Short's Bellaire Brown Ale - Short's Brewing Company

cosmicevan

New York

3.5/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Thanks to gnemesis for hooking up the Short's!

a - opened the 12oz bottle and poured into a duvel taster tulip. Beer poured a nutmeg brown (duh) with no head at all except for a small bubbly rim on the surface of the brew. Beer is murky but when held to the light, somewhat transparent. The carbonation isn't super visible, but the bottle opened with the right noise and when swirling the glass the carbonation surfaces. Second pour had a nicer head, but didn't hang around long.

s - Molases, malts, brown sugar...earthiness. Kind of has a toasted lager smell. Nutty as well.

t - Brown sugar leads the way. Malt only flavor profile. Caramel is there as well.

m - Like most Short's beers, a little on the watery side. Carbonation is good. Nothing too special..heavy on the malt feel.

o - Solid 3.5 across the board. Nice brown ale, better than average, but nothing crazy. Enjoyed the taste, but not one I'd seek out when looking for a brown ale. Kind of plain, a bit boring.

Serving type: bottle

04-02-2011 23:10:09 | More by cosmicevan

bobbyr5

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev -7.2%

05-21-2013 23:23:24 | More by bobbyr5

MatterOfOpinion

Michigan

4/5  rDev +6.1%

05-20-2013 03:54:14 | More by MatterOfOpinion

NJB145

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev -7.2%

05-19-2013 01:35:04 | More by NJB145

Dave_in_GR

Michigan

4.04/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Served in a pint glass from a 12oz bottle.

Appearance is a dark reddish brown with a small amount of tan-colored head.

Smell is a mix of malt, chocolate, and sweetness.

Taste is really pleasant, the chocolate and malty sweetness balanced by a slightly sour and bitter hop finish. Delicious.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied, nicely balanced through the light carbonation.

Overall one of my favorite brown ales.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2013 01:10:40 | More by Dave_in_GR

Roman5150

Michigan

4.04/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

bottle into tulip

appearance: beautiful dark amber brown with slightly off white 1 finger head with aggressive pour

smell: hay, oak, earthiness, heavy malt presence

taste: sweet oak flavors with a hint of rye, tastes like maris otter malts, very english and has that sweet funkiness to it. Earthy resinous tones throughout.

mouthfeel: not very carbonated, medium bodied

overall: A highly drinkable brown ale, probably in my top 3 for the style. I could drink this all day.

Serving type: bottle

05-18-2013 03:54:09 | More by Roman5150

Marti403

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +12.7%

05-17-2013 20:42:34 | More by Marti403

allisonastra

Michigan

4/5  rDev +6.1%

05-16-2013 17:05:12 | More by allisonastra

jduprey007

Michigan

4/5  rDev +6.1%

05-12-2013 23:14:47 | More by jduprey007

TheBrewo

Michigan

3.6/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

We pour a brew of dark mahogany, giving up a one and a half finger head of creamy, sandpaper colored bubbles. This shows nice retention, with mountainous sheets of lacing left around the glass. No haze or sediment was noted, and carbonation appears to be active. The aroma gives sweeter brown and nicely roasted coffee malts. Sweetness comes from raw honey, melted chocolate nibs, white sugar, fruity red cherry, and juicy ale yeastiness. Balance comes in the form of mineral earthiness, metallics, peanut dust, and soured lactics. With warmth comes light booziness and rotting fruit, but in a good way. Our first impression is that the malts give nicely contributory sweetness, but otherwise show a cheaper, overly light, adjuncty, and metallic side that doesn’t quite do the beer justice. As we sip, the flavoring opens with freshly soaped plastics, amber and brown malt sweetness, soy sauce saltiness, tinny metallics, English yeastiness, and light cinnamon spiciness. The peak comes with granular white sugar sweetness, bittered roastiness of the darker malts of the bill, light coffees, almond skin, mores soaps, and a sweeter Belgian caramel maltiness. The end finishes with a wash of fusel booziness out of nowhere, light Tootsie Roll sugars, light floral hoppiness, herbed honey sweetness, bittered chocolates, hazelnut, metallics, and garbage bag plastics. The aftertaste breathes of musk and dust, earthy mineral, standard browns and toasty ambers, sweeter pink bubblegum airs, fusel booze flavoring without any of the offensive punch, plum sweetness, walnut, citric hop gas, and mildly soured dried cranberry. The body is medium and chewy, while the carbonation is medium. Each sip gives nice slurp and smack, with slightly lesser cream and froth. The mouth is initially coated with an oily bite, to be left chalked and bone dry by the end. The abv is appropriate, and the beer glugs rather easily.

Overall, the most enjoyable thing about this brew was its flavoring. The look started things off nicely, giving good color and a nice head. The aroma is where we lost points, as it lacked general robustness and let the malts fall too far to the back in their inherent aromatic contributions. To contrast, the taste showed every side of the grain, with bitterness, bready sweetness, caramels, roast, and earthiness, giving a little something different at each turn, and with each sip. The drying roast on the feel was the icing on the cake, helping to keep that nice flavoring flowing.

Serving type: bottle

05-11-2013 01:07:17 | More by TheBrewo

Slay40

Michigan

4/5  rDev +6.1%

05-10-2013 18:55:49 | More by Slay40

AnnArborJoe

Michigan

2.5/5  rDev -33.7%

05-10-2013 16:48:37 | More by AnnArborJoe

tazzman

Florida

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

04-21-2013 20:37:18 | More by tazzman

GeePee

Wisconsin

4/5  rDev +6.1%

04-11-2013 23:16:20 | More by GeePee

fredmugs

Indiana

3.5/5  rDev -7.2%

04-04-2013 22:23:14 | More by fredmugs

Sparky44

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

03-24-2013 23:31:00 | More by Sparky44

SimcoeJoe

Michigan

4/5  rDev +6.1%

03-16-2013 13:07:25 | More by SimcoeJoe

czfreeman

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +12.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Pours a nice ruddy brown tone. Head is creamy, slightly tan . Almost like a Flemish bruin color.
Smells bready. Black tea, a touch of sour cherry-like flavor. Bit of a nutty character.Brown ales have a distinct nutty aroma about them I really enjoy and this one is a dead ringer. The slight sourness adds another great dimension to the bready malt and sweet tones.
Flavor is delicately balanced with grains, touch of fruit, good addition of bittering hops.
Really nice caramel in the finish.
Let this beer warm, the flavors develop exponentially into one of the better browns I've had.
Mouthfeel is a great balance of medium body meets near perfect Carbonation.
Excellent Brown!

Serving type: bottle

03-14-2013 19:20:33 | More by czfreeman

spycow

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -7.2%

03-09-2013 22:51:34 | More by spycow

breakingbland

Michigan

3.68/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75

Appearance: Poured a deep reddish brown with some cloudiness. The head was slight and settled down to a ring of foam rather quickly.

Smell: The aroma was basically sweet with some hops but also with a sour component that combined with the sweetness in a way that was a little disconcerting. However, after the first sip, the sourness seemed to recede.

Taste: A fairly rich, deep flavor profile. A slight amount of the sourness came through on the taste, but the main impression was a nice malty sweetness, well balanced by slight hoppiness.

Mouthfeel: Medium body and light, fine carbonation.

Overall: A very enjoyable beer that I'll definitely have again. (Curious to see if the sourness in the aroma is characteristic of this beer.)

Serving type: bottle

03-04-2013 12:09:36 | More by breakingbland

SaisonRichBiere

Michigan

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

03-02-2013 02:01:50 | More by SaisonRichBiere

Dactrius

Wisconsin

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

02-27-2013 03:07:24 | More by Dactrius

JohnnieNepal

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +12.7%

02-22-2013 21:46:26 | More by JohnnieNepal

PattyMelt

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev -7.2%

02-21-2013 07:46:45 | More by PattyMelt

Rostie

Michigan

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

02-20-2013 23:36:54 | More by Rostie