{"id":3858,"date":"2011-10-11T12:45:50","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T17:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=3858"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:25:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:25:12","slug":"our-shorts-brewery-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/our-shorts-brewery-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"On Hallowed Ground: We Went To Shorts (Finally)"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n KARL:<\/strong> It should come as no surprise that we like Shorts<\/a><\/strong>. Combine a minimalistic sensibility with an aptitude for amazing specialty brews and experimental fruit beers (paired with a little bit of demand from market limitation) and you’ve got a recipe for Shorts, and we like it. Despite being in Northern Michigan just a short drive up the road from Traverse City, a place I find myself semi-regularly, I’ve never found my way through the tree-lined state roads to Bellaire, Michigan. Until Friday night, that is.<\/p>\n As part of an 8-hour trip to the northeastern tip of the mitten, we went a good 90 minutes out of our way to find the wide spot in the road where the Shorts brewpub sat. Based on our tiny little bit of observation of the geography, Shorts appears to be the only game in town – and on Friday night with the sun going down over the woods, they were in full swing.<\/p>\n Each brewpub is a different animal, and at this beast you stand in a long, winding line through practically half the building to place your food and drink order. Menu-wise, Shorts has a nice selection of sandwiches, pizza and other items, much like Marshall’s Dark Horse, but the vibe is “log cabin lodge house” versus “biker garage.”<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The main draw to Shorts was to get our grubby little hands on all those special taphouse only brews we’ve read about for years. As we still had another couple hours to go down the road, we couldn’t get too torn up, but then, that’s why they make samplers, isn’t it?<\/p>\n A half dozen short pours and a pint later (along with a sandwich and some mac n’ cheese) we were on our way with a deepened appreciation for what these guys are producing. I can only hope to create a Founders CBS like level of insanity by telling you: They don’t make much and it’s hard to get and you’ll probably never have any of it.<\/strong><\/p>\n There. We should be seeing growlers on eBay for thousands any time now<\/a>.<\/p>\n