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We are excited to announce this year's roster of Michigan craft breweries and beers for the U.P. Fall Beer Festival taking place in Marquette on Saturday, Sept. 7. There are almost 50% more beer tables for you to visit at the festival than there were last year, with over 340 beers from 53 different breweries. Download the complete 2013 U.P. Fall Beer Festival program, or take a look at this list of what you can look forward to on September 7: Arbor Brewing Co. Phat Abbott Dubbel Ypsi Gypsi Pale Ale Sacred Cow IPA Strawberry Blonde Arcadia Ales Jaw Jacker - Pumpkin Spice Cereal Killer - Barley Wine Imperial Stout Thunder Trail ESB Roggen Berry - Blueberry Rye Cheap Date - Citra Golden Ale Atwater Brewing Co. Blueberry Cobbler Ale Bloktoberfest Hop-A-Peel Vanilla Java Porter Dirty Blonde Beards Brewery "Luna" U.P. Wheat Saison Sin Barba - Michigan Saison Long Straw - American Blonde Ale Serendipity - Sexy Porter Aniversiario Imperial Rye Stout Casked Victorious - Cask Aged English Pale Big Buck Brewery & Steakhouse Raspberry IPA Black Currant/Rhubarb Sour Citron - Infusion Pomegranate - Infusion Black IPA Dark Mild - Session Ale Hefeweizen Belgian Wit Barley Wine Smoked Porter Blackrocks Brewery Coconut Brown 51K IPA Honey Lavender Wheat Lazer Wolf Doom Hammer Spruce Tip Imperial IPA Big DIPA - collaboration with The Vierling Grand Rabbits Cream Ale Saison Lemon Lavender Brewery Ferment 45th Parallale Pale Ale Worker's Daily - Cream Ale Mitten Wit - Sour Belgian White Old Town Brown Once Barreled, Twice Rye - Rye Stout Lady Legacy IPA Specialty Sour Brewery Terra Firma Gladstone American Pale Ale Manitou Amber Ale Pipes and Drums Scotch Ale Man In Black American Oatmeal Stout Brewery Vivant Zaison - Imperial Saison Ale Big Red Coq - Hoppy Belgo-American Red Farmhand - French Style Farmhouse Ale Trebuchet - Belgian Double IPA Blackhand - Black Session Ale Barrel Aged Triomphe Belgian IPA Brickside Brewery Farm Beer Saison Mosquito Lake Pale Ale Chainbreaker Double IPA Park Bench Porter Cellar Brewing Co. Monkey Wrench Imperial IPA Black Magic RyPA Michigan Sunshine - Witbier Lucky Enough - Amber Ale Top Secret IPA Uncle Krunkle's Dunkelweizen Lighter Shade of Pale Hyperion Imperial Irish Red Jon Brown Lee's Bluebeery U.P.each Ale Raspbeery Cheboygan Brewing Co. Lighthouse Amber Altbier La Cerveza Dark Horse Brewing Co. Crooked Tree IPA Raspberry Ale Boffo Brown Ale Reserve Special Black Ale Scotty Karate Scotch Ale Perkulator Coffee Dopplebock 4-ELF Winter Warmer Ale Scary Jesus Rockstar (apricot chamomile ale) Flat Sammich Malt Liquor Bourbon Barrel Plead the 5th Double Crooked Tree Bourbon Barrel 3 Pairs of Legs Maple Porter Edacsac Dekoorc Eert F.F. Dekoorc Eert RazPA Tall, Dark, and Crunchy's India Brown Ale Oktoberfest Top Fuel - bourbon barrel aged barley wine Louie's Long Polymer John Doughnut Ale I'll Have More Stout - deconstructed Hundred Grand bar stout Dragonmead Microbrewery Final Absolution - Belgian Trippel Jason's IPA - West Coast IPA Castlebrite Apricot Wheat - Fruit Wheat Beer Angry Dragon - Pre-Prohibition Lager Founders Brewing Co. All Day IPA Double Trouble - Double IPA Rubaeus - Pure Raspberry Ale Doom - Barrel Aged Double IPA Mango Magnifico - Mango Habanero Ale KBS - Barrel Aged Imperial Stout Porter Dirty Bastard - Scotch Ale Red's Rye PA Centennial IPA Great Baraboo Brewing Co. Cady's Corner IPA Boo-hemian Pilsner Boston Blackstone Porter Old Fox Ale - Old Ale Griffin Claw Brewing Co. IPA Lemon Tripel Shandy Czech Pilsner Cherry Bourbon Imperial Stout Pumpkin Ale Grizzly Peak Brewing Co. Sheerwater IPA Final Repose Ale - American Barley Wine Oakie Dokie Porter - Dry-hopped/Oaked Porter Greenbush Brewing Co. Memento Mori - Oktoberfest-Style Ale Vindication Blueberry Ale Unicorn Killer Pumpkin Ale Starchicken Shotgun IPA Broken Promises - Wheat IPA Distorter Porter Anger - Black IPA PHD Malt Liquor Resignation Milk Stout Mr. Hyde - Coffee Cream Stout There Are Owls in the Roadhouse - Raspberry Porter Retribution - Belgian Hybrid Ale 1825 Belgian Strong Ale Isole Belgian Dubbel Brother Benjamin - Imperial IPA w/Honey Barrel-Aged Dystopia - Russian Imperial Stout Barrel-Aged LTD - "Old-Fashioned" Ale Cask Demeter with Fresh Hops Hereford & Hops Punkin' Pucker - Sour Cranberry Pumpkin Ale Old Deceitful - 2006 Barley Wine on Tart Cherries Redemption IPA Bluegrass Ale - Blueberry Lemongrass Infused Ale Schwarzbier Green Eyed Blonde - Hickory-Smoked Jalapeño-Infused Ale Hideout Brewing Co. Apple Pie Ale Coconut Almond Brown Gangster IPA Trigger Man IPA Moll's Peach Ale ChocoRazz Mild Smuggler's Hazelnut Stout Espresso Boozehound Brown Fall Guy English Pale Ale County Fair Caramel Apple Mild Dizzy With A Blueberry Dame - Dark Mild Bubble Pale Ale Jamesport Brewing Co. Alt Bier Autumn Blue - Blueberry Wheat Carr Creek IPA Scottish Strong Jasper Ridge Brewery Blasting Blueberry Wheat JRB IPA Faux-toberfest Right-Side Up - English Brown Ale with Coffee Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales iO Saison Oro de Calabaza - Belgian Golden Bam Biere - Farmhouse Ale Blanca - Belgian Biere Blanche Keweenaw Brewing Co. Pick Axe  Blonde Ale Red Jacket Amber Ale Lift Bridge Brown Ale Widow Maker Black Ale Olde Ore Dock Scottish Ale November Gale Pale Ale Sassy Session #7 IPA Empress Hefeweizen Early Fall Special Ale Kuhnhenn Brewing Co. DRIPA (Double Rice IPA) The Fluffer - Session IPA Kuhnhenn Festbier - Oktoberfest/Marzen Imperial Crème Brule Java Stout Everlong Saison Sully's Kolsch Liberty Street Brewing Co. Liberty One - Robust Porter C Monster - Imperial IPA The American Farmhouse - Belgian IPA Amber Waves - American Hefeweizen Midland Brewing Co. Copper Harbor - Copper Ale Dublin Street Stout Three Mile Hefe Weizen Red Keg Amber MIP Beer AXL Pale Ale BRIK Irish Red SNO White Ale JET Black IPA Mitten Brewing Co. Country Strong American IPA Triple Crown Brown Ale Cream Ale Eighty-Four American DIPA Motor City Brewing Works Ghettoblaster - English Mild Hard Cider IPA Kolsch Mount Pleasant Brewing Co. Trainwreck Amber Ale Ironhorse IPA Wit Dream Coal Stokers Blackberry Steam Engine Stout Oktoberfest New Holland Brewing Co. Dragon's Milk - Bourbon Barrel-aged Stout Black Tulip - Belgian Trippel Beerhive - Belgian Trippel Four Witches - Black Saison Michigan Hatter - Michigan IPA Farmhouse Hatter - Farmhouse IPA Cask Dragon's Milk - Barrel Aged Stout Mad Hatter IPA Poet Stout Full Circle - Kolsch Style-Beer White Hatter - Belgian White Pale Ale Rye Hatter - Rye Pale Ale Black Hatter - Black IPA Oak Hatter Paleooza - Michigan Pale Ale Imperial Hatter - Imperial Pale Ale Ichabod Pumpkin Ale North Peak Brewing Co. Diabolical IPA Majestic Wheat Ale Archangel Summer Cherry Wheat Ale Hooligan Hoppy Pumpkin Ale Ore Dock Brewing Co. Pier to Peer - Black Belgian Session Saison Reclamation IPA Berliner Weisse Small Sail Ale - English Summer Ale Malbec Blonde - Barrel Conditioned Belgian Style Blonde Inspiration Point - Cask Conditioned Belgian Style Saison Original Gravity Brewing Co. Southpaw IPA 440 Pepper Smoker - Smoked Amber w/ Jalapenos ShineBox Dunkelweizen County Street Amber Petoskey Brewing Co. Petoskey Sparkle - American Lager BaDunka Dunkel - Munich Lager Horny Monk Belgian Dubbel North 45 Amber Ale P-Town Brown Portergraphic Robust Porter Tucker's Pale Ale Mind's Eye PA Hopsessed - Double India Pale Ale Dark Knight - Black India Pale Ale Oktoberfest - Marzen Brain Freeze - Wafflecone Raspberry Cream Ale Prunus Hopnus - Apricot India Pale Ale Teddy Bear - Belgian Pale Mission Position - Blonde Ale Pike 51 Brewing Co. Super Kush - Double Dry Hopped IPA Batch 102 - Imperial Amber Ink - Spiced rum oak-infused milk stout with coffee Topless Trip Out - Belgian Triple Red Jacket Brewing Co. Oatmeal Espress  - Oatmeal Stout Keweenaw Cowboy IPA Downtown Brown Cold Hearted - American Pale Ale Right Brain Brewery CEO Stout Cool Hand Cuke - Cucumber Basil Saison Looping Owl - Barrel Aged Amber The Second Coming - Imperial IPA Blue Magic - Lavender Ale Spinal Tapper IPA Almost Holy - Belgian IPA Irish Goodbye - Red Ale Rochester Mills Beer Co. Milkshake Stout Cornerstone IPA Lazy Daze Amber Ale Oktoberfest Bourbon Barrel Rochester Red Bourbon Barrel Snow Dazed Rockford Brewing Co. Hoplust IPA Obsession - Session Rye PA Kirsche Me Under the Cherry Tree - Cherrywood Smoked Dunkelweizen Rogue River Brown Saugatuck Brewing Co. Oval Beach Blonde ESB/Amber Singapore IPA Bonfire Brown Cluster Fuggle Schmohz Brewing Co. Hopknocker - Imperial IPA Treasure Chest  ESB Bonecrusher - American Stout Caraway Rye - Spiced Ale Zingiberene - Ginger Gruit Oktoberfest - Dark American Wheat Ale Sherwood Brewing Co. Daytripper - Belgian Trippel Ugly, Stubborn, Bitter - Imperial ESB Entire Buzz Honey Porter - Brown Porter Grindstone Pale Ale - APA Short's Brewing Co. Kiwi Destroy Mission - Experimental Saison w/ kiwi Bourbon Sustenance - Bourbon Barrel Aged Black Lager Hopstache American IPA brewed with grapefruit zest Lil Wheezy - Heavily Hopped Amber Lager PB & Banana Wheat - Wheat Ale w/ bananas & peanuts Cerveza de Julie - Mexican Lager w/ key limes Richard in the Dirt - Belgium Triple Noble Chaos Oktoberfest Gone Commando - Vienna Lager w/ black currants Soo Brewing Co. 51st Sate IPA Maggie's Irish Red Barbaric Saftig Reserve - Foreign Extra Stout Tapistry Brewing Co. Hansel  Hefeweizen Gretel  Dunkelweizen Burn the Witch Weizenbock Reactor IPA Revolver IPA Enigma DIPA Skipjack Pale Ale Chocolate Java Stout Drifter in the Dark - American Stout Bat Country Brown Ale Dubbel Standaard - Belgian Dubbel Attrayant Saison RYEm or Reason - Rye Ale/IPA Bridgman Bitter ESB Peck's Porter The Filling Station Microbrewery Huntington IPA Silver Lake Imperial IPA Louvain Farmhouse Aurora Amber Ale Bentley Oatmeal Stout Bruges Belgian Ale Dover Pale Ale The Livery McGilligan's American IPA Nummerz! Extra Pale Ale Bier Munro - Rye India Red Ale Lil' Filly - MI Wheat/MI Raspberry Ale Synapse ESB Acrimony - Double IPA Funkalicious - Imperial Wild Ale on Raspberries, Aged in Red Wine Casks (3pm tapping) Rocket Man (Firkin) - Extra Pale Lager (3pm tapping) The Vierling Restaurant & Marquette Harbor Brewery Blueberry Wheat Cocoa Mocha Porter Honey Ginger IPA Canadian Blond Ale The "Big DIPA" - Grapefruit-infused Imperial IPA (collaboration w/ Blackrocks) Brewery Vivant White Flame Brewing Co. Kentucky Kiss - Barrel Aged Scotch Ale Cookie Monster Brown - Spiced Brown Ale Double Tap - Hoppy Pale Super G IPA Big Willy - Barrel Aged Double IPA Woodward Avenue Brewers Raspberry Blonde WABtoberfest Cool Story, Bro! IPA Vanilla Porter