The Battle of the Breweries

As we said in our previous article:

• The Battle of the Breweries (2023) – Rules and Overview

Tomorrow kicks off our 2023 Battle of the Breweries, and this year is gonna be a bit different. Instead of a straight linear tournament like we did in 2021 and 2022, this year, inspired by the World Cup back in December, we are going to be doing it World Cup Style. First round will be groups with group stage voting, where the two best breweries from group advance on. After that, they are divided into four conferences and it follows a linear tournament. All in all, 160 breweries are competing this year (bumped up from 128 last year).

Voting

Each day you will be able to come to the site to make your votes in the polls. It will be set-up by IPS, so it limits you to voting just once per day per vote. You can vote as many times as you want per round, but only once per day.

Rounds will be last one week (ending on Sunday nights at 11:59:59 PM EST) and the new week of voting starting up the next day (Monday) when I get the articles posted (usually around 8:30 – 9:30 AM EST).

The first round – the group stage – will begin Monday February 27th, 2023. This will most likely be around 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM. There will be more details in each voting page’s article. There will be an individual post for each conference.

The last week – the fatal four-way will be two weeks. This will give adequate time for voting for the championship.

Conferences

Those hop names and thus the conference names are:

• Chinook
• Nugget
• Saaz
• Walhalla

I chose four different varieties that I grow at home / (aka The Beer Thrillers Headquarters). Each of these conferences will have 8 groups of 5 breweries each, after the group stage each conference will have 16 breweries in a tournament.

Let’s take an early look at what breweries are in what conferences:

Chinook

1. Hackensack Brewing Company
2. Chubby Squirrel Brewing Company
3. Compass Mill Tap Room
4. Acclamation Brewing Company
5. Forbes Trail Brewing
6. Bronx Brewery
7. Dancing Gnome Brewing
8. Vanish Farmwoods Brewery
9. Bright Path Brewing Company
10. South County Brewing Company
11. Capitol City Brewing
12. Tattered Flag Brewing
13. Wrong Crowd Brewing
14. Valhalla Brewing
15. River Horse Brewing
16. Harper’s Ferry Brewing
17. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
18. Sly Fox Brewing
19. Bolero Snort Brewing
20. Steinhardt Brewing
21. River Trail Brewing
22. Breaker Brewing
23. Bucket Brigade Brewing
24. Burley Oak Brewery
25. Black Flag Brewing
26. Mudhook Brewery
27. Boom City Brewing Company
28. Pineknotter Brewing Company
29. Sapwood Cellars
30. Rusty Rail Brewing
31. Rough Edges Brewing
32. Flood Zone Brewing
33. Little Fish Brewing
34. Chilly Water Brewing
35. Hop Farm Brewing
36. Schaylor Brewing
37. Cox Brewing Company
38. Attaboy Beer
39. Cushwa Brewing Company
40. Ever Grain Brewing Company

Nugget

1. Brix City Brewing
2. Willow Creek Brewing
3. Elder Pine Brewing and Blending
4. Inner Groove Brewing
5. ZeroDay Brewing
6. Masthead Brewing
7. Hitchhiker Brewing Company
8. Mellow Mink Brewing
9. Ten Eyck Brewing
10. Lost Mined Brewing
11. Victory Brewing
12. Imprint Beer Co.
13. Sterling Pig Brewing
14. Bog Turtle Brewing
15. Von C Brewing
16. Loakal Branch Brewing
17. Bunnyman Brewing
18. J.J. Ratigan Brewing
19. Liquid Art Brewing
20. Shy Bear Brewing
21. Aslin Beer Co.
22. Wheatland Springs Farm and Brewery
23. 7 Mile Brewing
24. Burnish Beer Company
25. Jailbreak Brewing
26. Susquehanna Brewing
27. Bullfrog Brewery
28. Eclipse Craft Brewery
29. Hysteria Brewing
30. Big Dog Craft Brewing
31. Columbia Kettle Works
32. Saucony Creek Brewing
33. Jackie O’s Brewery
34. Sun King Brewery
35. Allusion Brewing
36. Black Forest Brewing
37. Chatty Monks Brewing
38. Idiom Brewing
39. Yellow Bridge Brewing
40. Troegs Independent Craft Brewing

Saaz

1. Old Ox Brewery
2. Selin’s Grove Brewing
3. Strange Roots Brewing
4. Southern Tier Brewing
5. Wacker Brewing
6. Noble Beast Brewing
7. Lydian Stone Brewing
8. AleCraft Brewing
9. Liquid Hero Brewing
10. Covered Bridge Brewhause
11. Free Will Brewing
12. Warwick Farm Brewery
13. Levante Brewing
14. Human Robot Beer
15. Big Bottom Brewery
16. Tall Tales Brewing
17. Mustang Sally Brewing
18. Hemaur Brewing
19. Fat Bat Brewing
20. Robin Hood Brewing
21. Ocelot Brewing
22. Fetish Brewing
23. Cape May Brewing
24. RAR Brewing
25. Ripestine’s Brewpub
26. Benny Brewing
27. New Trail Brewing Company
28. Three Beards Brewing
29. Slate Farm Brewing
30. Our Town Brewery
31. Raney Cellars Brewing
32. Gearhouse Brewing
33. Urban Artifact Brewing
34. Land – Grant Brewing Company
35. Levity Brewing
36. Pour Man’s Brewing
37. Appalachian Brewing Company
38. Fourscore Beer Co.
39. Logyard Brewing
40. Pizza Boy Brewing Company

Walhalla

1. Funk Brewing
2. Mad Chef Brewing
3. Boneshire Brew Works
4. Lost Rhino Brewing
5. Oakbrook Brewing
6. VooDoo Brewing
7. Abjuration Brewing
8. Bespoke Brewing
9. Canton Brewing Company
10. Lost Barrel Brewing
11. Big Truck Farm Brewing
12. Scrubby’s Craft Brewery
13. Other Half Brewing Company
14. Old Forge Brewing
15. Braeloch Brewing
16. Dew Point Brewing
17. Punch Buggy Brewing
18. Dewey Beer Co.
19. Crooked Run Fermentation
20. The Alementary
21. Smoketown Brewing
22. Axemann Brewery
23. Adroit Theory Brewing
24. Collusion Tap Works
25. Gusto Brewery
26. Cult Classic Brewing
27. The Isle of Que Brewing
28. Therapy Brewing
29. Wolf Brewing Company
30. LoveDraft’s Brewing Company
31. Jackass Brewery
32. Hell in a Bucket Brewing
33. Brewery Fire
34. Morgantown Brewing Company
35. Braxton Brewing Company
36. Wolf’s Ridge Brewing Company
37. Juniata Brewing
38. Snitz Creek Brewing
39. Ministry of Brewing
40. Abolitionist Ale Works

Note, these were randomly assigned to the conferences (rolled D4s to get them in their places). I will then use D8s to roll them into their groups for the group stage round. The above listing is no indication of their Untappd score or placements.

Groups

CHINOOK CONFERENCE:

Group A:

1. Hackensack Brewing Company
2. Compass Mill Tap Room
3. South County Brewing Company
4. Dancing Gnome Brewing
5. Wrong Crowd Brewing

Group B:

1. Black Flag Brewing
2. Boom City Brewing Company
3. Mudhook Brewery
4. River Trail Brewing
5. Chubby Squirrel Brewing Company

Group C:

1. Bronx Brewery
2. Cox Brewing Company
3. Ever Grain Brewing Company
4. Bucket Brigade Brewing
5. Steinhardt Brewing

Group D:

1. Cushwa Brewing Company
2. Pineknotter Brewing Company
3. Capitol City Brewing
4. Hop Farm Brewing
5. Flood Zone Brewing

Group E:

1. Burley Oak Brewery
2. River Horse Brewing
3. Chilly Water Brewing
4. Vanish Farmwoods Brewery
5. Forbes Trail Brewing

Group F:

1. Bolero Snort Brewing
2. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
3. Attaboy Beer
4. Schaylor Brewing
5. Sly Fox Brewing

Group G:

1. Little Fish Brewing
2. Rough Edges Brewing
3. Valhalla Brewing
4. Harper’s Ferry Brewing
5. Breaker Brewing

Group H:

1. Rusty Rail Brewing
2. Sapwood Cellars
3. Tattered Flag Brewing
4. Bright Path Brewing Company
5. Acclamation Brewing Company

NUGGET CONFERENCE:

Group A:

1. Brix City Brewing
2. Inner Groove Brewing
3. Liquid Art Brewing
4. Eclipse Craft Brewery
5. Black Forest Brewing

Group B:

1. Troegs Independent Craft Brewing
2. Susquehanna Brewing
3. Lost Mined Brewing
4. ZeroDay Brewing
5. Big Dog Craft Brewing

Group C:

1. Bog Turtle Brewing
2. Von C Brewing
3. Hitchhiker Brewing Company
4. Willow Creek Brewing
5. Saucony Creek Brewing

Group D:

1. Sun King Brewery
2. Idiom Brewing
3. Yellow Bridge Brewing
4. Burnish Beer Company
5. 7 Mile Brewing

Group E:

1. Jackie O’s Brewery
2. Bullfrog Brewery
3. Sterling Pig Brewing
4. Loakal Branch Brewing
5. Victory Brewing

Group F:

1. Bunnyman Brewing
2. Chatty Monks Brewing
3. Hysteria Brewing
4. Wheatland Springs Farm and Brewery
5. J.J. Ratigan Brewing

Group G:

1. Ten Eyck Brewing
2. Allusion Brewing
3. Aslin Beer Co.
4. Jailbreak Brewing
5. Elder Pine Brewing and Blending

Group H:

1. Masthead Brewing
2. Shy Bear Brewing
3. Mellow Mink Brewing
4. Imprint Beer Co.
5. Columbia Kettle Works

SAAZ CONFERENCE:

Group A:

1. Old Ox Brewery
2. Hemaur Brewing
3. Land – Grant Brewing Company
4. Fetish Brewing
5. Appalachian Brewing Company

Group B:

1. Strange Roots Brewing
2. Noble Beast Brewing
3. Covered Bridge Brewhause
4. Levante Brewing
5. Mustang Sally Brewing

Group C:

1. Selin’s Grove Brewing
2. Pizza Boy Brewing Company
3. Logyard Brewing
4. Cape May Brewing
5. Three Beards Brewing

Group D:

1. Ripestine’s Brewpub
2. Southern Tier Brewing
3. Human Robot Beer
4. Urban Artifact Brewing
5. Tall Tales Brewing

Group E:

1. Lydian Stone Brewing
2. Raney Cellars Brewing
3. Warwick Farm Brewery
4. Slate Farm Brewing
5. Benny Brewing

Group F:

1. Pour Man’s Brewing
2. Fourscore Beer Co.
3. New Trail Brewing Company
4. Liquid Hero Brewing
5. Wacker Brewing

Group G:

1. AleCraft Brewing
2. Levity Brewing
3. Our Town Brewery
4. Robin Hood Brewing
5. Free Will Brewing

Group H:

1. Gearhouse Brewing
2. RAR Brewing
3. Ocelot Brewing
4. Fat Bat Brewing
5. Big Bottom Brewery

WALHALLA CONFERENCE:

Group A:

1. Scrubby’s Craft Brewery
2. Braeloch Brewing
3. Smoketown Brewing
4. Other Half Brewing Company
5. Boneshire Brew Works

Group B:

1. Funk Brewing
2. Crooked Run Fermentation
3. Adroit Theory Brewing
4. Oakbrook Brewing
5. Therapy Brewing

Group C:

1. Punch Buggy Brewing
2. Mad Chef Brewing
3. LoveDraft’s Brewing Company
4. Ministry of Brewing
5. Cult Classic Brewing

Group D:

1. Gusto Brewery
2. Collusion Tap Works
3. Wolf’s Ridge Brewing Company
4. Snitz Creek Brewing
5. Canton Brewing Company

Group E:

1. Lost Rhino Brewing
2. VooDoo Brewing
3. Hell in a Bucket Brewing
4. Morgantown Brewing Company
5. Old Forge Brewing

Group F:

1. Big Truck Farm Brewing
2. Braxton Brewing Company
3. The Isle of Que Brewing
4. Axemann Brewery
5. Jackass Brewery

Group G:

1. The Alementary
2. Brewery Fire
3. Juniata Brewing
4. Abolitionist Ale Works
5. Lost Barrel Brewing

Group H:

1. Wolf Brewing Company
2. Abjuration Brewing
3. Dew Point Brewing
4. Bespoke Brewing
5. Dewey Beer Co.

Remember to Vote Tomorrow

Remember to vote tomorrow, starting roughly around 8:30 – 10 AM, I’ll have the voting articles up. They will be separated by conferences, with each conference’s groups in their respective articles. You’ll be able to see a big group article that has links to everything, as well as the individual conference articles.

You can vote once per day, so make sure you share the posts so all of your friends, family, co – workers, ex – spouses, and neighborhood kids can see and vote as well.

Thanks For Reading

Yesterday was a fun day. We didn’t quite get to do the full trip we wanted, but we still got to enjoy two fun breweries – Black Locust Hop Farm and Brewery in Freeland, MD and Gunpowder Falls Brewing in New Freedom, PA. Both will probably be in the tournament next year!

The Harrisburg Heat game was sold out, so we weren’t able to go to it, but did enjoy hanging out with my parents at Your Place.

Thank you for reading everyone. I love doing the tournament, its a lot of work (and a big headache) but it really is a lot of fun. So please be sure to check in tomorrow to be able to start voting. I can’t wait to see who moves on to the knock out rounds!

Make sure you like, share, and follow, so you can keep voting, and let others know about being able to vote as well. Its instrumental to the tournament.

Thanks All!

Cheers!

-B. Kline

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