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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!