Short's Brewing Company Melt My Brain

Melt My Brain

 

Short's Brewing Company in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Herbal Rotating
Score
6.92
ABV: 4.0% IBU: 24 Ticks: 16
Melt My Brain is an experimental Golden Ale brewed with coriander, juniper berries, limes and blended with Short’s made tonic water to create the tasting experience of drinking a gin and tonic cocktail. Delicate aromas of citrus and pine flow into bold bright flavors of sweet lime with a slightly sticky bitterness. Refreshing and clean, a tasty tonic effervescence provokes the palate for more.
 

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6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

tap at 800degree pizza in Fort Wayne. THis was weird - a beer that drinks like a cocktail - not a fan

Tried from Draft on 10 Mar 2024 at 00:50


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Backlog. Pours hazy gold and smells of citrus and pine with herbal notes. The flavor is of tart lime, malt, mild hops, and spice. Different.

Tried on 25 Mar 2021 at 03:06


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can thanks to stevoj. Pours out golden topped with a white head. Nose is sweet lots of sweetness gin notes lime. Tatse is more of the nice sweetness and spice.

Tried from Can on 22 Apr 2018 at 02:35


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can from Pennsport. Pale golden, small fizzy head. Aroma is light and sweet. Taste brings some sharp citric notes, not quite tart. Sweet, tangy.

Tried from Can on 22 Apr 2018 at 02:33


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Cloudy, dirty yellow body, thin off-white head. Nose of citrus peel and coriander, rather wit-like. Odd body, sweet, limier than the nose suggested, sugary with grassy hops. Think gin-and-tonic but sweeter with added hops, the juniper really asserting itself in the finish after several sips. Is this beer? I don't care...it's tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jan 2018 at 10:24


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

hazy pale and sparkling from a can. weird metallic nose. probably more like a shandy or soda drink, not SHV. different and unique yet still retains an almost shandy or berleiner attitude about it. some repulsive lurks in side but i can't find it, stays hidden throughout the session. Metallic nose keeps sticking up its fingers into my olfactory. I'll go with a 156 over 72 with this brew which has tonic water added. Very different. Not really sure if the majority of this is really beer. Stupid label BTW.

Tried from Can on 03 Oct 2017 at 19:03


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

12 ounce bottle from Riley’s Madison. Hazy pale yellow, large fizzy off-white head, good retention. Aroma of juniper, nuts, sawdust, citrus. The taste is sweet pine, juniper, citrus, white grape. Medium bodied. I suppose they executed the concept but I’m not sure this is a concept that should have been executed. Interesting at least.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jun 2017 at 21:00


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

12 oz. can. Thanks going to Adam, Slightly golden color, thin head. Aroma is mild botanical, lime rind, citrus. WOW, this is something. The brewer did get the essence of a Gin and Tonic without the juniper berry. Not sure if it Melts my brain but very fun to try without a doubt.

Tried from Can on 10 Jun 2017 at 21:58


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12oz can from Jeff. split 4 ways at fridge temp. very cloudy. small head. Smells very malty. a little European hop bitterness. hmm, this is really good. it’s sweet, tart, sugary, melon, lemon, honeydew, pear, lime juice. this is surprisingly delicious.

Tried from Can on 10 Jun 2017 at 21:43


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Sampled from the tap at Aubree’s. Pours a hazy pale yellow gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has sweet grains with some herbal notes and a slight tonic note. Flavor is very similar to a gin and tonic but has a slight tartness.

Tried from Draft on 28 May 2017 at 20:38