brewing company industry alcoholic beverage founded 2004 founder joe short headquarters bellaire michigan elk rapids michigan united states area served michigan products beer production output 34 443 barrels 2014 website www.shortsbrewing.com 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 . contents 1 history 2 pub 3 production site 4 availability 5 awards 6 notes 7 external links history edit short s brewing company was registered as a business in 2002 with the state of michigan by 22 year old joe short . 1 in 2003 a 100 year old empty hardware store in bellaire michigan was refurbished for use as a brewpub . the pub opened on april 26 2004 initially housing a seven barrel brewing system utilizing five fermentors and five serving tanks . first year production totaled 178 barrels . 2 during the fall of 2006 short began work on the imperial beer series . by 2007 the 13 series beers were released each one with its own trading card and story . 3 short s purchased an old manufacturing building in elk rapids michigan in january 2008 to accommodate larger scale batches separate from the brewing done on site at the brewpub . 4 the first elk rapids batch of beer was brewed in january 2009 . with the elk rapids warehouse facilities production capacity increased to thirty thousand barrels per year . 5 the bottling line is designed to process 800 cases per day . 6 in 2013 the company set a world record for the largest tap takeover clarification needed when it served 100 short s draughts for the august 22 opening of hopcat s new location in east lansing michigan . 7 in 2014 the company produced 34 443 barrels . 8 pub edit the pub offers space for community gatherings local art even the bar was made by locals 9 and live performance . the pub always has 20 beers and starcut ciders on tap . 10 production site edit the elk rapids production site is a 30 barrel brewhouse . the site has 21 fermentors and 6 bright tanks . short s beer is brewed with natural ingredients and is unfiltered . every bottled product and some kegs are flash pasteurized . the production site is geared to brew and package 56 different beers in 2014 . citation needed availability edit the beer is distributed mostly in the upper and lower michigan peninsulas 11 and is sold in over 3 200 locations statewide . short s beers are packaged in 12oz bottles and various sizes of kegs . flagship brews are available year round in the state of michigan . additionally short s bottles over 40 seasonal and specialty beers annually . in january 2016 short s announced that it will expand its distribution territory for both brands short s brew and starcut ciders to include additional states . citation needed in march 2016 short s began distribution in indiana and ohio markets through cavalier distributing . awards edit 2009 great american beer festival 12 bloody beer silver medal experimental beer 2010 ratebeer best beers in the world 13 64 100 best brewers in the world 5 50 best brewpubs 2010 great american beer festival 14 key lime pie gold medal experimental beer 2010 world beer cup 15 black licorice lager bronze medal herb & spice beer or chocolate beer 2011 draft magazine top 25 beers of the year 16 the gambler 2014 great american beer festival 14 key lime pie gold medal experimental beer 2015 great american beer festival 17 melt my brain silver medal experimental beer notes edit our story short s brewing company michigan brewery short s brewing company . short s brewing company . retrieved 12 april 2015 . history of the brewpub short s brewing company short s brewing company . short s brewing company . retrieved 12 april 2015 . imperial beer series . short s brewing company . retrieved 12 april 2015 . milligan beth february 2008 . brewer taps into elk rapids expansion . traverse city business news . retrieved 2008 02 13 . video short s brewing co. brewmaster joe short talks about his company s expansion into elk rapids . mlive.com . retrieved 12 april 2015 . shorts brewery products to be on grocery shelves soon see all 100 short s beers on tap for hopcat east lansing s record attempting opening . mlive.com . retrieved 12 april 2015 . short s overtakes new holland in 2014 production . retrieved 23 october 2015 . inc. 5000 applicant of the week short s brewing company . inc.com . retrieved 12 april 2015 . michigan s best . mlive.com . retrieved 12 april 2015 . faq . short s brewing company . retrieved 12 april 2015 . brewers association . gabf winners . great american beer festival . retrieved 12 april 2015 . ratebeer best 2010 . ratebeer.com . retrieved 12 april 2015 . a b brewers association . gabf winners pdf . great american beer festival . retrieved 2 february 2016 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name 0 defined multiple times with different content see the help page . past winners . worldbeercup.org . retrieved 12 april 2015 . the beer runner 1 november 2011 . top 25 beers of 2011 . draft magazine . retrieved 12 april 2015 . great american beer festival pdf . great american beer festival 2015 winners list . 2015 . retrieved 10 february 2016 . external links edit official website beer portal companies portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title short % 27s brewing company & oldid 719843562 categories beer brewing companies based in michiganhidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference nameswikipedia articles needing clarification from february 2016all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 may 2016 at 03 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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