TC Ale Trail: Stout Challenge 2016

TRAVERSE CITY–The TC Ale Trail and Little Fleet have once again teamed up to present a local beer competition. The inaugural Stout Challenge will be held Friday January 29 at Little Fleet.

Ten Traverse City area breweries will be bringing their “Best Stout,” and 200 beer lovers will have the opportunity to taste and vote on their favorite. All tasting will be blind. Ticket holders will get the description of the beer, ABV, and other facts, but the brewery will remain a secret.

Troy Daily, organizer of the event, is excited about the challenge. “Our team has produced the IPA Challenge for the past two years and has attracted a lot of attention. With this success and overwhelming feedback from attendees, the Stout Challenge was born out of demand. It’s a great way to get all of the area breweries together during a relatively slower month of the year.”

The challenge will start at 5:30 p.m., with the last ballots being handed out around 9 p.m. Attendees should give themselves at least an

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