Live Entertainment

Thursday, February 16, 2012
Come join us at the Mitten Bar for a Short’s tap takeover and guided beer tasting! Short’s will be featuring up 12 different beers on tap and then using a selection of those to do a private guided beer tasting discussion. For more information on the tap takeover or to purchase tickets for the guided tasting, please call the Mitten Bar at (231) 843-7616

The Mitten Bar
109 West Ludington Avenue
Ludington, MI 49431

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7th Annual Winter Beer Festival
February 25th, 2012
Fifth Third Ballpark, Comstock Park, MI
Short’s will once again be participating in this year’s Winter Beer Festival! Hopefully, you have already purchased your tickets, because this year’s event has sold out in record time. See what fun options we have in store for this year’s lucky attendees:
Uber Goober
Mystery Stout
Turtle Stout
The Gambler
Cup A Joe
Wintertime Fun Ale
Hopstache
Bourbon Wizard
Raisin Apollo
Pistachio
Juicy Tree (Spruce w/ Cranberry)
For more information on the Winter Beer Festival, go to the Michigan Brewers Guild web page at http://michiganbrewersguild.businesscatalyst.com/events.html

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Thursday – February 02, 2012 @ 06:00PM / ends @ 10:00PM
Social Gathering @ Lord Hobo
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Join us as we prepare for the Extreme Beer Fest @ Lord Hobo w/ BeerAdvocate, Dogfish Head & Friends.

Featuring:
– Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
– Short’s Brewing Co.
– Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
– The Bruery

Come hangout as we drink good beer, nosh on good eats, and hang with good people. No cover. Pay as you consume.

THE BEERS
Dogfish Head
– Fort
– Theobroma
– 75 Minute Cask
– Burton Baton
– Bitches Brew
Short’s Brewing Company
– Cornholio
– Liberator
– Imperial India Spruce Pilsner
– S’more Stout
– Pistachio Cream Ale
Sierra Nevada
– Cask (Firkin) Imperial Smoked Porter
– Life and Limb
– Wood-Aged Life and Limb
– Reperterrior
The Bruery
– Faster, Bigger, Better Bolder (Gradually, Quietly, Steadily)
– Marrón Acidifié
– Smoking Wood

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Anyone who knows Short’s knows that Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head inspired Joe in a big way. Back in the early days of Short’s, when Joe was struggling to get by, he drove all the way to Milton, Delaware so that he could get Sam’s opinion about his beer and his business plan. Sam told Joe to keep going with Short’s, and the rest is history. Since then, Sam and Joe have remained good friends.

Both Dogfish Head and Short’s have open minds about brewing, yet both breweries strive to do everything that they do, no matter how unusual or new, in a delicious and dignified way. Therefore, it was a natural decision for the two breweries to work together. The concept for the collaboration brew this: each brewery would contribute ingredients from its home state, the key ingredients would be new or unusual in craft brewing, and the brewing would take place at Short’s.

The yet unnamed collaboration brew is a Baltic Porter featuring beach plums from Delaware, horehound from Michigan, and red popcorn (sent by Nick Floyd of Three Floyds brewery in Indiana). The resulting brew will resonate strongly with those who love Short’s Black Cherry Porter. It is delicious.

Short’s is releasing the test batch of this beer at its Pub on July 4th. Then, on Wednesday July 6th, Joe and Sam will host a public reception at the lobby of the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa from 5-6:30 p.m. That evening, Sam will dine with the Short’s crew at the Aerie Restaurant on the 16th floor of the tower. Special kegs of Short’s and Dogfish Head will be featured at Aerie that night (a tap takeover to remember!). Short’s Brew will also be featured at Jack’s Sports Bar, which is located near the hotel lobby.

Meanwhile, during the first week of July, the brewers of Short’s and Dogfish Head will be brewing a batch of the collaboration beer in Elk Rapids. Due to the unique nature and complexities of this beer, it is likely to be available in our Pub only.

-SBC Brew Staff

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Wednesday, May 18th 7:00pm-8:00pm: “Beer with a Brewer”
Come and enjoy a beer with Short’s Head Brewer, Curt Guntzviller. Learn about brewing techniques and hear what it’s like to live “A day in the life of a Short’s Brewer.”

Friday, May 20th 5:00pm-7:00pm: “Beer with a Brewer, Part 2”
Come and enjoy a brew with our Pub Brewer, Ryan Hale, and our Production Manager,
Todd Gyulveszi. Learn about the brewing process and enjoy a brewery tour!

We hope to see you next week!

-SBC Staff

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The diversity of excellent craft beer inspires us each year to create daily menu items and annual events to honor them. This year, when planning our annual Winter Beer Dinner, we wondered what inspired these brewers (Joe Short from Short’s Brewing Company and Jason Spaulding from Brewery Vivant) to create their favorite beers. We called on two friends whose styles are way different to explore this. Now, for most of a week you can join us (and them on some nights) for four courses each paired with either a Short’s or Brewery Vivant beer and the beer that inspired its creation. Each evening beginning at 5pm, in addition to our regular dinner menu-reservations are recommended. Cost is $35 per guest for our 4-course tasting menu, $10 per guest for paired beer flight.

For more information or to make a reservation, please call Trattoria Stella at (231) 929-8989

Trattoria Stella
1200 West Eleventh Street
Traverse City, MI 49684-3287

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