Short's Brewing Company

Short's Soft Parade

Fruit Beer · 7.5% ABV

Short’s Flagship Fruit Ale brewed with pureed strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries

Short's Strawberry Cake

Blonde Ale · 5.0% ABV

The addition of strawberries and milk sugar transform this beer into rose colored nectar that is pleasingly sweet with hints of cream.

Short's Key Lime Pie

Fruit Beer · 7.3% ABV

Golden Ale made with marshmallow, lactose, fresh limes, and graham crackers. We were able to recreate this popular dessert into a heavenly drinkable version.

Short's Psychedelic Cat Grass

IPA · 7.6% ABV

Triple dry hopped American IPA. Aromas of pineapple, mango, and grapefruit accompany the brews slightly hazy, pale orange color.

Short's Melt My Brain

Blonde Ale · 4.0% ABV

An experimental Golden Ale brewed with coriander, juniper berries, limes and blended with Short’s made tonic water to create a gin and tonic beer

Short's Power of Love

Fruit Beer · 3.1% ABV

Pink colored Shandy created by blending lemonade and a wheat ale brewed with raspberry & rosemary.

Short's Local's Light

Premium Lager · 5.2% ABV

Local’s Light is a classic American Lager crafted by Joe Short in 2004 to be “beer in its simplest form”.

Short's Cup A Joe Coffee Creme Stout

Milk Stout · 8.0% ABV

A brew uniquely different from most coffee stouts, we cram Higher Grounds roasted fair trade espresso beans into every facet of the brewing process.

Short's Hopstache

IPA · 5.7% ABV

Hopstache: An American Pale Ale dominated by citrus flavors and aromas.

Short's India Spruce Pilsner

Pilsner · 9.3% ABV

Made with Blue Spruce tips from Northern Michigan, this beer is impressively light bodied, considering the immense spruce flavors and the prodigious of hops.

Short's Peachy Pom Pom

Sour Ale · 7.5% ABV

A rosy-colored sour brewed with peaches and pomegranate. Tart berry aromatics accentuate the sweet and sour fruit flavors within this beer. Tangy mouth feel.

Short's Bellaire Brown

Brown Ale · 7.0% ABV

Very light hop additions from the Cascade variety allows the sweet malty and caramel notes to shine through for duration of its time on your palette.

Short's Batch 5000

Triple IPA · 15.0% ABV

Delicious flavors and aromas of pineapple and orange are complimented by an awesome piney hop bitterness that leads into a warming finish.

Short's Juicy Tree

IPA · 7.5% ABV

An experimental IPA made with blue spruce tips, juniper berries, and cranberries.

Short's Space Rock

American Pale Ale · 5.0% ABV

Space Rock – now crafted to remove gluten, is a light bodied American Pale Ale with prominent floral and orange peel-like hop aromas.

Short's The Magician

Specialty Grain · 6.8% ABV

The grain combination lends complex notes of toasted caramel, raisins, chocolate, and roasted toffee.

Short's Sticky Icky Icky

IPA · 7.1% ABV

A medium bitterness along with a subtle earthiness lingers in the finish.

Short's Goodnight Bodacious

Black IPA · 9.0% ABV

Goodnight Bodacious has the maltiness of a barleywine and the hoppiness of an India Pale Ale. A rich, hoppiness dominates the aroma, w/ earthy and loamy scents.

Short's Slurm

IPA · 6.5% ABV

Slurm is a hazy, juicy New England style India Pale Ale. Light orange in color with a prominent haze, Slurm has aromas of pineapple and mango.

Short's Anniversary Ale

Barleywine · 10.0% ABV

Flavor abounds from the spice of green peppercorns and tang from blood orange zest.

Short's Black Cherry Porter

Porter · 9.2% ABV

One of our biggest beers offered, the Black Cherry Porter is a full flavored strong porter brewed with sweet black cherries.

Short's Good Humans

Brown Ale · 8.3% ABV

Good Humans was originally created to showcase one of Briess Malting Company’s new malt varieties.

Short's Nicie

Wheat Ale · 5.2% ABV

American Wheat Ale brewed with orange zest, lemon zest, coriander, and a hint of peppercorn.

Short's Peaches & Cream

Fruit Beer · 8.3% ABV

A classic from our storied 2007 Imperial Beer Series showcasing Joe Short's desire to push the boundaries of what beer could be. There is a wacky amount of fresh peaches and milk sugar in this brew.

Half Acre + Short's Freedom Of '78

IPA · 7.0% ABV

Brewed in collaboration with Short's Brewing, featuring Jonathan Cutler of Piece. This beer was made in honor of the band Ween...

Short's Dan's Pink Skirt

IPA · 7.8% ABV

American IPA brewed with Summit and Simcoe hops. Malt characteristics are mild throughout and practically undetectable in the nose...

Short's Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster

Double IPA · 10.4% ABV

These specialized hops ate loaded with flavors of tangerine and passion fruit.

Short's The Woodmaster

Brown Ale · 10.0% ABV

A high gravity American brown ale fermented with Northern Michigan maple syrup and toasted pecans.

Short's Bourbon Wizard

Barrel Aged · 15.9% ABV

This deep, dark amber ale holds some epic warming flavor. A monstrous malt bill creates a full bodied behemoth with high residual malty sweetness of caramel and toffee...

Short's Soft Parade Shandy

Shandy · 4.2% ABV

Soft Parade Shandy is a blend of Short’s flagship Fruit Ale, Soft Parade, and homemade lemonade.

Short's Swirl Stout

Milk Stout · 6.4% ABV

Milk Stout brewed w/ Vanilla Beans & Cocoa Nibs

Short's Publican Porter

Porter · 9.15% ABV

Defined as an imperial London porter, Publican Porter contains only traditional brewing ingredients.

Short's Slurm Lord

NE/Hazy DIPA · 7.7% ABV

Aromas of dank passion fruit, mango, and pineapple are accompanied by bold flavors of citrus.

Short's Bucktricutioner

Berliner Weisse · 3.8% ABV

Berliner with Strawberry and Lime.

Short's Huma-Lupa-Licious Barrel Aged

IPA · 8.2% ABV

Initial malt sweetness is replaced with flavors of charred oak and sweet vanilla, followed by the standard Huma hop punch to the palate.

Short's Bludgeon Yer Eye

Black IPA · 6.2% ABV

This India Black Ale is a shining example of stylistic guidelines. Intense fruity and floral aromas abound with a subtle malty fragrance reluctantly piercing through...

Short's Pandemonium Pale Ale

American Pale Ale · 6.1% ABV

Pandemonium Pale Ale is an American Pale Ale brewed with two row malts and Glacier hop

Short's Stache Bender

Double IPA · 10.3% ABV

A bright orange DIPA with explosive aromas of tangerine, pineapple, and grapefruit. The taste is a celebration of citrus hop flavors and fruit zest.

Short's The Liberator

Double IPA · 8.0% ABV

This well balanced, full bodied brew finishes bitter with a punch of fresh citrus from the addition of lemon and orange zest post fermentation.

Short's Aww Jeah

Double IPA · 10.4% ABV

Aww Jeah is a Double American India Pale Ale with a dark orange hue and big hop aromas. Sweet malt collides with an array of hop flavors ranging from sticky fruit to pine in this brew...

Short's Bloody Beer

Spiced Beer · 8.5% ABV

A lighter bodied beer with an appealing ruby red glow and aromas of spicy tomato juice.

Short's Critterless

Sour Ale · 7.5% ABV

Critterless is an American Sour Ale brewed with strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries. The beer has a pinkish hue and pours with a small white head...

Short's + Half Acre Freedom of '78

Double IPA · 8.0% ABV

Freedom of ’78 is a medium bodied IPA with a wonderful, bright clarity and pleasing bronze hue.

Short's Pistachio Cream Ale

Cream Ale · 5.1% ABV

Cream ale brewed with pistachios

Short's Starcut Immortal Jelly

Cider · 7.8% ABV

Immortal Jelly is an experimental cider fermented with a blend of northern Michigan apples, along with raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries...

Short's Cat's Pajamas

Double IPA · 9.7% ABV

Brewed with Blood Orange and guava. This India Pale Ale is pale orange in color with big aromas of sweet, tropical fruit.

Chocolate Wheat is a Porter brewed with chocolate malt, wheat malt, and well-chosen specialty grains. This beer balances delicious flavors of roasted caramel, coffee, and chocolate that finish smooth with a pleasant lingering presence.

Short's Cinnabilly

Doppelbock · 7.25% ABV

A dopplebock that is appealing at first sight and first scent, this clear caramel colored gem emits a soft potpourri of cinnamon sticks and brown sugar, with hints of vanilla.

Short's Mmmkay

India Pale Lager (IPL) · 5.0% ABV

Indicated by the light body and pale yellow appearance, malt was an afterthought and the focus here is on the hops.

Short's Mule Beer

Spiced Beer · 4.5% ABV

Moscow Mule-inspired ale brewed with lime and ginger.

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