August 2010

Join us again this year at the Traverse City Microbrew & Music Festival Aug 27th & 28th

It will be held again at the historic front lawn at the Village at Grand Traverse Commons in Traverse City, Mi.

Friday: All ages

Saturday: 21+

1-Day: $30

2 -Day: $50

Find tickets online at Porter House Productions or at North Peak, Kilkenny’s, Oryanna, GT Resort and Spa and Zamar Guitar

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UPDATE: We only have a few spots left!

Every year for the past six years, we’ve hauled our beer, our gear and our staff to Denver, Colorado to present our wares at the Great American Beer Festival. The GABF is the largest and one of the most prestigious beer competitions in the world. Each year the response to our festival booth and our beer grows, putting Short’s Brewing Company among the most popular at the festival (over 457 breweries and over 49,000 attendees!). We want to continue to return to Denver, and we want to represent Bellaire and all of northern Michigan to the best of our ability.

The expenses associated with this trip are pretty hearty, so to help buffer the trip expenses we’re selling a limited number of Short’s Supporter Beer Licenses.

Here’s how it works: Sponsors pay $150 to cover the cost of one entry and to qualify you for $1.50 beers for one year. Your year of beer starts on September 16th, 2010.

Here’s the fine print : Your “beer license” is for your use only. One sponsor = one license and
no sharing. $1.50 beers are for regularly priced pints only. No gourmet pours, bottles, etc. If you want less than a pint, you still gotta pay the $1.50. Mug club mugs and $1.50 beers don’t mix – you should probably pick one great deal or the other. Tax does apply. This sweet deal is non-negotiable and non-refundable. No bitching and no refunds if we change hours, stop serving your favorite beer, close the brewery, start selling bud light or lock the doors so we can tour with Ween. We’re working to give our biggest supporters a great deal on awesome beer, and to help us get to the GABF to blow some minds. It’s a win win deal, so help us keep it that way. No unnecessary headaches, yeah?

Ask your pubtender for a sponsor form . Only 50 spots available!  We look forward to seeing your sponsorship for this year’s Beer Fest!

To reserve your spot, you must email monica [at] shortsbrewing [dot] com

Full Promotional Poster Here

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As the festival season rolls along, the Short’s freight train just keeps on chuggin’. This time we found ourselves hauling our now famous boat booth across Lake Michigan to the state of Wisconsin to take part in one of the country’s finest craft beer festivals. Over 6,000 people piled into Madison Wisconsin’s Olin Turn Ville Park to sample hundreds of the nations best craft beer.

Short’s brought our usual list of heavy hitters, but 8 1/2 barrels of beer was not enough to satisfy these thirsty festival patrons, and they completely drank us out of beer in the first three and a half hours of the event!! Our beer wasn’t the only hit of the fest, as Short’s received the distinction of Grand Champion for Best Table Display, making the boat bar booth the biggest hit of the summer thus far. Trophy and empty kegs in hand, we returned back home to Michigan satisfied and pleased w/ a job well done.

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(formerly Harvest Beer Festival)

Presented by the Michigan Brewers Guild and Metrotimes
October 23rd, 2010
Eastern Market, Detroit
Purchase tickets after August 1st
Cost $35 in advance $40 at the gate
For more info: http://www.michiganbrewersguild.org/events.asp

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Boyne Mountain.

Celebration and giving, festival style….
Join us for the second annual Skitoberfest, a fall extravaganza and homecoming taking place in the Boyne Mountain Village and surrounding area. Skitoberfest celebrates the coming winter season with a Snowsports Summit hosted by Cary Adgate and the best of fall’s family offerings in an Oktoberfest style setting. Highlights include great food, Michigan beers and wines and live music. Everyone is invited to experience this event and a special invitation goes to our family of loyal BOYNE homeowners and passholders. It’s art, it’s drama, it’s entertainment plus food, beer, wine and fun for everyone.

Saturday, October 2, 2pm-12am
Activities: 2-8pm
Entertainment in the Beer Tent: 8pm-Midnight
Staged in the Village and nearby open lawn, the entire area comes alive with food and entertainment!

for more information visit http://www.boyne.com/EventsCalendar/Events/2010/October/Skitoberfest.html

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Downtown Glen Arbor
2 – 6 PM. Under the tent on State St opposite the Tennis Courts and Leelanau Vacation Rentals.
Food, Drink, Music & FUN!

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Grand River Grocery will host “LIVE! and Local” a day devoted to celebrating Michigan products with demonstrations and tastings by local and Michigan food producers on Friday, September 17, noon to 8 PM from their location at 496 Ada Dr., in the Village of Ada.

“LIVE! and Local gives our customers a chance to meet the incredible medley of people who pour their passion and expertise into making outstanding products. As a market team, we are committed to supporting local foods and local farmers . . . this day is dedicated to those food artisans from around the state, many of whom reside in West Michigan,” said Georgia Gietzen, Grand River Grocery Proprietor.

Food purveyors will set up in the parking lot and throughout the market from noon to 5, there will be a special grill menu at lunch and dinner featuring local and Michigan products, live music in the afternoon and evening, and a beer tent featuring Short’s Brewing Company. From 2-6 PM Cornel Olivier and Chris Baldyga from 2 Lads Winery will be on hand in the “tasting” tent sharing their award winning wines from Old Mission Peninsula.

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