of a German style Marzen or Oktoberfest, done the Short's Brew way. This beer is well balanced with Noble hop additions which provide a subtle bouquet and pleasant flavor which melds well with the malt profile consisting of 2 row, chocolate, special roast, caramel and Munich malts. It's a brand new addition to the Short's Brew family of beer.
40 I.B.U.'s
40 I.B.U.'s
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Reviewed by beersampler6 from Michigan
3.42/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Nice dark amber color, small amount of head with minimal lingering lacing. Smells faintly of dark chocolate and roast coffee. Tastes of dark roast coffee, dark chocolate, caramel, malt and biscuit. Some nice flavors in there but they're quite subtle and lack any sort of forward hop presence. Thin mouthfeel, decent carbonation, smooth aftertaste. Not a bad beer but fairly uninspiring.
Jun 14, 2018Reviewed by dd53grif from Michigan
3.75/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours an amber/copper color with a minimal white head that disappears quickly. Mild spice aroma with a hint of caramel. Tastes of malts and hops. A hint of cocoa exists but the hops linger at the finish.
Oct 27, 2017Reviewed by Sparty1224 from Michigan
3.89/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Serving: 12 oz. bottle poured into a Founder's Harvest Party pint. Bottled on 8/30/17, making this about 1.5 months old.
A: Pours a pretty dark amber color.
S: Lots of malts, grape, almond.
T: Some plum, barley, lots of nutty flavors.
M: Medium body. Good carbonation. Not super crisp.
O: This is an oddball Oktoberfest beer. Unusual name and label that bucks the trend. Flavor is pretty bland, mild, not super crisp and lacking a hop presence. It's a serviceable Fall beer, but there's better offerings out there, especially in the state of Michigan.
Recommendation: About average for an Oktoberfest, you're probably better off with some other versions out there.
Oct 15, 2017A: Pours a pretty dark amber color.
S: Lots of malts, grape, almond.
T: Some plum, barley, lots of nutty flavors.
M: Medium body. Good carbonation. Not super crisp.
O: This is an oddball Oktoberfest beer. Unusual name and label that bucks the trend. Flavor is pretty bland, mild, not super crisp and lacking a hop presence. It's a serviceable Fall beer, but there's better offerings out there, especially in the state of Michigan.
Recommendation: About average for an Oktoberfest, you're probably better off with some other versions out there.
Reviewed by Dr_Bahmbay13 from Michigan
4.25/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
I purchased a single of this yesterday,It poured a clear very dark copper(?) color with a small biscuity white head that was minimal . Smells very good , Robust Dark grains , roasted malts, a sweetness, Bready, and familiar Oktoberfest marzen smell. Tasted Like the smell, not many beers in general do this . This is a full bodied Oktoberfest, huge roasted tones, Nice marzen bready feel and taste. Has a hop kick but , not really a over powering taste. Which accounts for a slight dry characteristic that to me brought all the flavors together at once. This bready full bodied roasted beer looks intimidating for an Oktoberfest but its rather good. I would Purchase a sixer of this .
Sep 04, 2016
Noble Chaos from Short's Brewing Company
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
258 ratings
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