Days of the Beer, February 11

The beer for today is Shorts Pineapple Pilsner.

On February 11, 1934, Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno was born. He was the military dictator of Panama from 1983, to 1989.

After the US invasion of Panama, he was tried in the US on 8 counts of drug trafficking, racketeering, and money laundering. His US sentence ended in September 2007. In April 2010, he was extradited to France, to face money laundering charges. He received a seven year sentence.

His nickname was Cara de Piña, which means Pineapple Face.

The US invasion of Panama was the basis for the song Pineapple Face by Lard.



As to the beer:

There isn't much out there about it. It's currently (as of 2/11/11) on tap at the brewery and some places in Michigan.

In April of 2004 we opened the doors to Short’s Brewing Company in the quaint Village of Bellaire. Beer was the mission, and liberation was the movement. With a lot of elbow grease, blind ambition and a little luck, the quest to create a community pub in Northwest Lower Michigan began to take shape. The philosophy was to bring an appreciation of craft beer to the north with product education and creativity. The process of appreciation through education we call beer liberation.

Today Short’s Brewing Company continues the effort to educate and liberate consumers. We take pride in our hands on, mom and pop approach and the energy we put into the quality of our beer, food, staff, customers and facilities. We believe in the power of the smallness. We intend on remaining a smaller, state wide beer distributor and focusing our energies close to home (the SBC Michigan stimulus package). Our goal is to get to a comfortable production volume, enjoy what we do and love life in Northern Michigan.

So, for Pineapple Face's birthday, have a Pineapple Pilsner from Shorts.