Short's Brewing Releases & Updates (2018)

Place near me finally got the variety pack in, so I picked one up yesterday. The Local's was good, I hope Short's keeps up the experimental varieties. Something about Local's lends itself well to dry hopping.

Sipping a Kolsch 45 right now and loving it. It's been, what, three years since it's last bottle release? So glad it's back. Didn't remember the banana notes, but damn I like them.

No joke, my wife ordered a copper mule mug after seeing on the box where the Mule Beer is best served in copper. It'll be here tomorrow, so I guess I'm gonna crack one of those open then.

 

Ok, what state is missing from that list? Way to go, Breakthru Beverage. Thanks for meeting the challenge.

 

I'd give you twenty likes if I could. Thanks for the info!

 

wow really no il love?

 

pretty bummed about cat grass here in chicago. i guess i will drown my tears with the spruce pils i was able to score from a friend in MI.

on a side note...has anyone seen any fresh cans of huma around chicago? everything i am running across was canned in april. im not a complete freshness snob, but this is getting borderline for me.

 

Maybe the lack of fresh Huma is a reason for no Cat Grass? Just speculation on my part, but if their flagship beers aren't selling here, then maybe that's why Cat Grass isn't coming here (plus this market might be too big to fill, so they are just filling up their other markets?).

I had a pour of Spruce Pils last week at 7 Monks in Traverse City. That's like drinking a blue spruce - I don't see how people can handle that. It was a struggle to get the one down that I ordered. That is one extreme beer.

 

I really hope their beers are selling well. it would suck not to get fresh cans ever. maybe they just over supplied initially.

i have had the spruce pils the past couple years and loved it. last year it was only around 7% if i remember right. it sounds like this year is pretty extreme!

 

Agreed, very intense. Hope it mellows out a bit over the next few months.

 

For anyone fighting through the non-alphabetical store order that's listed on their site for Michigan off premise, here's an ordered list:

8 Degrees Plato Detroit
8 Degrees Plato Ferndale
A&L Wine Castle
Anderson’s Market, Glen Arbor
Ann Arbor Party
Arbor Farms
Barney’s Market
Bella Vino’s Party Shopp
Berkley Fine Wine & Liqour
Beverage Warehouse
Big Ten Okemos
Big Ten Party East, East Lansing
Boat Works
Bottom’s UP
Boyne Country Provisions
Burritt’s, Traverse City
Busch’s #1032 Plymouth
Busch’s #1035 Ann Arbor
Busch’s #1048 Ann Arbor
Busch’s #1467 DEXTER
Canopy Bottle & Gourmet
Champane’s Wine Cellars
Cherry Hill Market
Clam Lake Beer Co.
Cork n Rye
Country Acres Market
D&W – #1525 Petoskey
D&W – #1570 Grand Haven
D&W – #1574 Holand
D&W – #1575 Kalamazoo
D&W #1571 (Breton) Grand Rapids
D&W #1576 (Gaslight) Grand Rapids
D. Schuler’s
Deerings Meat Market
Discount Drinks
Drake Party Center
Eastfield Party Story
Econo Foods Marquette
Eeastman Party Store
Eeastport Market
Fairway Sav-Mor Drugs
Family Fare #642 Traverse City
Family Fare #645 Bellaire
Family Fare Charlevoix
Ferndale Foodland
Fifth Street Market
Forest Hills Foods #1400
Forest Liqour
Four Roses
Fulton Party Store
G.S. Market
GJ’S INC., Traverse City
Grunst Brothers
GVL West Party Store
Hardings #400
Holiday Market
Holiday Market
Holiday Shopper Williamsburg
Honor Family Market
HopCat, Grand Rapids
Hops on 84, Holland
Horrocks Farm Market Lansing
Horrocks Kentwood
Ideal Party Store
International Beverge Cascade
Jim’s Foodmart, Houghton
Jimmy Garrants
Johnny mac’s Wyandotte
Jonna’s Market Howell
KAap N’ Keg
Kings Cove Party Store
Ladd’s and Company
Lager Mill, Frankenmuth
Leland Mercantile
Liqour Cabinet – St. Joe
Liqour Cabinet Temperance
Lucky’s Market Ann Arbor
Main Party Store
Marcus Market
Martha’s Vineyard
Mayflower Party Store
Mega Bev
Mega Bev Battle Creek
Mega Bev Marshall
Mega Bev Portage
Meijer #108 Midland
Meijer #158 Knapps Corner
Meijer #172 Howell
Meijer #173 Ann Arbor
Meijer #185 Auburn Hills
Meijer #25 Okemos
Meijer #33 Traverse City
Meijer #50 Cascade
Meijer #52 East Lansing
Merchant’s Warehouse
Merchants Wine Shoppe
Mijer #260 Rochester
ML Wine Shop
Moloney’s Pub, Sault Ste Marie
Nine Mile & Hilton Market
Oade’s Big Ten
Off the Wagon
Oliver T’s
On the Rocks Wine & Spirits
Opperman’s Cork N’ Ale
Orion Keg & Wine
Oryana Food Cooperative
People’s Food Co-op Ann Arbor
Pine Knob Wine Shop
Pineridge Market
Plum Market Ann Arbor
Plum Market West Bloomfield
Port o’ Call
Ravens
Red Baron
Red Wagon Shoppe
Ric’s Food Center, Rockford
Rishi’s International Beverage
Royal Liqour
Scooby’s
Shop n Save
Shop N Save Nezonia
Sicilliano’s Market
Smitty’s
Soggy Bottom Bar
Soo Corner Store, Sault Ste Marie
Spartan Spirits
Stadium Market
Steve’s Party Store
Sunny Mart Westnedge
Super Fine Wine & Liqour, Canton
Super Liqour
Super Liqour IV
Superior Blue Ink
Sylvan Market
Tania’s Pizza and More
Terrace Shopper
The Beverage Company
The Copper Vine
The French Landing
Tiffany Party Store
Tilley’s Party Store
Tipin’s Market
Tom’a Market Division Traverse City
Tom’s Market Acme
Tom’s Market East Bay, Traverse City
Tom’s Market Interlochen
Tom’s Market Northport
Tom’s Market West Bay, Traverse City
Tom’s Party Store
Top Shelf
Toski-Sands P.S & Deli
VG’S #1921 Fenton
Village Market Elk Rapids
Village Market Rapid City
Vine & Brew
Vreeland Market
Washtenaw Market
Wealthy Market
Westborn Market
Westborn Market, Plymouth
Whites Market, Marquette
Whole Foods Ann Arbor (Washtenaw)
Whole Foods Detroit
Whole Foods Market Troy
Whole Foods Rochester Hills
Wighville Party Store
Willow Mercantile
Wilsons Market
Wine Garden
Wine Palace
Wixom Liqour
Wolverine Market, Port Huron
Wrought Iron Grill
Wwhole Foods Ann Arbor (Eisenhower)
Zetouna’s

 

Might be tempted to grab some.

 

So all those stores above should have the beer by tomarrow afternoon?

 

Short's mentioned on the FB regarding why not Illinois for the release

So blame falls on the distributor, Breakthru Beverage, and not Short's.

 

Thanks for the info. I'm sure it doesn't, but the fact that these other distributors were able to make it happen should make Breakthru feel like losers.

 

Neat article about Psychedelic Cat Grass:
http://thebrewermagazine.com/?p=3492

The comment Shorts made about Some markets "unable to facilitate" makes me think that the Chicago distro was unwilling to cooperate with their idea. I'm sure they saw another potential Bourbon County clusterf**k and were like "yeah, we're good"

 

None of the places I go are listed on the list for Cat Grass. Doesn't help that I'm currently car-less.

 

I think that's a pretty good comparison, and perhaps even why they wanted out. But I've heard many places get their BCBS ahead of time. In fact I even know of at least one place that sold it ahead of time last year.

 

Yeah I've found a shop selling it early here in Indiana, but mostly because they didn't know what it was and weren't given proper instructions.

I was pretty surprised at how many places near me are getting cat grass. Short's must be doing pretty well in NWI.

 

It's a great endeavor. Kudos to Short's for taking it on. It's just too bad we have a half-ass distributor in IL.