The Royal Oak Brewery in Royal Oak, Michigan hosted their 3rd Annual Polar Beer Festival. This event brings some of Michigan's best micro-breweries to together in one location.  Each brewery has 2 or more of their hometown brews on tap for everyone who attends.  Like always, there was the Single Recipe Tasting contest (see below for more information) that proves each beer has it's own  uniqueness.

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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 Double Brown with a target of 1.060 original gravity (15° Plato) and a target bitterness of 25 IBU's.

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The Royal Oak Brewery Rochester Mills Beer Co. Arcadia Brewing Co. Big Buck Brewery CJ's Brewing Co. Copper Canyon Brewery Dragonmead Brewery Kalamazoo Brewing Co. King Brewing Co. Kuhnhenn Brewing Co. Lily's Seafood & B.C. Michigan Brewing Co. New Holland B.C. Stoney Creek B.C.

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