When we first happened across Short’s Key Lime Pie (read, searched like crazy to find it) two years ago we found ourselves on the receiving end of a beer that didn’t quite live up to our expectations. We tried it not once, but twice, with the bottles coming from different six packs purchased on different [...]
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As we usher in the unofficial start to a new season, and green-light drinking those fall favorites, we thought we would bid farewell to summer with a good ‘ol fashioned showdown between one of our favorite summer beer styles from a few of our favorite Midwest craft brewers. We rounded up four different Kölsch’s from [...]
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About two months ago I had a chance to sample Short’s Pontius Road Pilsner. Being a lover of all things Short’s I rarely pass up a chance to try even their most of pedestrian of offerings. I mean, not every beer can be a Strawberry Shortscake, right? Besides, I love a good pilsner and was [...]
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Short’s says: “One of our biggest beers offered, the Black Cherry Porter is a full flavored strong porter brewed with sweet black cherries. The formula consists of several different malts, lending deep opaque color with purple lace from the fresh fruit it’s fermented with. Nearly 4 lbs. of fresh sweet black cherries go into each [...]
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Short’s says: “Anniversary 2009 is a wheat wine with multicolor peppercorns, corriander, orange peel, blood orange zest and 225 lbs of blood oranges.” Short’s Anniversary Ale 2009 Wheatwine, 11.7% ABV Sayeth the Guys: FRESH Karl: I have a pretty firm grasp on the different distinctions between beer styles thus far, but I still confuse the [...]
~ read more ~Short’s says: Imperial Oatmeal Stout with cocoa and molasses. It possesses rare flavor combination’s which can overload even the most experienced beer connoisseur. Short’s Mystery Stout Imperial Stout, 10.8% ABV Sayeth the Guys: (EDITORS NOTE: This beer was puchased in January of 2010 and first reviewed in April of 2010. Two bottles were set aside [...]
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