Short Shorts — full label as filed with TTB
Label as filed · tap for full resolutionPLATE Nº 26211001000592 · cleared 31 July 2026
American Pale Ale · cleared 31 July 2026

Short Shorts

MatchlessWashington

A TTB label filing on the register, cleared 31 July 2026. TTB ID 26211001000592. This is the paperwork, not a shelf listing.

  1. Filedwith the TTB
  2. Cleared31 July 2026
  3. SpottedNot yet — watching

Register-wide, a cleared beer typically surfaces at its brewery within 15 days — four out of five inside 30 — measured across 181 filings we've watched land. This page gets stamped the moment it's seen.

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In the register

This is the 32nd of 36 label filings we hold from Matchless. It is one of 88 american pale ale labels approved in July 2026. It cleared 1 day after it was filed. The label names 2 hops — Chinook and Krush. The label carries the Brewers Association independent seal.

Certificate of Label Approval
TTB ID26211001000592
Serial260802
StyleAmerican Pale Ale
Class / type902 · Ale
Alcohol5.5%
VesselCans
FamilyPale Ale
OriginWashington
Cleared31 July 2026
ProvenanceUS TTB COLA — the filing itself, not a shelf listing
The artwork

A character in yellow skin and orange shirt plays an electric guitar against a full-bleed background of swirling psychedelic gradients in magenta, cyan, green, and yellow. The figure is rendered in a simplified animated style, stationed left of center with the beer name in black sans-serif caps positioned over the torso. The entire label surface is occupied by radial streaks of color that create motion and visual turbulence, with type overlays in white and black distributed across the right half for regulatory and descriptive content.

Comic inkmagentayellowcyangreen
From the label

In memory of Bob Weir. What a long, strange trip it's been.

Extracted from label art by hopgrail · fields verified against the filing

The house

Brand
Matchless
Applicant
Matchless, Bolt Beer Company
Location
8036 RIVER DR SE STE 207, Tumwater, WA, 98501
Production
Brewed in-house
Certification
BA Independent

Brew it

The filing names its hops — Chinook, Krush — which is enough for a real starting point.

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The hunt

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