 The Royal
Oak Brewery hosted Polar Beer Festival 2001. The
Polar Beer Festival was a get together for some of Michigan's best micro-brewers
to show off some of their best beers. A total of 17
micro-breweries, including Royal Oak Brewery, were present, and over
30 different beers to choose from. The Polar Beer Festival ran
for six hours, 2 three hours sessions. During the session you
received a complementary glass, free food, and all the beer you can
drink. Only 140 or so people were let in for each session, and
besides getting a complementary glass each vendor had some sort of
free coaster, key chain, sticker, or pamphlet to handout.
Not only was there a lot a of beer to drink, but
there was a single recipe tasting contest. All participants
were asked to brew one barrel of the same beer. The amount and
style of malt and hops was identical for each brewery. The
only difference was the local water and yeast used at each
brewery. The goal was to brew a Pale Ale that fell into the
gravity range of 1.042-1.046 specific gravity (13°-14° Plato) and
a target bitterness of 35 IBU's.
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from
left to right
Allan Milz,
Tim (the Brewmaster),
Ken Milz |
Among some of the guests at the Polar Beer
Festival, were Ken and Allan Milz (aka. The Milz Bros.). Seen
here with the brew master (Tim), of The Royal Oak Brewery.
Both Ken and Allan are Mug Club members, and frequent customers at
The Royal Oak Brewery. When asked what beer/brewery they most
liked, they both said they preferred their home brewery and beer at
The Royal Oak Brewery. Although, Ken and Allan both said that
all the beers were good and that they usually don't have time to go
to these other breweries, so it was nice to have them all come
together in one place to sample their beer. Just for the
record, both Ken and Allan had one beer at each of the participating
breweries.
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| Doug Haverstock |
Also, Doug Haverstock was at the Polar Beer
Festival, with his wife Linda (not shown in picture). Both, Linda and Doug are
longtime members of the Mug Club and are also frequent customers at
The Royal Oak Brewery. Usually, you can see Doug talking to
everyone and anyone within a five foot radius when he is there
having a beer and smoking a stogie. Doug, tends to drink the
porters, and stouts, but tries to stay away from the reds,
ales. Click here to see what happens when Doug starts to drink
a red beer. |
List of Brewery
Participants
Click a brewery to see their list of beers at
the Polar Festival 2001
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