In the heart of Lawrenceville just down the street from one of Burgher’s Pitt-based franchised brewpubs, LONG STORY SHORT serves Cinderlands draughts crafted a few miles south at the microbrewers’ large warehouse facility in The Strip. Operating since 2016, Cinderlands ‘foederhouse’ originally occupied the Long Story Short space but was then renovated to be a ‘humble neighborhood bar’ and sandwich shop November 2020.

Inside a uniquely Classical sienna columned municipal post, Long Story Short features a spiffy white tile-floored barroom with exquisite white marble top bar, twelve white-walled tap handles, two TV’s and a sidled dining room plus an open kitchen counter serving four front patioed metal chairs. Mezzanine seating is available and pinball, darts and billiards are welcome games.

My wife and I tried all seven respectable draughts during our October ’25 stopover. The payload included the following Cinderlands suds.

Dryer ‘n hoppier than most stylish competitors, Archive: American Wheat, brought lemony orange tartness to its mineral-grained flaked wheat base.

Brewed with local Saaz hops, bohemian Czech lager, Saazy Saazbourne, swept dewy fungi and mild floral spicing thru musty pilsner malts.

Floor-malted Bohemian pilsner malts gave Czech Them Buns (a musky Czech lager) its buttery toasted breading and brioche bun warmth.

Following those two Eastern Euro lagers were three Germans.

Easygoing helles lager, Low Voltage, pinned corny pilsner malts to herbal tea-like Noble hops with a light lemon twist.

Also brewed with pilsner malts, Dusseldorf dark ale, Allegheny Altbier, let caramelized wheat soak its toasted biscuit base.

Smoke-dried beechwood gave smoked schwarzbier, Feurig, its cured meat seduction backed by subtle cocoa-coffee riffs and blackened barley malts.

Snuck in a hazy pale ale before departing. Sunshiny lemon zest and orange-peeled grapefruit tanginess settled across resinous pine bittering for Squish, the moderate version of Full Squish IPA.