Short's Brewing, a tiny beermaker in the even tinier Michigan village of Bellaire, caused a stir at last year's Great American Beer Festival when social media (including a tweet by beer guru Charlie Papazian) made it the buzz beer to find. And find it people did. When the dust cleared and the long, long lines at its booth gave way, Short's was flat out of beer before the Friday session had even ended.

That won't happen this year. Not only will Short's command a coveted, double-sized endcap spot from which it will pour an astounding 23 beers, but the brewery, which only sells its beer in Michigan, plans to distribute eight of its beers in Denver liquor stores and bars -- just for a week or so, while the GABF frenzy is at its peak.

Those beers, sold in six-packs, are: Nicie Spice Wheat, Shorts Huma Lupa Licious, Bellaire Brown, Pandem Pale Ale, Autumn Ale and Bludgeon Black IPA.