The 2026 Battle of the Breweries: Competitors List
The 2026 Battle of the Breweries: Competitors List
The following list is the full 168 competitors that will be competing in this year’s (2026) Battle of the Breweries! The regular 128 competitors in the main tournament, with each conference having their bonus “10 play-in honors” competitors, who will then face off with the 1 v 16 winner in the second round. Thus bringing the full tournament up to a total of 168 Pennsylvanian Brewery competitors!
For the rules and guidelines and voting, you can see the main article here: The 2026 Battle of the Breweries – Rules, Guidelines, Competitors, and General Information.
Good luck to all involved!
(Note, the following is listed in their spot in the tournament – 1 to 32 by conference, and then the 10 honorees listed in their grouping.)
(Note two, keep in mind the tournament is structured that 1 v 32, 2 v 31, 3 v 30, etc.)
The 2026 Battle of the Breweries Tournament
ATLAS Conference
- Other Half Brewing
- Hidden River Brewing
- Dancing Gnome Brewing
- Abjuration Brewing
- Fourscore Beer Co
- Grist House Craft Brewing
- Michaux Brewing
- Bonn Place
- Collusion Tap works
- Raney Cellars Brewing
- Boneshire Brew Works
- Boal City Brewing
- Rural City Brewing
- Groove Brewing
- The Beerded Goat Brewing
- Broken Goblet Brewing
- Stable 12 Brewing
- Rubber Soul Brewing
- Aldus Brewing
- Levity Brewing
- J.J. Rattigan Brewing
- The Millworks
- Artillery Brewing
- Eclipse Craft Brewing
- Punch Buggy Brewing
- Desperate Times Brewery
- Spring House Brewing
- Rusty Rail Brewing
- Jackass Brewery
- Lost Mined Brewing
- Bube’s Brewery
- Jigsy’s Brewpub
Honorees:
- Sterling Pig Brweing
- Susquehanna Brewing Company
- The Church Brew Works
- Two Frays Brewing
- Urban Village Brewing
- Hidden Key Brewing
- Market Cross Brewpub
- ZeroDay Brewing
- Twelve78 Brewing
- Sherman Street Brewing
BELMA Conference
- Sworn Brewing
- South County Brewing
- Hitchhiker Brewing
- Forbes Trail Brewing
- Rough Edges Brewing
- La Cabra Brewing
- Moo-Duck Brewing
- Inner Groove Brewing
- Lindgren Craft Brewing
- Acclamation Brewing
- Free Will Brewing
- Allusion Brewing
- Braeloch Brewing
- Liquid Noise Brewing
- Lincoln Avenue Brewing
- Molly Pitcher Brewing
- Burg’hers Brewing
- GearHouse Brewing
- AleCraft Brewery
- Columbia Kettle Works
- Bullfrog Brewery
- Robin Hood Brewing
- Juniata Brewing Company
- Bright Path Brewing
- Saucony Creek Brewing
- Snitz Creek Brewing
- Bearded Lady Brewing
- Covered Bridge Brehause
- Axemann Brewery
- Lydian Stone Brewing
- Otto’s Brewpub
- Evil Genius Beer
Honorees:
- Stoker’s Brewing
- Stolen Sun Brewing
- The Washington Brewing
- Therapy Brewery
- Turkey Hill Brewing
- Twisted Bine Brewing
- Whisker’s Brewing
- Bald Birds Brewing
- Seven Sirens Brewing
- Lost Tavern Brewing
CICERO Conference
- Aslin Beer Co
- Ever Grain Brewing
- New Trail Brewing
- Pineknotter Brewing
- Cartel Brewing and Blending
- YAH Brew
- Pilger Ruh Brewing
- Bespoke Brewing
- Our Town Brewery
- Mad Chef Brewing
- Hares Hill Brewing
- Schaylor Brewing
- Shy Bear Brewing
- Copperz Brewing
- Conny Creek Brewing
- BierHall Brewing
- Oakbrook Brewery
- Tortured Souls Brewing
- Sign of the Horse Brewery
- Locust Lane Brewing
- Helicon Brewing
- Hop Farm Brewing
- Benny Brewing
- Happy Valley Brewing
- Victory Brewing
- Fat Bat Brewing
- 1787 Brewing
- The Leaning Cask Brewery
- Lancaster Brewing Company
- Cold Springs Inn and Brewery
- Appalachian Brewing Company
- Gunpowder Falls Brewing
Honorees:
- Stone Bridge Brewing
- Strange Roots Ales
- Thirsty Farmer Brew Works
- Tired Hands Brewing
- VK Brewing
- Wissihickon Brewing
- Well Crafted Brewing
- Gift Horse Brewing
- McCall Collective
- Aviator Brew Hub
DANA Conference
- Antifragile Brewing
- Warwick Farms Brewing
- Human Robot Beer
- Coven Brewing
- Lolev Beer
- Levante Brewing
- Voodoo Brewing
- Rotunda Brewing Company
- Wolf Brewing
- Cinderlands Beer Co
- Pizza Boy Brewing
- Pour Man’s Brewing
- ShuBrew
- Breaker Brewing
- Hemaur Brewing
- Inspiration Brewing
- Selin’s Grove Brewing
- Firewhistle Brewing
- Second District Brewing
- Root Down Brewing
- Helltown Brewing
- Scrubby’s Craft Brewrey
- Troegs Independent Craft Brewing
- Von C Brewing
- Big Dog Craft Brewing
- Olde Bedford Brewing
- 2SP Brewing
- Back Porch Brewing
- Conshohocken Brewing
- Black Forest Brewery
- Old Forge Brewing
- Lebanon Valley Craft Brewery
Honorees:
- Straub Brewery
- Sunset Hill Farm Brewing
- Coal Tipple Brewery
- Truss Brewing
- Fetish Brewing
- Yards Brewing
- Yellow Bridge Brewing
- Dock Street Brewing
- Fegley’s Brewery
- Vortex Brewing
Voting
Voting is straight forward and simple. There are four conferences: ATLAS, BELMA, CICERO, and DANA. Each week, from Monday through Sunday, there will be a voting page for each of the conference. Click on the voting page, open it up, and it will have a pop-down survey poll.
Voting schedule:
- Round of 32 – March 2nd through 8th
- Round of 16 – March 9th through 15th
- Round of 8 – March 16th through 22nd
- Round of 4 – March 23rd through 29th
- Conference Finals: March 30th through April 5th
- Finals Fatal Four Way: April 6th through 19th (Two weeks for the finals)
You can vote daily for each of the conferences, so you can make up to 4 votes (one per conference) per day. Each round will be one week, except for the Finals which will be two weeks. For the Conference Finals I might just make it 1 voting page rather than 4 distinct voting pages. It all depends on what will be easier for the blog’s coding and all that back house stuff.
Tournament Guidelines
We fully encourage everyone to have as much fun as possible with this tournament! Share and comment and talk about the breweries facing off. Upset your favorite brewery isn’t in the tournament? Sorry! It means one of us probably haven’t been there, or they just barely missed our cut when deciding the 256 breweries to include! Social media is a fantastic tool for sharing your brewery or your favorite brewery’s voting page. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, BlueSky, Mastodon, Tumblr, LinkTree, umm…. MySpace? LinkedIn? Pinterest? What other social medias do you cool young kids use? Whichever it is, feel free to share and bolster and brag about how your brewery is doing or encourage others to vote for your favorite brewery!
Please do keep it all in fun though. This isn’t meant to belittle or demean breweries or to create real animosity. Its a fun light hearted competition in the spirit of the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament. So with that in mind please enjoy it!
Good Luck
Once again – good luck to all the breweries involved, and have fun! Be sure to share this page or the direct voting pages for best results.
Cheers!
-Ben
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