Fruitasia
Short's Brewing Company
- From:
- Short's Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Hazy Pale Ale
Ranked #205 - ABV:
- 4.4%
- Score:
- 78
Ranked #37,666 - Avg:
- 3.21 | pDev: 20.25%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 18, 2022
- Added:
- Apr 29, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
78
Okay
78
Okay
A hazy India Pale Ale brewed with pureed mango, tangerine, and pineapple. Fruitasia is fruit forward with low bitterness and low alcohol, making it a perfect summer sipper that you can enjoy from May to August.
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Ratings by Tripel_Threat:
Reviewed by Tripel_Threat from Michigan
3.55/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Never thought the most divisive Short's brew would be what is essentially a session NEIPA. Poured from bottle to spiegelau IPA glass. Hazy yellow with fizzy head. Not much retention. Aromas of white bread, mango, and unsweetened orange juice. Aroma follows through to the flavor, with a prickly, somewhat harsh finish. Reminds me of Gary Juicy with added mango and pineapple tartness.
Jun 11, 2020More User Ratings:
Rated by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
3.21/5 rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.21/5 rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one pint can on June 19, 2020.
Oct 14, 2020
Reviewed by buschbeer from Ohio
4/5 rDev +24.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +24.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 fl. oz can
Served in a pint glass
This beer pours an orangish yellow color and is turbid. It is topped with an inch of tan head that leaves little lacing.
The smell comes across as dank and earthy. The fruit takes a back seat but is there.
It is dank up front. The fruit arrives in the middle and carries towards the finish. The finish is easy and makes me crave another sip.
Medium bodied with a smooth mouthfeel
This was a flavorful, easy drinking beer. Now they need to put it in 30 packs.
Jul 15, 2020Served in a pint glass
This beer pours an orangish yellow color and is turbid. It is topped with an inch of tan head that leaves little lacing.
The smell comes across as dank and earthy. The fruit takes a back seat but is there.
It is dank up front. The fruit arrives in the middle and carries towards the finish. The finish is easy and makes me crave another sip.
Medium bodied with a smooth mouthfeel
This was a flavorful, easy drinking beer. Now they need to put it in 30 packs.
Rated by sflanz03 from New Jersey
2/5 rDev -37.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.75
2/5 rDev -37.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.75
This is really not good
Jul 09, 2020
Reviewed by Weisenbeer from Ohio
3.78/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I think that this offering is getting a bad rap .... It is what it is ... An IPA your girlfriend or wife will love ... A light, low ABV, hazy and citrusy sessionable beer ... It's a bit too flat and over-done on the citrus for my liking but I think it's a nice option for one looking for any easy drinker on a really hot day
Jun 27, 2020
Reviewed by 98green from Michigan
3.8/5 rDev +18.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev +18.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Can to sifter. Look is hazy light orange. Smell is ripe citrus up front, followed quickly by barnyard wheat, slightly soured. Taste brings a bit of lacto tang, kind of funky, with a citrus punch. Feel is fine, unremarkable, carb is medium. Overall, I get how some can be turned off by this one. For me this reads a bit like a kettle sour, with a bit of hops. A unique offering for sure. I would buy again to have a different flavor profile in a low ABV offering
Jun 27, 2020
Reviewed by Coheed1515 from Ohio
1.88/5 rDev -41.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2
1.88/5 rDev -41.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2
I agree completely with another reviewer on here. Looks like another delicious option from Shorts, a notoriously great brewery, but honestly left me cringing to drink the entire can.
The good: Looks exactly like what I want from a hazy ipa.
The bad: This beer smells like cat urine and rotten fruit. The taste is unfortunately not any better. Honestly, it takes more like bile then anything else. Maybe a few hints of tangerine and slight hops but that's it. Pass on this and get another shorts brew.
I'm not exactly sure what they were thinking when they canned this. Based on the can code, our beer is only three weeks old.
Jun 09, 2020The good: Looks exactly like what I want from a hazy ipa.
The bad: This beer smells like cat urine and rotten fruit. The taste is unfortunately not any better. Honestly, it takes more like bile then anything else. Maybe a few hints of tangerine and slight hops but that's it. Pass on this and get another shorts brew.
I'm not exactly sure what they were thinking when they canned this. Based on the can code, our beer is only three weeks old.
Reviewed by TheRandall from Indiana
1.7/5 rDev -47%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
1.7/5 rDev -47%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
Short pants is a great brewery. They brew some of the tastiest beers I've ever tasted. That's why when I saw this beer staring back at me from across the isle, I couldn't resist. I should have. Fruitasia is terrible. Like a mix of cat urine and pond scum, it coats the mouth with a slime soapy discharge that makes me cringe. I only hope someone will read this review before buying and go elsewhere. You're welcome.
Jun 07, 2020
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