To celebrate both Spring and Tournament time, I'm going to set up a bracket featuring 16 of this years spring beers. Instead of my usual habit of pouring one out, analyzing it, and drinking it, before moving on to the next. I will actually pour two at once and let them go head to head, to determine the victor. This may indeed, lead to madness as I quickly try to finish both before they get warm. That would't be right. Any way, on to the brackets, followed by some notes about seeding.
NORTH REGION
#1 Sam Adam's Noble Pils
#2 Anchor Boch
#3 Gorden Bierch Maibock
#4 Smuttynose Hanami Ale
#5 Blue Moon Rising Moon
#6 Flying Dog Garde Dog
#7 Saranac Irish Red Ale
#8 Otter Creek Spring Ale
MID-EAST REGION
#1 Dogfish Head Aprihop
#2 Sierra Nevada Glissade
#3 Dominion Spring Buck
#4 Harpoon Celtic Ale
#5 Sam Adam's Irish Red
#6 Red Hook Copper Hook Sprig Ale
#7 Buffalo Bill's Orange Blossom Ale
#8 Magic Hat Vinyl
One of the top seeds goes perhaps undeservedly to Sam Adam's, because it's Sam Adam's. They are the Duke of this bracket. Aprihop get's the other #1, cause the guys at Dogfish Head have been putting out really good, though a bit pricey, stuff. Magic Hat gets an eight seed for naming their spring beer vinyl. Seriously, WTF. The other high seeds are older breweries with a legacy of quality, the rest sort of fell into place. I hesitated to include the Irish Reds, but they have become a seasonal, St. Patrick's Day, hence spring, beer. You will notice I put two of them head to head in the first round. Let the tournament begin.
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