Karl:<\/strong> All right, Shorts – it\u2019s Key Lime take two time. We do owe you another shot, don\u2019t we? You\u2019ll remember that last time, we were operating under the assumption that our last try at your Key Lime Pie beer was a bum bottle. On a separate night, far removed from our first Key Lime Pie Try to clear any memories of funk out of our minds, we gave it second chance.<\/p>\nYou\u2019ll also remember that despite the terribly off flavors of the first beer, there were things to enjoy about it. (This says a lot about the strengths of Shorts – they can produce a beer that is honestly and mistakenly foul, and I\u2019ll still find something positive to come out of it. Maybe I\u2019ve just got Stockholm Syndrome. Shortsholm Syndrome? I\u2019ll get our doctors on it.) When I forced my brain to get past the off flavors, that wave of graham cracker crust that crashed across my palate was pure beer magic. On the first taste, it took a few seconds, then it kicked in. Second taste took a touch longer – like it was teasing me now that I knew it was there – and then my tasted buds opened up with the same rush of graham cracker. It was, for lack of a better word, fun.<\/p>\n
Since I knew of the Grahamrush going into the Take Two Pie Try, I was prepared for it. I was also (again) really hoping for an experience that would show me the error of my ways, and open my eyes to what was now the award-winner in the Experimental Beer category of the Great American Beer Fest. We really thought we had it all together – a better beer, a proper temperature, and an appropriately open mindset. So..what went wrong this time?<\/p>\n
I gotta say – I still don\u2019t get this beer. Everything was seemingly \u201con\u201d with this one but nothing grabbed me. I did taste the emergence of the lime, the graham cracker rolling wave was still there but not as dramatic, I got some of the burnt-sugar characteristics of the marshmellow…I guess maybe I just don\u2019t like key lime pie. Either that, or the brightness, the sparkle and the creaminess I associate with that particular pastry didn\u2019t translate into the bottle. Denver may have loved this beer, but my heart belongs to others in the Shorts firmament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There was a night and day difference between the first time we sampled this Short’s Key Lime Pie beer — which wasn’t great — and the second time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[971],"yoast_head":"\n
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