Short's The Soft Parade - Short's Brewing Company

tectactoe

Michigan

3.11/5  rDev -14.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

On tap at Old Chicago. The beer pours a dark hue of pink and ruby-red - very nice looking. The head is nearly non-existent and fades quickly. The beer smells just like it looks - refreshing and full of fruit: berries and figs with malt in the background. I didn't much care for the taste of this beer. Upon sipping, the fruit profile is powerful, with a little TOO much berry for my liking. Almost tastes like carbonated juice with a hint of beer. By no means is it "bad", but it would be a challenge to drink more than one of these for me. Very sweet and even a little bit tangy, this brew is more almost more along the lines of a weird juice than a beer (aside from the 8% ABV which goes primarily unnoticed). The taste is less authentic than a "sour" and when I drink a "fruit beer", I want a heavier beer taste, with maybe hints of fruit. This beer is kind of stuck in a strange limbo. Medium-bodied beer that leaves a sweet-stickiness on your teeth as it heads down your gullet.

I tried, but couldn't get into this beer like many of my friends. It's tasty, but when I want a beer, it's not exactly what I'm looking for. Not "beer" enough to be a good fruit beer, and not authentic or sour enough to be a lambic. The 9% ABV is covered up very well, as almost no alcohol is detectable, but I will probably pass on this brew next time.

Serving type: on-tap

09-25-2012 11:59:24 | More by tectactoe

ltltony

Michigan

3.75/5  rDev +3.3%

05-23-2013 16:18:17 | More by ltltony

bobbyr5

Michigan

2.5/5  rDev -31.1%

05-21-2013 22:46:51 | More by bobbyr5

MatterOfOpinion

Michigan

3.75/5  rDev +3.3%

05-20-2013 03:53:31 | More by MatterOfOpinion

NJB145

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev -3.6%

05-19-2013 01:40:42 | More by NJB145

leprechaunandfatman

Illinois

4/5  rDev +10.2%

05-17-2013 16:08:05 | More by leprechaunandfatman

DStoked

Ohio

3/5  rDev -17.4%

05-16-2013 17:10:44 | More by DStoked

allisonastra

Michigan

4/5  rDev +10.2%

05-16-2013 17:06:00 | More by allisonastra

HarmonMW

Michigan

3.75/5  rDev +3.3%

05-15-2013 19:48:58 | More by HarmonMW

sirsteve42

New York

3.5/5  rDev -3.6%

05-15-2013 03:09:38 | More by sirsteve42

SeanSweeney

Michigan

2.41/5  rDev -33.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.75

Like purple bag of skittles mixed with coors light. Wouldn't recommend or try again. But then again not a fan or fruity beers. But overall too much fruit to discern any specific flavors. Reminiscent of trix cereal due to not being able to tell what flavor this beer was willing to take on.

Serving type: bottle

05-12-2013 03:35:53 | More by SeanSweeney

Slay40

Michigan

4.75/5  rDev +30.9%

05-10-2013 19:02:29 | More by Slay40

brudz2134

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +17.1%

05-04-2013 04:57:08 | More by brudz2134

gcamparone

Rhode Island

3.68/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a snifter. Acquired as an extra in a trade (forgot who sent it, please mail me if you remember!)

A- Pours a clear amber body with a very small white head that reduces very quickly. Leaves some lacing.

S- I definitely get the berries on the nose - blueberry and raspberry juice but not overpowering or sweet. There's a strong buttered corn note in there too, indicating diacetyl is present, which is usually not a good thing. I kinda like that smell though, which is why I'm not slamming it on aroma.

T- It isn't the berry bomb that everyone is describing - maybe because it has some age and the berries have mellowed out? Subtle berries and caramel, with a little hoppyness in the background. Again, I get that diacetyl note, which isn't cloying but I'm pretty sure it's not supposed to be there.

M- Medium body, medium carbonation. Fairly easy to drink, I highly doubt this is 9% ABV.

One of the more unique beer's I've tried. I don't really know what to think of this one, it was decent and easy to drink but at the same time very one dimensional. Meh.

Serving type: bottle

04-29-2013 03:00:27 | More by gcamparone

wowjimi

Michigan

3.56/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

Nice name - good Doors song - and appealing label/packaging. Tastes like I mixed some blackberry juice in with a microbrew beer that I found too bitter/hoppy and wanted to dilute it for drinkability. (I have done such things). main reason I am posting is I find it VERY hard to believe this is a 9% Alcohol content.

As a regular imbiber of COLT 45 and Molson XXX, I think i know my buzz factors. And i am sure if you are at this site you know it is not easy to achieve such a high % in manufacture, especially when Taste is the main objective. just sayin'....

Serving type: bottle

04-28-2013 02:14:56 | More by wowjimi

HisBoyElroy

Michigan

1/5  rDev -72.5%

04-27-2013 23:34:15 | More by HisBoyElroy

DougLana

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev -3.6%

04-25-2013 17:58:05 | More by DougLana

ranokmai

Michigan

3.75/5  rDev +3.3%

04-25-2013 14:45:16 | More by ranokmai

djmichaelk

Florida

4/5  rDev +10.2%

04-23-2013 02:15:01 | More by djmichaelk

JDizzle

Indiana

3.25/5  rDev -10.5%

04-21-2013 00:25:19 | More by JDizzle

Captain_Buzzkill

Michigan

3.75/5  rDev +3.3%

04-20-2013 05:58:00 | More by Captain_Buzzkill

HardyA

Michigan

3.75/5  rDev +3.3%

04-19-2013 00:06:04 | More by HardyA

Lurkerson

Pennsylvania

2.25/5  rDev -38%

04-12-2013 02:29:47 | More by Lurkerson

edemaknn

Louisiana

4.5/5  rDev +24%

04-06-2013 03:05:02 | More by edemaknn

cwxc818

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +3.3%

04-06-2013 00:47:52 | More by cwxc818