Michigan Brewers Guild 2019 Summer Beer Festival

Keturah Godfrey and Bruce Wood, of Taylor, sit in the shadow of a giant inflatable Bell's Two Hearted Ale can while tasting beer samples and studying a list of the 150 breweries and 1,100-plus beers at the Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival in Riverside Park in Ypsilanti Friday.

Kyle Kipp, 41, of Ypsilanti, hands a sample cup and tokens to a beer festival attendee Friday. Kipp said he lives in the neighborhood volunteers every year.

Albion Malleable Brewing Company's lineup of taps is focused on twists on Belgian ales.

Jordan Frazier talks beer with a visitor to the Ore Dock Brewing stand at the Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival in Riverside Park in Ypsilanti.

Ryan Wiltse, co-owner of River's Edge Brewing, and his wife Carrie serve visitors from their trailer at the Huron River's edge in Ypsilanti's Riverside Park. Ryan Wiltse noted his actual brewpub is also located on the Huron River, but in Milford.

The line to enter the Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival on Saturday extends out of Ypsilanti's Riverside Park and up onto the Cross Street bridge over the Huron River.

Thousands of visitors to the Michigan Brewers Guild 2019 Summer Beer Festival make their way to the entry gates at the start of Saturday's session in Ypsilanti's Riverside Park.

Attendees at the Michigan Brewers Guild's 2019 Summer Beer Festival crowd one of the event's main thoroughfares in Riverside Park in Ypsilanti Saturday.

Shirts, commorative coozies, and other items were available in the merchandise tent at the Michigan Brewers Guild 2019 Summer Beer Festival in Ypsilanti.

Shirts, commorative coozies, and other items were available in the merchandise tent at the Michigan Brewers Guild 2019 Summer Beer Festival in Ypsilanti.

Beer drinkers line up at the tent of Grand Rapids' Brewery Vivant at the Michigan Brewers Guild 2019 Summer Beer Festival Saturday. Brewery Vivant is known for making Belgian-styled ales.

Catie Pietsch, representing Third Monk Brewing, of South Lyon, talks over beer choices with a visitor to the Michigan Brewers Guild 2019 Summer Beer Festival on Friday.

Kacy Shetler, of Pigeon, tosses a disc at Sherwood Brewing's tent in an effort to win swag from the Shelby Township brewer at the Michigan Brewers Guild's 2019 Summer Beer Festival in Ypsilanti.

David Murphy, a brewer at Ascension Brewing, of Novi, uses a spray bottle to clean the glass of an attendee of the Michigan Brewers Guild 2019 Summer Beer Festival Friday.

Ascension Brewing Company's David Murphy collects a beer token from a visitor to the Michigan Brewers Guild's 2019 Summer Beer Festival in Ypsilanti.

Visitors to the 2019 Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival in Ypsilanti's Riverside Park walk between brewer tents and past a large Atwater Brewing inflatable beer can Friday.

Summer Beer Festival attendees lined up all weekend to sample the offerings from Transient Artisan Ales, of Bridgman.