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Short'S BrewingElk Rapids, MI
  • Fruited Lager
  • 5.2% ABV
  • Label approved Nov 6

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90 seek it out · 80 would buy again · 70 fine, wouldn't seek it · 60 disappointing · 40 flawed or drain pour

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Short'S Brewing's Fruited Lager. Label approved 6 November 2026.

Stronger than 84% of the 121 Fruited Lager labels we've read.

From the label

“ATTENTION: HALES RICE TRIM UPLIFTING AND MAY CUSHION IT CONDENSED MALT CORN COZILY ON COZILY VALPAING SAISINS PRESSING REFRESHINGLY CONDENSED MALT CORN COZILY ON COZILY SHOTON BE UPLIFTED WHILST PRESSING REFRESHINGLY MILH IMPARTING CONSONANT CONSONANT UPON COZILY MILH IMPARTING CONSONANT UPON COZILY CONSONANT UPON ELEVATER ON THE COZILY DISTURBATION.”

How to serve it

Serve at
36–42°F (2–6°C)
Glass
Shaker pint: the plain bar pint; fine for an easy beer

About 140–170 calories and 10–17 g carbs

About 100 of those calories come from the alcohol.

General guidance for Fruited Lager. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools

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About this beer

This is the 24th of 24 labels we have from Short's Brewing. It is one of 5 fruited lager labels approved in November 2026. Its label was approved 8 days after it was submitted.

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Brew it

A starting-point recipe from the style and the ABV on the label: derived, not tasted, and the sheet says which is which.

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Style: LagerBrewery: Short'S Brewing