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\nShort’s says:<\/p>\n

“Northern Michigan spiced wheat ale. A 50% mixture of premium two-row malted barley and malted white wheat makes golden wheat ale balanced with Ahtanum and Cascade hop varieties. This ale is spiced with fresh zest of lemon and orange rind, coriander, and black peppercorns.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Short’s Nicie Spicie
\nSpiced Beer, 5.2% ABV
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Sayeth the Guys:<\/em><\/p>\n

Karl: <\/strong>I once bought a bag of coriander seeds to try my hand at making samosas a while back for a party. \u00a0I still have most of those seeds and I can attest to exactly how odiferous (not necessarily in a bad way) they can be when ground or toasted and used in food. \u00a0The \u201cNicie Spicy\u201d from Short\u2019s is brewed with some of that spice and it didn\u2019t surprise me that it tended to dominate, along with the orange peel as well.<\/p>\n

On the initial pour, this beer Nicie-ly (get it?) produced a nice gold color with no head, no lacing, just liquid. \u00a0It\u2019s got a nice light body and seems built for sessioning, and on the front end there\u2019s a large coriander presence as well as citrus, starting with orange and then as it develops gets into the lemon category as well. \u00a0Interestingly enough, I got a bit of vanilla in there as well, unexpected and definitely appreciated.<\/p>\n

As for the promised peppercorns, I found no evidence. \u00a0The first thing that sprang to mind was \u201cDreamsicle,\u201d not \u201cspice rack.\u201d \u00a0I consider that a good thing, although the promise of the beer didn\u2019t exactly live through to the expectations. \u00a0Additionally, much of the nose dissipated pretty quickly, within a few minutes – I wonder, would it last longer if you drank it from the bottle, but then would you get the experience that we had on the front end?<\/p>\n

An interesting experiment, but one I don\u2019t see myself rushing back to sooner than some of our other Short\u2019s beers.<\/p>\n

Ryan:<\/strong> All the beers we’re reviewing this week I picked up two weeks ago during a jaunt through Michigan for work.\u00a0 Short’s has been releasing never-before bottled beers in chunks since about last December.\u00a0 It’s always a crap-shoot as to which craft beer store has what, but I lucked in to a couple of the beers I had been dying to try since their release was announced.\u00a0 Nicie Spicie was one of the them.<\/p>\n

The beer poured orange to copper in color.\u00a0 This was an aggressive pour, yet it didn’t yield too much in the way of head or lacing.\u00a0 Take a good whiff and you get the promised coriander, some oranges and a bit of lemon zest.<\/p>\n

The same goes for the taste – at least up front.\u00a0 You do get a good zing of citrus with the orange peel and lemon zest.\u00a0 The coriander is a very nice touch too – and is the most pronounced flavor of this beer.\u00a0 But, if you let it warm a bit Nicie Spicie develops a smoothness that I can’t quite describe – but it’s good.\u00a0 Karl mentioned the vanilla, and I picked up on it too.\u00a0 It’s most noticeable in the aftertaste and really compliments this brew.\u00a0 While Karl did not pick up on the peppercorns, I did, but I had to force it.\u00a0 If you let the beer hang on your palate for a bit you’ll notice the peppercorns pop out but they are very muted if you’re just sipping on this.<\/p>\n

Overall this a very flavorful session beer that I would happily reach for again and may have to look for the next time I pass through Michigan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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