It’s February and it’s time for craft beer in the snow! If you were lucky enough to get tickets to the Michigan Brewers Guild Winter Beer Fest in Grand Rapids on February 22nd, there is a lot to look forward to. In true Short’s fashion, we will be bringing a brand new booth and fourteen beers that’ll warm those cockles of your heart! Get ready for:
Jitterbug Perfume – Belgian Golden Ale w/ beets, jasmine tea, lemon juice
Bim Bam Boom – Stout w/ cayenne pepper, cocoa nibs, orange
Ectoplasmo – Belgian Stout w/ candy syrup & raspberries
Golden Eagle – Belgian Golden Ale aged in wine barrels w/ Brett
Love Knife – Belgian India Red Ale
Juicy Tree – IPA w/ juniper berries, cranberries, & blue spruce tips
Liberator – Double IPA w/ lemon & orange zest
Bourbon Carrot Cake – Stupid good
Chatterbox – American Pale Ale
Bourbon Ben’s Asthma – Oatwine w/ beet sugar & Mejdool dates, BBA
Bourbon Wizard – Barleywine w/ raisins, aged in bourbon barrels
London Fog – English Brown Ale w/ Earl Grey tea, vanilla, milk sugar
Bourbon Magician – BBA London Red Ale
Snow Wheat – German Hefeweizen
If you weren’t able to snag tickets to the Winter Beer Fest, there will be a bunch of other opportunities to drink Short’s beer during Grand Rapids Craft Beer Week leading up to the festival. Come join us at:
Smitty’s Specialty Beverage Guided Beer Tasting (Wednesday, February 19th)
Graydon’s Crossing Tap Takeover (Wednesday, February 19th)
Siciliano’s Market Guided Beer Tasting (Thursday, February 20th)
Pyramid Scheme Tap Takeover (Friday, February 21st)