 Thanks for tuning in for another episode of brutal battle beer break The beer for today is by shorts brewing and they're out of elk rapids, Michigan If you'll remember, I actually did another one of these a bunch episodes back. You can check for it but this beer is called stash bender and There's really not a whole lot of information They're they're labeling as pretty bare bones. There's no like ABV or IB use or anything like that But as you can see fun label there. Oh, man, that man's rocking the hell of a mustache And he's got a party hat on it does say it was a double hop stash to celebrate ten years And then says I like that party hat So if you notice there's a there's a ten on that on the top of the if my hand's still enough There's a ten on the hat. So I guess ten years of brewing, which is pretty awesome for shorts I'm assuming since it says double Hop stash that it's basically a double IPA So let's try it out Definitely looks double IPA is very Dark red Dark reddish amber ish coloration to it Let's see how the not too much on the leasing although I did just wash this glass. So there may be a little bit of water in there so Hmm It's got a bit of a hey note to it Earthy piney-ness definitely coming through So I'm pretty resiny actually the more I sniff on it. This is pretty cold. So, you know Smells a little rye-ish as well Hmm It's got that kind of like spice that you get from from smelling rye It smells pretty good Tad bit of citrus in there with all those other notes Smells nice Okay Mouth feels a little bit more now is expecting it was gonna be it's a little more present on the tongue I was expecting it to be kind of a little closer to a watery Not totally watery, but a little more watery than it than it currently is it's got some Real kind of sticky presence to it that you almost have to chew just a little bit Hmm Hmm Lot of piney-ness lot of earthy notes a little bit of like spice in there from hops Tastes pretty good. That's a it's a pretty serious beer and actually this one was sent to me from Matt Harvey Thank you very much Matt Harvey friend out in Chicago. So yeah pretty good beer Definitely a double IPA and like I said, you know, there's no extra information. There also is no bottle Dating so short spruing could you get on it and Put the dates bottled on your beer So I know if I'm trying something that's like super fresh or something that's super old because if this is really old You know, maybe it didn't hold up the way that I would want it to or you know Maybe I just want to get it fresh put it in order to Matt and say hey send me a fresh one Like a month or two old because I'd like to try it more robust, but Tastes pretty solid if you like, you know, those very piney spicy earthy type notes with your double IPA's Mm-hmm. I'm gonna finish this sucker off everybody out there. Go ahead and get a beer man, and thanks for watching