More from The Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beerfest!  The Hopster has returned for a glass of Short’s Brewing Company’s Dan’s Pink Skirt.  I can only guess at the story that goes along with that name.  Check it out.

I don’t know if this has happened before, and I’m not sure the the internet can handle it.  But here we have Tricia’s Thoughts, Stewart Recommends, and a Cryptic Review all in one post.  This time we have a selection of beers in this post.  We have Tricia with one from Kuhnhenn, Paul with a newcomer to Thisweekinbeer from Lilly’s Seafood, and my own thoughts on a nice selection from Short’s.  I think we may be getting to the end of our Winter Beerfest footage too, so we will try to get some more relevant summer beers for you here.  Enjoy!

Cryptic Review: Shorts Brewery The Wizard BarleyWine

Tricia’s Thoughts Kuhnhenn Lunar Eclipse

Stewart Recommends: Lilly’s Seafood Yukon Cornelius Porter

Sup.  I sincerely hope you all had a fantastic holiday season.  I have a few holiday beers that I wanted to share with you, but I decided to start off the new year with _ahem_ perhaps the best beer I had during the whole year. A bold statement indeed, but one I do believe in.  If you have the occasion to try Short’s Anniversary Ale,  and you let it pass by, go ahead and punch yourself in the face for missing out on it.  Seriously folks, drink this beer.  That is all….. well technically no, that is not all.  There is a cryptic review of this fantastic beer after the break.

For those of you who were wondering about the winners of the Great American Beer Festival, we have a link to the winners list here (pdf).  Looks like I have alot of good looking beers to track down now (if anyone wants to send me a couple bottles of Dude Where’s my Vespa?, I won’t stop you).  Congrats to a couple of Michigan breweries that won awards,

Arcadia for their gold medal in the Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer Category with Cereal Killer Barleywine,
Short’s for their Silver in the Experimental Beer category with Bloody Beer,
Big Rock Chop House for their silver in the Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale category with Red Rock
Redwood Brewing for thier silver in the Sweet Stout category with their Cream Stout
Bells for thier bronze in the Bohemian Style Pilsener category with Bells Lager Beer,
Jolly Pumpkin for their bronze in the Session Beer category with Bam Biere.
Bastone for thier bronze in the French- and Belgian Style Saison category with Saison Du Bastone
and Kuhnhenn Brewing Company for thier bronze in the Old Ale or Strong Ale category with 4th Dementia Old Ale

Great American Beer Festival

Here is what you’ve been waiting for, our interview with Joe Short of Short’s Brewing Company.  I have to appologize for the sound however, we had some technical difficulties.  Hopefully we will be able to talk to him again in the future about more of his very creative and unique beers.