Short's Brewing Company

Regional Brewery in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Short’s Brewing Company

Established in 2004

Contact
211 Industrial Park Dr, Elk Rapids, MI, 49629, United States
Subsidiaries
Short's Brewing Company owns 2 breweries:
Description
Short's Brewing Company is a brewpub and microbrewery in Bellaire, Michigan, United States. Registered in 2002, the company opened its pub in 2004. In 2008, a production facility in Elk Rapids, Michigan was purchased and renovated to accommodate larger scale batches.

     Show


7/10
Tried from Can on 29 Jun 2025 at 18:15

5.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
Pour is a dark brown with a large white head. Aroma is not much there. Flavor is kind of the same. Not much there some nutty brown ale malt but this finishes rather thin. This also did not have to be 7%. With that alcohol I was expecting a more robust brown. This is just barely OK.
Tried from Can on 28 Jun 2025 at 22:22

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pours hazy pale yellow. There’s a mild citrus hop aroma. The flavor has low to moderate bitterness with citrus and piney hops. Medium body. It’s pretty good, especially for a session style.
Tried from Can from Belmont Beverage - West State on 16 Jun 2025 at 04:09

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pour is a hazy IPA lookalike with a large white head. Aroma is a creamy malt with some herbal hops. Flavor is more creamy and thick chalky malt with some minty herbal hops. A nice thick and heavy beer. I don't know why this had to be 7.3%. If I could get this a 5% or under, now you got something going on.
Tried from Can on 24 May 2025 at 20:19

5.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 7 Overall 4.5
Lots of biscuit backed up by a smidge of caramel apple followed by a bland bitterness on the finish. Not sure what this beer is supposed to be; craft Mich Ultra Amber?
Tried from Can on 14 May 2025 at 00:25

6.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Aroma is bready, caramel malt. Taste is all sweet caramel malt with faint hop bitterness in the background.
Tried from Can on 03 May 2025 at 03:09

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
I was blown away by the first Anniversary Ale that I had in 2012. I made a point of buying several 6-packs each spring. But something changed and they no longer wowed me. I hadn’t seen it in my regular store for several years. Saw it today and bought a 6-pack for the memory and to give it another chance. It’s okay but nothing like the original. The blood orange and peppercorn don’t stand out in this version.
Tried from Can from Horrocks Farm Market on 19 Apr 2025 at 22:15

6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12 oz can. Pours a hazy pale yellow with a white head. Light aroma of citrus and herbal hops. Flavor is again light, with more pale malt than anything, still some citrusy, floral hops. A bit disappointing, honestly.
Tried from Can on 13 Apr 2025 at 03:07

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12oz can from beer club. Solid - high octane Pilsner. Crisp, fairly good beer
Tried from Can on 30 Mar 2025 at 03:32

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Can. Chocolate aroma with notes of roasted malt, marshmallow and vanilla. Pours deep brown with a half a finger of mocha brown head that has excellent retention and lacing. Starts with chocolate and vanilla flavors as well as having a rich, full body and silky smooth mouthfeel. Finishes smooth with roasted malt and marshmallow flavors. Very nice.
Tried from Can from Twins Wine & Liquor on 23 Mar 2025 at 07:45