Short's Brewing Co.

Short's was a short distance from Shanty Creek where we stayed in Michigan. Situated in the small town of Bellaire, the brewpub has a large amount of seating as it basically encompasses 3 buildings with the store, plus an outdoor seating area. A huge selection of beers, many experimental and unique. The food was really tasty. My son and I ordered the Joppa pizza. Also had the buffalo and blue cheese dip. Really a fine pleasant experience. There was live music also in the evening. Great atmosphere.

Loved Shorts! One of the highlights of my Great Lakes tour (along with Bellwoods in Toronto). Shorts is a large place with multiple rooms, 2 bars, and a nice patio too. Food is great...pizza is their thing...so try that for certain on your first visit. They had "18" beers when I visited (plus a couple of ciders...visitor taps I would suspect). Standouts for me were the Beard of Zeus American pale lager, Huma Lupa Licious (best of the offerings...took a couple of these with me in Crowlers), Sacred Union IPA, Melt My Brain Golden Ale (with coriander, juniper berries, and lime), and Slurm NEIPA (another great one), Trust me...this is a destination brewery...worth going out of your way for...cute little town too...with a few other interesting places to visit. Don't miss it!

This was a "mecca" stop for me, so expectations were high, and mostly met. Downtown brewpub vibe, but bright, and they’re taking up at least three formerly separate units, or so it appears. Very large place. The bar seems to straddle two of the units. Had a quesadilla, which was very good. Neighboring patrons’ food looked and smelled awesome (so if "macaroni & cheese" ended up in my aroma notes...). About a million beers on tap, of many different varieties. Quality ranges from above average to very good. A couple standouts. Street parking was easy. Moderate crowd lunchtime on a weekday. Staff were friendly and helpful, but it was a bit hard to get the bartender’s attention at times. Good selection of beer to go in the retail store a couple doors down (I think they’re moving one door closer soon). Destination brewery.

Fantastic visit. Visited on a quiet weekday afternoon. Service was great and the taplist was full of interesting things, as one expects from Short’s. I had a fantastic meal here too. Very much worth a detour down from Mackinaw Island to visit. Check out Short’s Mart next door.

Short’s is the best brewpub I have ever been to. We want Short’s in South Korea.

I’m pretty impressed with this place. It kinda has a weird layout and it is kinda loud, but they have an awesome tap selection, and the food is really good.

Ever changing. ever improving. The old hometown pub is still one of the best places on the planet.