Short's Brewing Company The Mighty Shorse

The Mighty Shorse

 

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

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Score
6.97
ABV: 7.8% IBU: 60 Ticks: 5
The Mighty Shorse is a dank and fruity Imperial IPA brewed a blend of Azacca, Citra, El Dorado, and Motueka hops and peaches. Very hazy and dark copper in color with an off white and frothy head, The Mighty Shorse smells of floral citrus and fresh peach. Initial flavors of sweet peach are quickly matched by notes of dank citrus followed by a slightly bitter finish. This medium-bodied and refreshing Imperial IPA has a thick and juicy mouth feel.
 

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7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Pours copper with a big off white head. Smells of dank, citrusy hops. It tastes of caramel malt and a big dose of citrusy, resinous hops. It’s a nice hoppy double ipa. It’s not super bitter. Personally I’d amp that up a bit for the style, but it’s good.
Tried from Can from Belmont Beverage - West State on 05 Apr 2026 at 06:27

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
a: fairly hazy copper body | rich tall tan head
a: dank | toasted grains | yeast
f: bready | toffee | alpha acids
t: biscuity | rich earth | rustic finish
o: older-school | filling | piney bitterness throughout

12 ounce can | Stadium Market: Ann Arbor, Michigan | 29-December-2025 | US$2,19 | canned: 14-October-2025 | sampled: 26-February-2026 as the second-to-last beer before my month off!
Tried from Can from Stadium Market on 26 Feb 2026 at 16:05

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tried on 01 Oct 2021 at 01:40

7/10
Tried from Draft on 19 Jan 2019 at 18:32

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 8/16/2018. Pours slightly hazy deep golden orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of steaming carbonation. Aromas of big lightly tart/tangy peaches, apricot, fruit skin, lemon, lime, tangerine, grapefruit, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, watermelon, guava, berries, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, toasted bread, light honey/caramel, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical hops, peaches, and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big lightly tart/tangy peaches, apricot, fruit skin, lemon, lime, tangerine, grapefruit, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, watermelon, guava, berries, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, toasted bread, light honey/caramel, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness; and slight fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of peaches, apricot, fruit skin, lemon, lime, tangerine, grapefruit, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, watermelon, guava, berries, citrus peel/zest, pepper, pine, toasted bread, light honey/caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops, peaches, and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/sticky, lightly resinsous/rind, and slightly tangy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 7.8%. Overall this is an awesome fruit DIPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops, peaches, and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish, not aggressive. Great hop profile as expected of Azacca, Citra, El Dorado, and Motueka. Great balance of juicy hops/fruit, with some dank/earthy notes; nice bready malt backbone, with mild residual sweetness. A really enjoyable offering, and great style example as expected.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2018 at 00:51