Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Festival - Ticket Release Party May 1, 2008

The Michigan Brewers Guild invites you to attend the Ticket Kick Off Party for the 11th Annual Summer Beer Festival

What: Ticket Kick Off Party for the Summer Beer Festival
Where: Aubree’s (upstairs in Stix) in Depot Town,Ypsilanti
When: Thursday, May 1st from 5-9pm.
Who: Everybody is welcome

Attractions include:
• Festival ticket sales including a discount on the purchase of 2 day tickets. This will be the only opportunity to get this discount.
• Prizes including guild and brewery merchandise and festival tickets.
• Enjoy a beer with brewery staff from around the state
• An expanded selection of Michigan beers including some special features

Special Features

Jolly Pumpkin ~ 750ml bottles
Madrugada Obscura; Belgian inspired stout, aged in oak barrels with wild yeast and souring bacteria. Dark as a moonless midnight and twice as delicious.

Maracaibo Especial; Belgian influenced brown ale brewed with raw cacao. Oak aged with wild yeast and sour bacteria. Rich and velvety with hints of chocolate and dark fruits.

Biere de Mars; Franco Belgian style red brown bitter sour American wheat ale. Brewed with twin yeasts, oak aged for four months. Biting as a March wind, refreshing as a gentle breeze. Not to be missed.

The Livery ~ Firkin
Carvana; Imperial Red Ale aged in oak barrels, 118 IBU’s, 8.5% abv

New Holland ~ Firkin
Dragon’s Milk Ale; a crown jewel of New Holland Brewing Company Dragon’s Milk is a complex ale with a soft, rich caramel-malt character intermingled with deep vanilla tones; all dancing in an oak bath. 19° Plato, Alc. 8.5% by Vol.

New Holland ~ Draft
Existential Ale; This special ale boasts 200 pounds of malt per barrel yielding 25.5° Plato and a resulting 10.5% ABV as well as 10 hop-strikes, totaling 37 ounces per barrel of American-grown hops.

See you there!

Official Website: http://www.mbgmash.org/?p=73