Heineken owns Lagunitas. Heineken now owns 20% of Shorts.
I love how they are trying to avoid sounding like selling out to big beer by saying that they sold the stake to Lagunitas instead of being honest and saying they sold it to Heineken.
Just had their DIPA and their sour, brilliant!
The Mexican lager and hefe were, meh, at best
plus pouring cask ale
Just had their DIPA and their sour, brilliant!
The Mexican lager and hefe were, meh, at best
Shorts is hit or miss with me. Their offerings are so varied, that's likely the case for most people. There's all kinds in the world.
Spacerocks IPA is pretty good.
You coudl do worse than to go Up North and visit them, and enjoy the scenery. I'm still trying to figure out what exactly Lagunitas gets out of the deal. Shorts has always had a slogan, "Michigan Only, Michigan Forever". They changed that a few months back, owning up to the fact that they were in need of expanding beyond the state if they wanted to grow and become a regional brewery. I guess this is how they propose to do that.
I find most of Short's offerings to be underwhelming. IMO, they are at the bottom of the Michigan breweries list. If they closed up tomorrow, I wouldn't even take the time to shrug.
Good for them for taking a small payday and possibly improving their distribution. Maybe their beer will improve too.
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