Beer Release (Short's Brew): Cup A Joe

Hey!

2013 is almost to a close, but we still have a few undeniably sought-after specialty brews making their way to statewide distribution.

Cup A Joe is one of our true classics and is the first to be released, this December. Look for it in stores as early as next week! Here are a few facts regarding this Coffee Cream Stout--

• Cup A Joe is the first official stout ever brewed at Short's Brewing Company. Brewing records indicate that the first batch was brewed on March 8, 2005.
• Prior to Cup A Joe, our darkest beer styles were porters (Chocolate Wheat and Black Cherry Porter), but more stouts quickly followed w/ Mystery Stout getting brewed 3 days later on March 11, 2005
• Cup A Joe dates back to Joe's head brewer days at Jackson brewing company where he dabbled w/ a similar recipe in November of 2001. However, early home brew logs indicate a "Java the Stout" got brewed sometime in November of 2000.
• Cup A Joe is brewed w/ locally roasted fair trade espresso beans from Higher Grounds: coffee bar and roastery, based out of Traverse City, MI
• Cup A Joe is a true Coffee Cream Stout, in that we add powdered milk sugar during the brewing process to give it a slight creaminess throughout.
• 80lbs of ground espresso and 200lbs of milk sugar was used to brew each batch in Elk Rapids.
  
• This is the fifth year we have bottled it for statewide distribution.
• The original artwork was done by Fritz Hortsman, where the beer was referred to as "Cuppa Joe"

Cup A Joe ~ A brew uniquely different from most coffee stouts, we cram Higher Grounds roasted fair trade espresso beans into every facet of the brewing process. Prominent aromatics of malt, espresso, and cocoa are abundant and create a flavor robust with big malt characters fused with cream and coffee. The perfect morning night capper.
6.8% ABV

 

700 Cases