Good Humans - Short's Brewing Company

MichiganBrews

Michigan

4.5/5  rDev +18.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Bottle poured into pint glass

This beer has grown on me since last years seasonal release. I enjoy a good hoppy brown ale and this beer has become a favorite this season. Pleasant sweet hoppy aroma and great color and a smooth finish.

Very smooth for 8% with lots of flavor and very drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

01-14-2013 20:58:29 | More by MichiganBrews

ackeeper

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

05-22-2013 02:12:26 | More by ackeeper

cb8282

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +11.8%

05-19-2013 02:18:23 | More by cb8282

NJB145

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%

05-19-2013 01:34:15 | More by NJB145

Marti403

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%

05-17-2013 20:42:04 | More by Marti403

allisonastra

Michigan

3/5  rDev -21.1%

05-16-2013 17:04:43 | More by allisonastra

GinsuDave

Michigan

3/5  rDev -21.1%

05-15-2013 10:24:57 | More by GinsuDave

sirsteve42

New York

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%

05-15-2013 03:06:02 | More by sirsteve42

HardyA

Michigan

3/5  rDev -21.1%

05-11-2013 00:34:18 | More by HardyA

Slay40

Michigan

4.75/5  rDev +25%

05-10-2013 18:53:55 | More by Slay40

MatterOfOpinion

Michigan

5/5  rDev +31.6%

05-06-2013 04:49:06 | More by MatterOfOpinion

Flounder57

Massachusetts

3.99/5  rDev +5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12 oz bottle was poured into a pint glass.

Appearance: This beer poured a minimal head that reduced to a thin layer. It is a copper brown color with good clarity and slow moving bubbles coming up through the glass. Spotty lacing on the glass ad the beer was drank.

Smell: Piney and resiny hops, caramel and toffee malt aromas, and some roasted aromas too.

Taste: Hops are there, caramel and roasted hops, with some mild bitterness in the end, and a little hazelnut too.

Mouthfeel: Smooth, light to medium bodied, medium carbonation, slightly tingly bitterness, and a little creamy.

Overall: A nice ABA from a brewery that comes to Boston a few months of the year. Yeah, I'm happy with this one too.

Serving type: bottle

04-28-2013 04:16:05 | More by Flounder57

sommersb

Tennessee

4.29/5  rDev +12.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Tasted On: 04-20-2013
Freshness: Not indicated
Packaging: 12 oz. brown bottle, pry-cap
Glassware: Wellington
Purchased: Received in a trade

A: Pours a clear and dark brown-reddish beer, with a small off-white head that diminishes quickly. Lacing is minimal.

S: Aromas have caramel malt sweetness as well as earthy and citrus hops; simple but very pleasant.

T: The taste has an initial impression of hop spiciness and then notes of bready malts. The bitterness is moderate and seems just right. The ABV gives a nice touch of alcohol warmth.

M: Body is medium, with an average amount of carbonation. The finish has the sweetness of the malts balanced expertly with the earthy hops.

O: Overall a simple but very satisfying beer; one that I wish I had more of, which is a sign of a great brew!

Thanks to DrewShal9 for the trade!

Serving type: bottle

04-20-2013 21:59:55 | More by sommersb

Captain_Buzzkill

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%

04-20-2013 05:58:37 | More by Captain_Buzzkill

PsilohsaiBiN

New York

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

04-20-2013 01:35:43 | More by PsilohsaiBiN

kbuzz

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

04-14-2013 19:02:17 | More by kbuzz

chippo33

Vermont

3/5  rDev -21.1%

04-13-2013 20:20:22 | More by chippo33

ChrisMon02

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

04-11-2013 23:51:32 | More by ChrisMon02

buschbeer

Ohio

3.91/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

12 ounce bottle
Served in a nonic pint glass

A - This brew is copper colored with amber highlights. A couple inches of tan head top this beer.

S - At first I noticed milk chocolate and cocoa. Then as I drank it some grassy hops came through.

T - The taste was a similar journey as the aroma. Initially my tastebuds were met with milk chocolate. After I drank a third of the glass some hops started creeping. The finish became slightly bitter and citrusy with the chocolate malt still coming through.

M - It is relatively smooth with the carbonation only pricking the tip of my tongue.

O - This is an interesting beer. I had recalled earlier tastes of this beer having a pronounced hop component. When I first tasted this particular Good Humans I got a ton of chocolate and hop significant hops. As I mentioned earlier, once I finished a third of the beer the hops made their presence known. This is one on the more enjoyable beers that I have had from Shorts.

Serving type: bottle

04-09-2013 17:04:03 | More by buschbeer

wyatt13

Illinois

3.7/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

My dad brought this one back from a recent trip to Michigan. Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into my Cigar City pint glass.

A - Pours a nice burnt sienna color, with some deep red tones like a cranberry juice. A small half-finger of fluff appears after the pour. A small amount of visible carbonation at the bottom of the brew. A wall of lacing develops as I drink.

S - The first thing on the nose is a big hop aroma, with some bitter, resiny pine playing a role. Also a bit of an earthy or herbal character. After that, the brown ales roasted malts take the steering wheel, with only a hint of sweetness apparent.

T - Nutty and toasty at the beginning, which transitions into some light coffee roast flavors. There's a bit of sweetness here too, such as a light brown sugar. Finishes with some bitter hops and a roasted note that lingers.

M - A little thin for a brown ale, but with an adequate carbonation level. Dries the mouth out a little too much.

O - An interesting variation on a brown ale, but not necessarily something that I would go out of my way to seek again.

Serving type: bottle

04-06-2013 01:22:54 | More by wyatt13

rkf1976

Michigan

2.5/5  rDev -34.2%

04-05-2013 23:48:26 | More by rkf1976

Texasfan549

Texas

4/5  rDev +5.3%

04-02-2013 23:00:21 | More by Texasfan549

kjkinsey

Texas

4/5  rDev +5.3%

04-02-2013 22:49:13 | More by kjkinsey

AdamP

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

04-02-2013 00:24:29 | More by AdamP

jlindros

Massachusetts

3.93/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Pours a small fizzy head covering that barely exists before disappearing, not too bad for an 8% beer but not great either, slightly hazy dark mahogany slightly chocolate brown color with some ruby light coming through.

Nose is interesting, a blend of brown malts and floral hops. Hops bring some floral, slightly noble like grassy aromas, touch of pine and earthy hops, and a decent malt base, light toasty brown malts, little caramel and hint syrupy, little nutty toffee too.

Taste brings a juicy brown malt right out first, plenty of toffee, nutty, caramel, hint buttery toffee, nice malty base with mild sweetness but mostly dry, almost candy like toffee nutty flavors almost brittle but without the sweetness. Then hops, milder hops, just a touch of bitterness, mostly grassy floral almost noble like hops, just a touch of earthy and faint piney hops. Finish gets bit more bitter, spicy earthy hops lingering, grassy hops as well, semi dry but a little sticky and some buttery toffee and nutty brown malts lingering.

Mouth is med bodied, nice fluffy carb, booze is hidden well.

Overall not bad, I'm surprised by this one. The Short's normal beers don't seem to do anything special and are usually fairly lackluster. And I wasn't expecting a dry hopped brown ale to do anything nice, but this is well balanced, not too bitter, nice profile of both hops and malts that seem to somehow play off each other, since I think they picked the hops and malts well.

Serving type: bottle

03-31-2013 02:02:54 | More by jlindros