Urbanrest Brewery in Ferndale is raising a glass after winning a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival last weekend.

It's the largest professional beer competition in the U.S., and Urbanrest won in the American Pilsener category, which had 101 entries

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To win an American Pilsner is an incredible honor," Urbanrest co-owner Zach Typinski said.

The winning beer was their Kaiser.

Its made from barley grown and malted in Indiana by a company called Sugar Creek Malt its a relatively local malt. Nice crisp, bright, easy-drinking beer," Typinski said.

That award is the latest for Urbanrest, as the brewer of eight years has won many prestigious awards, including a World Beer Cup and a Michigan Cask Ale Festival medal.

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