 Thanks for joining me for this episode of brutal battle beer break the beer We're gonna try today is actually by brewery. I've never had beer from This one came compliments of my friend Matt Harvey out in Chicago, Illinois. So thank you Matt This one is by short brewing company. Like I said, I've never had any of their stuff before They are out of Elk Rapids, Michigan. So says the bottle There's no ABV on this bottle, but it is an IPA. So I'm assuming somewhere around six seven percent alcohol by volume. So This one is called humor lupalicious IPA You can see there by shorts. It's got a nice hop on there Honestly, the you know labels not anything too eye-catching or interesting. It looks pretty bland, but you know That doesn't mean that the beer is not good. I have heard good things about shorts, so I'm hoping that that Holds true to what I'm about to taste I will say that I can see there's there's a decent amount of sediment in the bottom I don't know if you can see it. Yeah, you probably can't but try try real hard There's a bunch of sediment down there at the bottom probably some some hops Comes out. It's a very, you know, orangish coloration to it not much of any head plenty of large bubbles in there though Give it a swirl. This is pretty cold too though. So some of the Some of it might be a little bit muted on the flavors and Actually the scent because if things are pretty cold they can you know make the beer and it happens with wine to clam up So I'm giving it a little extra swirl to you know warm it. I get that citrusiness. I get some grapefruit But I get a solid malt presence as well which It's giving me a little bit of like some hay notes It actually says a complex malt and hop theme park in your mouth. So I am definitely getting the malt It's not one of those crazy Just straight-up hop types I get a Little bit of like a candied orange rind nose on it This is a little sugary type scent with the citrus It's almost like some nice hoppage though and try it. Mmm. Okay Definitely There's a decent amount of bitterness at the end, but it doesn't linger too much. I Definitely get that kind of citrus up front I get Like the candied orange peel that I was talking about because there is a little bit of a sweetness to it There's plenty of citrus, but the citrus isn't extremely vibrant like West Coast IPAs typically are this is kind of more an in-between Between like an East and West Coast IPA because it has probably a little less malt and more hops than your typical East Coast IPA But it's definitely a lot more muted on the hops than your West Coast IPAs It's got really nice scent to it. I feel like it smells like Mosaic hops in there. It doesn't specify what hops are in it But I feel like I'm starting to be able to maybe pick out mosaic hops and some beers And I feel like this might be it. It has like a little bit of like a Caramely note with the citrus to it, but I mean it smells good it Tastes and pretty solid if you like that kind of mixture Actually the bitterness at the end is starting to build a little bit starting to get a little more strong Which is taking me a little more from like I like this beer to I'm a little more neutral about it I'll have to see how it how it does when it warms up. I have a feeling that the citrus notes are gonna start coming To the forefront even more and the nice Caramely malts are gonna do the same and the bitterness I'll start to kind of die down a little bit, but I'm pretty well constructed in my opinion. It's just I'd like more hops myself and Maybe bring them all down just a tad bit and the bitterness the bitterness as well But like I said, you know as it warms up it might you know kind of write itself anyway So if anyone like what they heard I'd recommend picking up some Schwartz brewing company beer This is definitely worth checking out at least once Tune into the show, please Brutal battle you can get it on brutal battle.com or you can get on itunes or Stitcher Send me an email if there any beers you want to see me try maybe on this or on the show You can let me know it's brutal battle podcast at gmail.com also have a Facebook page look for it and Twitter I am at brutal battle. So thank you so much everyone and I will see you next time