{"id":8234,"date":"2012-11-08T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=8234"},"modified":"2021-08-26T10:13:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T15:13:50","slug":"third-times-the-charm-review-shorts-key-lime-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/third-times-the-charm-review-shorts-key-lime-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Time’s The Charm Review: Short’s Key Lime Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"
When we first happened across Short’s Key Lime Pie (read, searched like crazy to find it) two years ago we found ourselves on the receiving end of a beer that didn’t quite live up to our expectations.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n We tried it not once, but twice, with the bottles coming from different six packs purchased on different occasions from different beer stores in Michigan. We even made it a point to refrigerate the second bottle from the point of purchase until consumption, as Short’s suggests.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, despite our best efforts to fall in love with this beer, we were left mildly heartbroken – like finding out that girl you had a crush on in 6th grade was using you for your phonics skills all along.<\/p>\n Our first go-round<\/a> with Key Lime Pie, in September 2010, was less than impressive.<\/p>\n “I really, really wanted to like this beer. My hopes were high. It\u2019d be a shame if somewhere along the line a lot of this went bad \u2013 but I suppose it\u2019s a reason to try it again to see what happened. Otherwise, this beer was a bust.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n And when we gave it a shot a second time<\/a>, we didn’t think it was much better.<\/p>\n “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 marshmallow\u2026I guess maybe I just don\u2019t like key lime pie.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So when I saw this on tap at a beer bar in Lansing, Michigan two months ago I thought – “what the hell, let’s give a shot.” I mean, it can’t be worse than what I had out of a bottle a few years ago, right?<\/a><\/p>\n Right.<\/p>\n Poured from a tap handle everything that was wrong with this beer was all of a sudden right. The flavors that weren’t quite there before were standing at attention.<\/p>\n The nose was full of fresh squeezed lime juice and a touch of crispy graham crackers.<\/p>\n The body was heavy, but not too heavy. It was creamy too.<\/p>\n The flavor – sweet, but not cloying.<\/p>\n And it was surprisingly refreshing.<\/p>\n Lime juice, creamy marshmallows and bread-y graham cracker flavors all blended together seamlessly – one no more overpowering than the other.<\/p>\n This, this is what I wanted Key Lime Pie to be.<\/p>\n Did the fact it was poured from a tap make a difference? Or had the recipe been tweaked since I last tried Key Lime Pie?<\/p>\n Who knows. And, frankly, I don’t care.<\/p>\n Because when Key Lime Pie tastes this good, all’s right with the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[971],"yoast_head":"\n