{"id":2346,"date":"2011-01-03T12:30:27","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T18:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=2346"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:25:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:25:40","slug":"snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowed In With Shorts: “Freedom of 78” Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Didn’t we just do a whole week of Shorts Brewing reviews<\/a> a few months ago?\u00a0 You bet we did!\u00a0 Is that too much?\u00a0 That’s not for us to judge – all we know is that Karl was holed up in Traverse City, Michigan under about 31 inches of snow and he burrowed his way to the corner store for a pick-your-six survival pack.\u00a0 These are his Donner Party style dispatches from the Great White North, with less cannibalism and more beer drinking. This time, it’s the “Freedom of 78”.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Freedom<\/a>

Is this the same photo of the Half Acre? Yes. Did we forget to shoot a photo of the Shorts? Yes. Is it basically the same label anyways? Yes.<\/p><\/div>\n

Shorts Says:<\/p>\n

A nice medium bodied IPA with a wonderful bright clarity and pleasing bronze hue.\u00a0 The aroma is a unique fusion of citrus fruit combined w\/ subtle pine qualities.\u00a0 The distinct characteristics of the guava nectar are impossible to miss as the sharp sweetness and slightly tart flavors snap across the palate.\u00a0 Comparable attributes of tangerine, nectarine, and even some faint honey flavors are detectable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Shorts “Freedom of 78”
\nGuava Wheat IPA, 6.9% ABV
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Sayeth the Guys:
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Karl:<\/strong> You’ll recall that the last time we sat down with the Freedom of ’78<\/a>, it was a nice fresh hunk of fruity beer from the fine folks at Half Acre, just up or down the street from a couple of us respective Guys.\u00a0 It was wheaty and fruity and green and fine, a full bomber of lawnmower beer with the familiar hop presence we’ve come to know and expect from the Half Acre guys.<\/p>\n

The best part of these collaborations is being able to compare apples to apples, as it were – when two breweries make (essentially) the same beer, what kind of tiny changes do each brewer bring to the party?\u00a0 Whose beer will you prefer?\u00a0 And will it even be the same beer you remember?\u00a0 For the most part, the Freedom of ’78 is pretty recognizable.\u00a0 But is it better?<\/p>\n

My main recollection of the Half Acre version is of a nice, crisp hoppy beer with some definite wheat characteristics but not as much fruit as I anticipated.\u00a0 Maybe I thought there would be more guava kick from the Shorts influence last time, and I definitely wanted to see that fruit cut through the wheat this time.<\/p>\n

I was surprised by the amount of pine flavor that started off the Shorts version of FREEEEEEDOMMMMMM (see prior review for explanation of said Braveheartery).\u00a0 With a light body and minimal amount of head, this look of beer actually could pass for a pilsner if you weren’t paying attention. \u00a0The ABV for this beer is just a touch shy of the 7% reported by Half Acre, and it was pretty well hidden beneath the layers and layers of flavor.<\/p>\n

The ’78 does start off like the Half Acre with a nice wave of piny hoppiness but then quickly recedes to a nice healthy dose of wheat flavor, drying it slightly and adding a hearty characteristic. \u00a0The tartness and general “green-ness” of the guava I was hoping for is definitely present, seemingly moreso than in the Half Acre. \u00a0The flavors bounce around, collide and run into each other across the palate and burst with little packets of citrus as well.<\/p>\n

Differences between the two offerings from the brewers are really pretty slim, and I could go either way in terms of preference depending on the moment, the phase of the moon and the direction of the breeze.\u00a0 Either way, both would be great on a summer afternoon, not being snowed under.\u00a0\u00a0 Alas, since this was a brewery one-off, I don’t think we’ll be seeing a return to the lawnmower for either of these beers.\u00a0 Back to the Daisy Cutter<\/a>, I suppose.<\/p>\n

That said, since the inspiration for this beer started with a Ween record, what other records could create a great beer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Snowed In With Shorts: “Freedom of 78” Review: I was surprised by the amount of pine flavor that started off the Shorts version of FREEEEEEDOMMMMM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[971,341],"yoast_head":"\nSnowed In With Shorts: "Freedom of 78" Review | Guys Drinking Beer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Snowed In With Shorts: "Freedom of 78" Review: I was surprised by the amount of pine flavor that started off the Shorts version of FREEEEEEDOMMMMM.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Snowed In With Shorts: "Freedom of 78" Review | Guys Drinking Beer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Snowed In With Shorts: "Freedom of 78" Review: I was surprised by the amount of pine flavor that started off the Shorts version of FREEEEEEDOMMMMM.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Guys Drinking Beer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/guysdrinkingbeer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-01-03T18:30:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-02-06T20:25:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/freedomof78.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Karl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/karlklockars\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@guysdrinkinbeer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Karl\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Karl\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#\/schema\/person\/00671283963f103a18d9744b55c723ce\"},\"headline\":\"Snowed In With Shorts: “Freedom of 78” Review\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-01-03T18:30:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-06T20:25:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/\"},\"wordCount\":671,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/freedomof78.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Short's\",\"Snowed In With Shorts\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Beer Reviews\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/\",\"name\":\"Snowed In With Shorts: \\\"Freedom of 78\\\" Review | Guys Drinking Beer\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/freedomof78.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-01-03T18:30:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-06T20:25:40+00:00\",\"description\":\"Snowed In With Shorts: \\\"Freedom of 78\\\" Review: I was surprised by the amount of pine flavor that started off the Shorts version of FREEEEEEDOMMMMM.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/freedomof78.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/freedomof78.jpg\",\"width\":336,\"height\":366},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Snowed In With Shorts: “Freedom of 78” Review\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/\",\"name\":\"Guys Drinking Beer\",\"description\":\"Covering Chicagoland's Beer Scene Since 2010\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Guys Drinking Beer\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/labellogo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/labellogo.jpg\",\"width\":813,\"height\":472,\"caption\":\"Guys Drinking Beer\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/guysdrinkingbeer\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/guysdrinkinbeer\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/guysdrinkingbeer\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#\/schema\/person\/00671283963f103a18d9744b55c723ce\",\"name\":\"Karl\",\"description\":\"Karl has written about food, travel and beer for Chicago Magazine, Thrillist, Time Out Chicago, AskMen and more. His book, Beer Lovers Chicago, is now available via Amazon and other booksellers. If you're buying, he's likely having a porter or a pale ale.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/karlklockars\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/author\/karl\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Snowed In With Shorts: \"Freedom of 78\" Review | Guys Drinking Beer","description":"Snowed In With Shorts: \"Freedom of 78\" Review: I was surprised by the amount of pine flavor that started off the Shorts version of FREEEEEEDOMMMMM.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Snowed In With Shorts: \"Freedom of 78\" Review | Guys Drinking Beer","og_description":"Snowed In With Shorts: \"Freedom of 78\" Review: I was surprised by the amount of pine flavor that started off the Shorts version of FREEEEEEDOMMMMM.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/","og_site_name":"Guys Drinking Beer","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/guysdrinkingbeer","article_published_time":"2011-01-03T18:30:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-02-06T20:25:40+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/freedomof78.jpg"}],"author":"Karl","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/karlklockars","twitter_site":"@guysdrinkinbeer","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Karl","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/"},"author":{"name":"Karl","@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#\/schema\/person\/00671283963f103a18d9744b55c723ce"},"headline":"Snowed In With Shorts: “Freedom of 78” Review","datePublished":"2011-01-03T18:30:27+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-06T20:25:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/"},"wordCount":671,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/freedomof78.jpg","keywords":["Short's","Snowed In With Shorts"],"articleSection":["Beer Reviews"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/","url":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/","name":"Snowed In With Shorts: \"Freedom of 78\" Review | Guys Drinking Beer","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/freedomof78.jpg","datePublished":"2011-01-03T18:30:27+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-06T20:25:40+00:00","description":"Snowed In With Shorts: \"Freedom of 78\" Review: I was surprised by the amount of pine flavor that started off the Shorts version of FREEEEEEDOMMMMM.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/freedomof78.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/freedomof78.jpg","width":336,"height":366},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/snowed-in-with-shorts-freedom-of-78-review\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Snowed In With Shorts: “Freedom of 78” Review"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/","name":"Guys Drinking Beer","description":"Covering Chicagoland's Beer Scene Since 2010","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#organization","name":"Guys Drinking Beer","url":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/labellogo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/labellogo.jpg","width":813,"height":472,"caption":"Guys Drinking Beer"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/guysdrinkingbeer","https:\/\/x.com\/guysdrinkinbeer","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/guysdrinkingbeer"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/#\/schema\/person\/00671283963f103a18d9744b55c723ce","name":"Karl","description":"Karl has written about food, travel and beer for Chicago Magazine, Thrillist, Time Out Chicago, AskMen and more. His book, Beer Lovers Chicago, is now available via Amazon and other booksellers. If you're buying, he's likely having a porter or a pale ale.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/karlklockars"],"url":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/author\/karl\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}