Got Shorts!
March 4, 2009
I’ve had this day marked on my calendar for a month now. I’ve been patiently counting down the days until Wednesday, March 4th. I’ve been calling it Shorts Day. No, not the day where I dig my ripped up shorts out of the bottom drawer and my wife comments how I should have thrown those away years ago (though that day is coming..). Today, Shorts Brewing bottles hit southern Michigan.
The last time I had Shorts, I sat at their brewpub smelling my Huma Lupa Licious wondering how the heck they made such good beer. Later that day, I shared a growler of it with some family. One fella, who was around 98 years old at the time (and sadly is no longer with us) took a big sip of the IPA, swallowed and made a puckered up face like he just ate a lemon. “Not bad,” was all he said. He looked at the rest of the sample I gave him and chugged it down.
I thought about my few encounters with Short’s beer as I drove up to Merchant’s in Dearborn. Every beer I’ve had from the brewery has been top notch. I think everyone that has made the trek to Bellaire, MI, all left wishing they could get this beer at their local store.
Today, that wish was granted. I just want to say congratulations to Short’s for making such a kick ass beer and for finally making the jump to share it with those that can’t make it to northern Michigan.
I just took my first gulp of Huma Lupa Licious IPA. Wow. Thank you Short’s, you did good.
Merchant’s – Dearborn, MI has: Bellaire Brown ($9.49 six), Pandemonium Pale Ale ($9.49 six) and Huma Lupa Licious IPA ($11.49 six). They had what looked like about 9 cases of each. We’ve heard they’ll go fast, and they aren’t sure when they’ll get more, so stock up now!
Posted in Beer News, Beer Store, Brewery/Brewpub, Buying Beer
March 5th, 2009 at 7:09 am
I decided to go for it, and try the Pale and Brown last night too. Both were great!
March 5th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
any idea how to figure out what stores got it?
March 5th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
http://www.shortsbrewing.com/beer_locator/beer_locator_retail.htm
That’s the locator map they have on their site.
March 5th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Any idea if Merchant’s was selling singles of these beers? I’m not one to buy an entire sixpack without knowing if I like it first.
March 6th, 2009 at 12:45 am
Big Ten (I mean Morgan & York) had it on their sign out front today. I didn’t stop in, though.
March 6th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Yes, you can buy singles of them at Merchant’s. The brown/pale were a buck something a bottle, and the Huma Lupa was $2 a bottle, something like that. I split a six of brown/pale, but mostly just bought sixers of Huma.
March 7th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
I went to Cloverleaf Wine Shop in Royal Oak yesterday and picked up a few singles of the Huma Lupa. You can get singles of the other Shorts brews as well. I was quick to rush home and pour that baby into a pint glass to test. I think Shorts did an excellent job as this tasted as good as I remember it in the Bellaire pub.