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Here is the COMPLETE list of participating breweries for the upcoming Summer Beer Festival, and the beers they are planning to bring. You'll notice that many of the breweries have a "15th Anniversary Ale" listed as one of their beers... this is a recipe that we suggested for all the breweries to brew in celebration of the 15th Anniversary of the Brewers Guild AND the Summer Festival. The beer was listed as a 'Strong Pale Ale' but it is more like a Double IPA! Hopefully you will enjoy tasting the different characteristics that each brewery contributed to the base recipe. We have a record 555 different Michigan beers for you to sample this year!! Arbor Brewing Co. Sacred Cow IPA Bear In A Tree English Honey Brown Strawberry Blonde Smoked Lager 15th Anniversary Ale Arcadia Brewing Co. B Craft Black Double IPA Hopmouth Double IPA Sky High Rye West Coast IPA IPA Whitsun Loch Down Scotch Ale Starboard Stout Rapunzel Wheat with Hops shipwreck Porter Russian Imperial Stout Cocoa Loco Chocolate Stout Cereal Killer Barley Wine 15th Anniversary Ale Atwater Brewery Dirty Blonde American Wheat Vanilla Java Porter Grand Circus IPA Purple Gang Pilsner Voodoo Vator Doppelbock Decadent Dark Chocolate Ale Traverse City Cherry Wheat Mai-Bock Teufel Bock Conniption Fit Double IPA 15th Anniversary Ale Bad Bear Brewery Polish Breakfast Stout Bad Bear Brown Pale  Ale Cascade Wheat Pale Ale Hefe Weizen Strawberry Banana Hefe Weizen Root BEER Cream Ale Castro's Porter Bacon Porter Vanilla Porter Chipotle Porter Peanut Butter Porter Coconut Porter 15th Anniversary Ale Bastone Brewery Witface Belgian Wit Saison Du Bastone Belgian Dubbel (Friday) Belgian Pale Ale (Friday) Nectar des Dieux Belgian Triple (Saturday) Helles Rauchbier (Saturday) Bell's Brewery Oberon American Wheat Two Hearted IPA Oarsman Session Ale Amber Ale Lager of the Lakes Best Brown Le Batteur Biere de Garde Third Coast Beer Pale Ale Black Note Bourbon Barrel Stout Wedding Ale Strong Wheat Beer Hopsolution Double IPA Roundhouse Ale 15th Anniversary Ale Big Buck Brewery IPA Raspberry Wheat Northern IPA Heff Breezy Kilt Irish Dry Stout Citron Infusion Wheat Pomegranate Cranberry Wheat Dunkel Vanilla Hazelnut Brown Imperial Red 15th Anniversary Ale Big Rock Chop and Brewhouse Norm's Raggedy Ass IPA Flying Buffalo Imperial Bourbon Stout Oblivious American Wheat Wine Saison St. Clair Red Rock Flanders Red Go Figure Black IPA Sour Raspberry Tripel Shandy Sour Cherry Tripel Black Lotus Brewing Co. Detroit Hip Hops American Pale Ale Sun Ra Summer Wheat DTF Belgian Tripel Samsara Spiced Imperial Wheat Son of the Gift Belgian Red Blue Tractor BBQ & Brewery Hop-Wit Demonic India Black Ale "Hands off my Goat" Oatmeal Stout Punky's Monkey Belgian Rye Pale Ale Sunshine Wheatwine Imperial American Wheat B.O.B.'s Brewery Peanut Butter Stout Tangerine Trees Fruit Wheat Mango Chipotle Ale Robert the Sixth Bourbon Barrel Brown Sooky Action Double IPA Hoptropolis (15th Anniversary Ale) Bravo! Summer Daze IPA Blonde Ambition Blonde Ale A-dam Good Beer Pale Ale 15th Anniversary Ale Brewery Vivant Farmhand French Farmhouse Ale Triomphe Belgian Style IPA Barrel-aged Farmhand Belgian Imperial Stout Zaison Imperial Saison Contemplation Belgian Golden Ale with Honey 15th Anniversary Ale CJ's Brewing Co. Vatt 33 IPA Summerbrew Rich-Hagg Red Lower Straits Stout Stanley's Brown Porter Imperial Summerbrew Farmer's Ale (corn, wheat, and rye) - Friday only Copper Canyon Brewery Rocktoberfest (Fri 5-7, Sat 1-3:30) Figgy Pud'n Baltic Porter (Fri 5-7, Sat 1-3:30) Faux Bruin Belgian Fruit Beer (Fri 5-7, Sat 1-3:30) Miri Maibock (Fri 7-9, Sat 3:30-6) Shillelagh Stout (Fri 7-9, Sat 3:30-6) Apple Streudel Tripel (Fri 7-9, Sat 3:30-6) Northwestern Gold (all day) Devil's Peak IPA (all day) Summerzest (all day) 15th Anniversary Ale (all day) Corner Brewery Framboozled Sodibo Sour Blonde Flamboyant Red Flanders Red Dirty Love Oak Aged Breakfast Stout Hoptown Brown Tiel Tree Pale Ale with lime peel and coriander Phat Abbot Dubbel Ypsi Gypsy Pale Ale Buzzsaw AIPA Firkin Dark Horse Brewing Co. Crooked Tree IPA Raspberry Ale Amber Ale Reserve Special Black Ale Boffo Brown Ale Kmitka Kolsch Sapient Trip Ale ROD Double Crooked Tree IPA Bourbon BBL Plead the 5th Imperial Stout One Oatmeal Stout Too Cream Stout Tres Blueberry Stout Fore Smoked Stout Plead the 5th Imperial Stout Sarsaparilla 666 Stout Shake Maple Porter Monster 29 Homobourbon Sapien Whatsupwiththemonkey Blueberry Ale Elegant Shade of Demolished Strawberry Ale Death Star Lover Oak Aged Chocolate Stout Lost Droid Chestnut Porter Thirsty Trout Porter Ollirama Dekoorc Eert s-C7 Dekoorc Eert Artic Dekoorc Eert F.F. Dekoorc Eert Smells Like Weed Boffo Trace Tall, Dark and Crunchy's Scary Jesus Rockstar Apricot Chamomile Pale Ale Milichigan Potable Oat Wine Sahti 501SUN FigPA PrickPA RazzPA ApriPA BluPA 4-Elf Winter Warmer That Cotton Pickin Beer Wheat and the Hell was that Ale GingeRed Imperial Red Ale BIPA Chocolate Chili Stout Ehhh What's Up Doc Ale Coconapple Beer PluPA Murf's Reeb 15th Anniversary Ale Detroit Beer Co. Detroit Baltic Porter Grand River Red Peach Pit Wit Local 1529 IPA Detroit Brewing Co. Detroit Bohemian Detroit Alt Detroit Radler Dragonmead Microbrewery Final Absolution Trippel Armageddon Grand Cru Belgian Quad Under The Kilt Wee Heavy Jason's IPA Redwing Raspberry Wheat Tuhelles Enbock Erik the Red Reverend Fred's Oatmeal Stout Fenton Winery & Brewery Honey Amber Staggering Bull Imperial Nut Brown Head On Collision Black IPA Beachhead Belgian Tripel Midnight Wheat Porter 15th Anniversary Ale Founders Brewing Co. Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale Reds Rye PA Porter Centennial IPA Pale Ale All Day IPA Frangelic Mountain Brown Imperial Stout Devil Dancer Triple IPA KBS Barrel Aged Stout Frankenmuth Brewery Hefeweizen Twisted Helles Lager Batch 69 American IPA American Blonde Ale Munich Style Dunkel Lager Oktoberfest Lager Pilsener Lager Great Baraboo Heartland Hoppy Pale Ale Shark Tooth Bay Golden Ale Snake Eye Canyon Red Ale Vienna Lager Greenbush Brewing Co. Sunspot Hefeweizen Red Bud Copper Wheat Pale Ale Emptiness Apricot Wheat Vindication Blueberry Ale Loud Mouth Soup Belgian White Dunegrass IPA Anger Black IPA Bastard Samurai Zythos IPA Eaglebear Most Patriotic Beer Ever Caber Toss Scotch Ale Distorter Porter Retribution Belgian Hybrid PHD Malt Liquor 1825 Belgian Strong Dystopia Russian Imperial Stout Mr Hyde Sumatra Cream Stout Cabra Perdida Imperial Blueberry Stout Terminator X American Strong Ale Brother Benjamin Imperial Honey IPA Isole Belgian Dubbel Rage Imperial Black IPA Barrel Aged LTD Barrel Aged Cabra Perdida Cask 1825 on Fresh Raspberries Cask Dystopia 15th Anniversary Ale Grizzly Peak Brewing Co. La Fille du Fermier Saison Sheerwater IPA Burton-Brussels Express Draconus Dark Belgian Strong Michigan Saisonniere Poolside Lager Strang Wullie Wee Heavy The Hideout Brewing Co. Smuggler's Hazelnut Stout Alley Cat Black Lager Back Way Double IPA Beer City Pale Ale 9AM IPA Caramel Lager Gangster IPA Hopcat Strawberry-Rhubarb Zugspitze Hefeweizen Hoppopotamus IPA Beer City Pale Ale Citron Soo Blonde Ale infused with Green Tea Kiwi's Playhouse Berlinerweisse The Jerk Jamaican Spiced Ale Super Sage Against The Machine Double IPA 15th Anniversary Ale Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales Bam Biere La Roja Oro de Calabaza Sobre humano Palena "Maui Collaboration Ale" 15th Anniversary Ale Kuhnhenn Brewing Co. DRIPA Loonie Kuhnie Pale Ale Fluffer Session IPA Mandarin Wit Ginger-Cinnamon IPA General Tau Ginseng Ale Chai Teaweizen Tea Wheat Ale Asian Pear-suasion Pear Wheat Ale Great Wall Ginger-Citrus Mead Fist of Fury Five Spice Metheglin Shao Lin Strawberry Lychee Pyment 15th Anniversary Ale Leelanau Brewing Co. Whaleback White Liberty Street Brewing Co. Red Glare Amber Ale steamy Windows California Common Starkweather Stout The American IPA 42nd Parallel Double IPA Pooh Beer Honey Porter 15th Anniversary Ale Lily's Seafood Propeller Island Pilsner Whitefish Bay Wheat Fairbanks Point Framboise Sven & Ollie's IPA A. Strange Stout 15th Anniversary Ale The Livery Barrel Aged Maillot Jaune Barrel Aged Impeche Barrel Aged Red Molly Barrel Aged 5th Dimension Barrel Aged 33 1/3 Lager Blend Barrel Aged Cherry Bomb Reserve Bourbon Barrel Aged Taxman Imperial Stout Eruption (collaboration with Brewery Vivant/Corner Brewery) Fri. 6pm, Sat. 2pm Raspberry Eruption (collaboration with Brewery Vivant/Corner Brewery) Fri. 7pm, Sat. 3pm 15th Anniversary Ale Malty Dog Brewery & Supplies Gitchigoomie IPA Shoot Your Rye Out Frau Blucher Hefeweizen Fortune Teller Stout Dog's Bullocks Chocolate Stout Dog Day's Summer Shandy Michigan Beer Cellar Black Magic RYPA Great American Cream Ale Michigan Sunshine Wit Peach Wheat Mocha Java Stout Uncle Krunkle's Dunkel Top Secret American IPA 15th Anniversary Ale Midland Brewing Co. Midland Pale Ale Lumberjack Lager Brothers IPA Copper Harbor Ale Three Mile Marker Pine River "Smoked" Porter 15th Anniversary Ale MIP Brewing AXL Pale Ale BRIK Irish Red Ale SNO White Ale Motor City Brewing Works Summer Brew American-style Wheat Hard Cider Ghettoblaster English-style Mild Raspberry Lemonade Cass Cooler Fruit Wine Mt. Pleasant Brewing Co. Crazy Train Black IPA Trainwreck Amber Ale Iron Horse IPA Wit Dream Maple Porter Sacred Gruit Freight Train Double IPA Coal Stoker's Blackberry Steam Engine Stout Railyard Raspberry Wheat Mystery Brew #1 Mystery Brew #2 15th Anniversary Ale New Holland Brewing Co. Golden Cap Saison Poet Oatmeal Stout Oak Hatter Barrel Aged IPA Farmhouse Hatter 4 Witches Saison Full Circle Kolsch Dragon's Milk Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout Envious Oak Aged Fruit Ale Mad Hatter IPA El Mole Ocho Spiced Ale Pilgrim's Dole Wheat Wine Imperial Hatter Beerhive Honeyed Ale Charkoota Rye Smoked Rye Doppelbock Zoomer Wit Ball & Chain Amber Sour Attitude Oak Aged Charkoota Rye Blue Sunday Barrel #16 Blue Sunday Barrel #17 Envious with Cherry Rye Hatter 15th Anniversary Ale North Peak Brewing Co. Archangel Diabolical Siren Odd Side Ales Mayan Mocha Stout Citra Pale Ale Derlicte Pineapple IPA Bean Flicker Coffee Blonde Afternoon Delight Blonde Fire Fly Pale Ale Simcoe Sensation Session IPA Grapefruit Wheat Realignment Raspberry Wheat ?????? Stout Old Boys' Brewhouse Tailchaser Pils Dog Daze Blueberry Wit Wheat Wave Kennel King Imperial IPA Magnum Breakfast Stout 15th Anniversary Ale Olde Peninsula Brewpub Summer Hefeweizen Stout Chocula OP IPA Razberry Wheat IPA Doble del Diablo Original Gravity Brewing Co. Southpaw IPA Train Jumper Black IPA 2-Wheeler Witbier 440 Pepper Smoker Root Down Ginger Beer Primordial Porter 15th Anniversary Ale Perrin Brewing Co. Pale Ale IPA Golden Ale Redwood Brewing Co. Munich Dunkel English Summer Ale Jim's Hefe Weizen Ziggy's Bock Rochester Mills Beer Co. Cornerstone IPA Milkshake Stout Rochester Red Mills Pils Czech-style Pilsner Oktoberfest 2012 Imperial Red Brickshot ESB Old Ale Harvest Lite Firkin of Old Ale (VIP Hour Friday only) Firkin of Double Dry-hopped Double IPA (VIP Hour Saturday only) 15th Anniversary Ale Round Barn Brewery Bob's Your Uncle English Bitter Kolsch Grape Expectations Fruit Beer 15th Anniversary Ale Royal Oak Brewery Devil's Blood Schwarzbier Lager Suicide Blonde Belgian Strong Sour Summer Wit King Helles Double Helles Lager The Green Manalishi Double IPA British Invasion Pale Ale Grand Trunk Steam Beer The Unbeerable Lightlessness of Bing Cherry Black Lager Saugatuck Brewing Co. Singapore IPA Wylde Berry Wheat Ginger Honey Ale Hop on a Blonde Neapolitan Milk Stout Cluster Fuggle IPA Bon Fire Brown Ale ESB Amber Serrano Pepper Ale 15th Anniversary Ale Schmohz Brewing Co. Hopknocker Imperial IPA Bonecrusher American Stout Pail Ale Amber Tease Zingiberene Gruit Bloody Red India Pale Ale Pickle Tink Fruit Wheat Razzmanian Devil Fruit Wheat 120 N/A Pale Ale N/A Black Cherry Soda Sherwood Brewing Co. Mistress Jades Hemp Ale Daytripper Trippel Lawnmower IXPA Citrus Porter Chai Tea Mild Ale Black Pils Schwarzbier Verry Cherry Trippel Buxom BlonDDe Ale Entire Buzz Honey Porter Old Hickory Stout Disco Lemonade Strawberry Cream Sun King Black Tea Lemon Ale Belgian Pale Ale Kona Porter (Friday 6pm) Gunpowder IPA (Friday 7pm) Wired Awake Black Lager Coffee Beer (Saturday 1pm) Robor Scotch Heavy (Saturday 3pm) 15th Anniversary Ale Short's Brewing Co. Nicie Spicie American Wheat Kolsch 45 Strawberry Short's Cake ControversiALE American IPA Huma Lupa Licious American IPA Prolonged Enjoyment Session IPA Alter Spalter German Alt Wowee Zowee Visionquest Earl of Brixom English Dark Mild In The Wheat of Passion India Spruce Pilsner Stellar Ale Beach Wheat Cerveza de Julie Schnozzleberry Griffen Village Reserve My Bock Rye Not 15th Anniversary Ale Sullivan's Black Forest Lost Sailor IPA Short Polack Maibock Crop Duster Brown Grateful Red Woody's Dark Slow Roggen Traffic Jam & Snug EPA Extra Pale Ale Doppelbock Hefe Weizen 15th Anniversary Ale Tri City Brewing Hell's Half Mile German Helles Charity Island IPA Hefeweizen Giant Slayer Imperial Stout Belgian Pale Mon Tressor Belgian Tripel Dragon Slayer Barrel Aged Imperial Stout Regimental Reserve Barrel Aged Scotch Ale Unity Vibration Living Kombucha Tea Triple Goddess Kombucha Ginger Beer Triple Goddess Kombucha Raspberry Beer Strawberry Rhubarb Kombucha Tea Plain Kombucha Tea Kombucha Beer Vander Mill Traditional Apple Cider Ginger Peach Cider Apple Raspberry Cider Michigan Wit Cider Totally Roasted Cider MBG Apple IPA (15th Anniversary Ale) Witch's Hat Brewing Co. Train Hopper IPA Edward's Portly Brown Big Doedish Double IPA Midnight Train Black IPA Simcoe Session IPA Bear-Ass Wheat Psychedelic Cyder Imperial Stout (Friday only) Night Fury Imperial Stout (Saturday only) Bourbon Barrel Aged Holy Confusion Barleywine (7pm Fri/2pm Sat) Wolverine State Brewing Co. Premium Lager Dark Lager Amber Lager The Gulo Gulo India Pale Lager Chrysalis Wit Lager Double-Fisted Doppelbock (Fri 6pm) Gulo Noir (Fri 7pm) Verano Mexican Amber Lager (Fri 8pm) Faustian Stout - A Baltic Porter (Sat 2pm) Green Thumb Session Amber Lager (Sat 3pm) Wolverine Massacre Imperial Dark Lager aged in Rye Bourbon Barrels (Sat 4pm) 15th Anniversary Ale Woodward Avenue Brewers aka "The WAB" Detroit Derby Girl Blonde Raspberry Blonde Hefty Weizen Steam Beer Detroit Maiden IPA Green Bullet Organic IPA Glutenless Maximus Gluten-Free IPA Biere Brunet See you next weekend in Ypsilanti! Cheers! Eric Briggeman