And So It’s Completed…

And with that, we have our first (hopefully annual) battle of the beer champion. This was a month long, knock out, drag out fight. With the finals seeing a David vs. Goliath battle. A small time, one year old brewery with their plucky upstart ‘Walking on Clouds’ taking on an internet darling, a colossal brewery, a behemoth, a tyrannical monster…. Pseudo Sue.

Who walked away the victor?

…..Not yet…. (unless you just scroll down to see.)

First Things First

Let’s take a look back at how we got here:

The Competitors

Who all was involved in this tournament (if you are just tuning in – or want a recap):

Below is a straight list of the 32 breweries with their flagship beers, with their Untappd rating, and the order they are ranked in the tournament:

1. The Alchemist – Headdy Topper (4.54)
2. Tree House – Green (4.43)
3. Lawson’s Finest Liquids – Sip of Sunshine (4.33)
4. Toppling Goliath – Pseudo Sue (4.13)
5. New Holland – Dragon’s Milk (4.06)
6. Dewey Beer – Swishy Pants (4.05)
7. Omnegang – Three Philosophers (3.95)
8. Bell’s Brewery – Two Hearted Ale (3.95)
9. Von C Brewing – Walking on Clouds (3.94)
10. Cigar City – Jai Alai (3.93)
11. Rubber Soul – Dropout (3.92)
12. Pizza Boy – Murren River (3.91)
13. Deschutes – Fresh Squeezed (3.91)
14. Rotunda Brewing – Annville IPA (3.9)
15. Hemauer Brewing – Lucky Lobster (3.89)
16. Dogfish Head – 60 Minute (3.85)
17. Boneshire Brew Works – Green Machine (3.8)
18. Troegs Independent Craft Brewing – Perpetual IPA (3.8)
19. RAR Brewing – Nanticoke Nectar (3.8)
20. Bunnyman Brewing – Pink Nightmare (3.78)
21. Victory – Golden Monkey (3.75)
22. Laguinitas – IPA (3.72)
23. Tattered Flag – TMI PA (3.71)
24. Rogue – Dead Guy Ale (3.71)
25. Founder’s – All Day IPA (3.7)
26. Zero-Day Brewing – Mango Habanero (3.69)
27. Snitz Creek Brewery – Blueberry Cream Ale (3.68)
28. Sierra Nevada – Pale Ale (3.63)
29. Moo – Duck Brewery – Hoppy Toad IPA (3.58)
30. New Belgium – Fat Tire (3.58)
31. Yuengling – Lager (3.49)
32. Newcastle – Brown Ale (3.39)

The Selection Process

The selection process was mostly arbitrary (welcome to the world of The Beer Thrillers). Generally, there were a few simple rules I followed:

• It had to be a beer I’ve had before
• It had to have at least a 3 star rating on Untappd
• I tried to pick some well known – nation wide distributed beers, some local breweries (local to us here at The Beer Thrillers), and a few “high end” / “high quality” / “top of the line” brewery flagships.

This is clearly not a list of beers based on any kind of science. This is purely meant for fun and just to have a good time. Please leave all feelings and egos at the door.

Final Two Competitors

The final two competitors saw Toppling Goliath’s Pseudo Sue take on Von C Brewing’s Walking on Clouds. This was certainly an epic show down, especially going into the last day where it became an all out brawl, with the full followship of both breweries getting involved. The votes and the stats jumped yesterday, going into the late evening hours until midnight (EST) when the voting ended.

Let’s take a closer look at both:

Toppling Goliath – Pseudo Sue

Toppling Goliath’s Pseudo Sue entered the tournament ranked #4 out of 32 with an overall (at the day of the tournament’s start) Untappd rating of 4.13.

Pseudo Sue:
Style: Pale Ale – American
ABV: 5.8%
IBU: 45
Untappd Description: This Citra hop pale ale is delicate in body with a mild bitterness in the finish. Ferocious hop aromas of citrus and mango give a refreshing taste that is bright with just enough bite!
Current Untappd Ranking (7.29.22): 4.13
Total Ratings: 206,890

Toppling Goliath:

Toppling Goliath Brewing Company is a regional brewery from Decorah Iowa. They have 109 unique beers (according to Untappd) with a global average rating of 4.15 (as of 7.29.22). They have over 1 million ratings. Their Untappd description reads: Named 2021 US Beer Open Grand National Champions. Founded in 2009 in beautiful Decorah, Iowa. World-renown for IPAs and barrel-aged stouts, distributing to over 30 states and brewing more than 35 beers. TG prides it’s-self in crafting truly top-shelf beer and is honored to be growing with the support of its many customers worldwide.

Von C Brewing – Walking on Clouds

Von C Brewing’s Walking on Clouds entered the tournament ranked #9 out of 32 with an overall (at the day of the tournament’s start) Untappd rating of 3.94.

Walking on Clouds:

Style: IPA – New England / Hazy
ABV: 7%
IBU: None
Untappd Description: A juicy Hazy NEIPA bursting with a mosaic of flavors including peach, passionfruit and citrus, with a wonderful mango finish.
Current Untappd Rating (as of 7.29.22): 3.94
Total Ratings: 1,708

Von C Brewing

Von C Brewing is a micro brewery from Norristown, Pennsylvania. They have 44 unique beers (according to Untappd) and have a global average rating of 3.79 (as of 7.29.22). Their Untappd description reads: Von C Brewing Co. is a 20 barrel 16,000 sq’ microbrewery with a 2,500 sq’ tasting room including a spacious outside beer garden in beautiful Norristown, PA, the heart of Montgomery County.

Past Battle of the Beers Articles

How did we get to the Finals:

• The Battle of the Beers (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 32 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 32 (Results – Recap) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 16 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 16 (Results – Recap) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 8 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 8 (Results) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 4 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 4 (Results) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – The Finals (Voting) (2022)

Ok… Enough Already

Ok, let’s get to it…. start the drum roll…. let’s announce our First Annual Battle of the Beers Champion!

The 2022 Battle of the Beers Inaugural Champion Is…..

Coming in with a whopping 810 votes to be the first Battle of the Beers champion is….. Toppling Goliath’s Pseudo Sue!

They were the number 4 seed (out of 32) coming into the matchup. They defeated Von C Brewing’s Walking on Clouds 810 to 642.

It was an amazing battle by both breweries and frankly they both deserve to win. Both are fantastic amazing beers. It was a strong, hard fought battle, and the competition was great, the breweries were great, and everyone following along was great!

Wrap It Up

Let’s wrap this up.

This article would have been up sooner, but I donated blood today at 7:30AM and had errands to run. Amy and I are doing a three day trip of Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Canton, so packing and getting things ready has been a priority as well.

I fully intend to do a bigger article discussing the full tournament and Pseudo Sue’s big win. We’ll crunch the numbers and run the stories and give everyone a big write up on it.

But firstly, let me just say thank you to everyone involved and who voted. A big round of applause for the breweries and the beers, especially the winner – Pseudo Sue – as well as the runner up – Walking on Clouds. Both are amazing beers, try your damnedest to get out there and try them. You won’t be disappointed with either – nor will you be with either brewery.

Thank You For Reading

As I said, Amy and I are going on a three – day trip today. I will have an article up shortly discussing the full itinerary and what all we are gonna do. But its going to be a great fun trip! (We’ll be in Pittsburgh, Canton for the NFL Football Hall of Fame, Cleveland for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and a Guardians – Astros game). And then we’ll be popping in Pittsburgh again on the way back through. So don’t worry – there will be plenty of great breweries that we will be hitting up, I can promise you all that!

Thanks for reading! Sorry this was a bit late, and a quicker read, this morning has been kicking my ass, between trying to get ready, donating blood, only getting three hours of sleep, mowing, and a slew of other activities (like my daughter Mara getting her back to school stuff), etc.

Thanks For reading!

Cheers All!

-B. Kline

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The Finals

Ok here it is! We’ve finally reached the finals…. and are you ready for it? It’s a true David vs. Goliath match up here! (Ahahaha…. you’ll get the pun in just a bit.) The competition has been dwindled down from 32 beers (and their respective breweries) down to just 2 remaining competitors.

The gladiator pit is filled with the broken glass, crumpled cans, kicked kegs, dented half kegs, and smashed crowlers. Thirty “losers” lay littered about the grounds, of this beer soaked gladiatorial pit, with just two standing high – currently. For there can only be one in this beer – twisted Highlander.

The Competitors

Who all was involved in this tournament (if you are just tuning in – or want a recap):

Below is a straight list of the 32 breweries with their flagship beers, with their Untappd rating, and the order they are ranked in the tournament:

1. The Alchemist – Headdy Topper (4.54)
2. Tree House – Green (4.43)
3. Lawson’s Finest Liquids – Sip of Sunshine (4.33)
4. Toppling Goliath – Pseudo Sue (4.13)
5. New Holland – Dragon’s Milk (4.06)
6. Dewey Beer – Swishy Pants (4.05)
7. Omnegang – Three Philosophers (3.95)
8. Bell’s Brewery – Two Hearted Ale (3.95)
9. Von C Brewing – Walking on Clouds (3.94)
10. Cigar City – Jai Alai (3.93)
11. Rubber Soul – Dropout (3.92)
12. Pizza Boy – Murren River (3.91)
13. Deschutes – Fresh Squeezed (3.91)
14. Rotunda Brewing – Annville IPA (3.9)
15. Hemauer Brewing – Lucky Lobster (3.89)
16. Dogfish Head – 60 Minute (3.85)
17. Boneshire Brew Works – Green Machine (3.8)
18. Troegs Independent Craft Brewing – Perpetual IPA (3.8)
19. RAR Brewing – Nanticoke Nectar (3.8)
20. Bunnyman Brewing – Pink Nightmare (3.78)
21. Victory – Golden Monkey (3.75)
22. Laguinitas – IPA (3.72)
23. Tattered Flag – TMI PA (3.71)
24. Rogue – Dead Guy Ale (3.71)
25. Founder’s – All Day IPA (3.7)
26. Zero-Day Brewing – Mango Habanero (3.69)
27. Snitz Creek Brewery – Blueberry Cream Ale (3.68)
28. Sierra Nevada – Pale Ale (3.63)
29. Moo – Duck Brewery – Hoppy Toad IPA (3.58)
30. New Belgium – Fat Tire (3.58)
31. Yuengling – Lager (3.49)
32. Newcastle – Brown Ale (3.39)

The Selection Process

The selection process was mostly arbitrary (welcome to the world of The Beer Thrillers). Generally, there were a few simple rules I followed:

• It had to be a beer I’ve had before
• It had to have at least a 3 star rating on Untappd
• I tried to pick some well known – nation wide distributed beers, some local breweries (local to us here at The Beer Thrillers), and a few “high end” / “high quality” / “top of the line” brewery flagships.

This is clearly not a list of beers based on any kind of science. This is purely meant for fun and just to have a good time. Please leave all feelings and egos at the door.

Last Week of Voting

This is the finals, and thus the final week of voting. Voting will end on August 4th at 11:59PM (EST). (Thursday into Friday at Midnight.)

Let’s Vote!

Voting is simple! You can vote once per day for your favorite beer. Bookmark the page and come back daily to make your vote. Share the page on your social media platforms to let all of your friends, family, frenemies, hidden Russian bots, and others vote as well.

The Final Two

Who are the final two beasts in this battle? Who is the David and the Goliath I referenced earlier? Well… one is literally a Goliath…. its Toppling Goliath’s Pseudo Sue. The other is newcomer, and still baby (the brewery just had their one year anniversary after all) beer – Von C Brewing’s Walking on Clouds.

Let’s take a closer look at both:

Toppling Goliath – Pseudo Sue

Toppling Goliath’s Pseudo Sue entered the tournament ranked #4 out of 32 with an overall (at the day of the tournament’s start) Untappd rating of 4.13.

Pseudo Sue:
Style: Pale Ale – American
ABV: 5.8%
IBU: 45
Untappd Description: This Citra hop pale ale is delicate in body with a mild bitterness in the finish. Ferocious hop aromas of citrus and mango give a refreshing taste that is bright with just enough bite!
Current Untappd Ranking (7.29.22): 4.13
Total Ratings: 206,890

Toppling Goliath:

Toppling Goliath Brewing Company is a regional brewery from Decorah Iowa. They have 109 unique beers (according to Untappd) with a global average rating of 4.15 (as of 7.29.22). They have over 1 million ratings. Their Untappd description reads: Named 2021 US Beer Open Grand National Champions. Founded in 2009 in beautiful Decorah, Iowa. World-renown for IPAs and barrel-aged stouts, distributing to over 30 states and brewing more than 35 beers. TG prides it’s-self in crafting truly top-shelf beer and is honored to be growing with the support of its many customers worldwide.

Von C Brewing – Walking on Clouds

Von C Brewing’s Walking on Clouds entered the tournament ranked #9 out of 32 with an overall (at the day of the tournament’s start) Untappd rating of 3.94.

Walking on Clouds:

Style: IPA – New England / Hazy
ABV: 7%
IBU: None
Untappd Description: A juicy Hazy NEIPA bursting with a mosaic of flavors including peach, passionfruit and citrus, with a wonderful mango finish.
Current Untappd Rating (as of 7.29.22): 3.94
Total Ratings: 1,708

Von C Brewing

Von C Brewing is a micro brewery from Norristown, Pennsylvania. They have 44 unique beers (according to Untappd) and have a global average rating of 3.79 (as of 7.29.22). Their Untappd description reads: Von C Brewing Co. is a 20 barrel 16,000 sq’ microbrewery with a 2,500 sq’ tasting room including a spacious outside beer garden in beautiful Norristown, PA, the heart of Montgomery County.

Good Luck to Both Competitors

Just want to say good luck to both competitors and hope them the very best in the Finals! Congrats for making it this far!

Past Battle of the Beers Articles

How did we get to the Finals:

• The Battle of the Beers (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 32 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 32 (Results – Recap) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 16 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 16 (Results – Recap) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 8 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 8 (Results) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 4 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 4 (Results) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – The Finals (Voting) (2022)

Wrap Up

Thank you all for checking out the results and participating in the tournament. This is our first Battle of the Beers tournament, but our third tournament overall (after having done a Battle of the Breweries (2021) and a Battle of the Breweries (2022)). These are a lot of fun to run and manage, and its great to see the participation of the fans and community. So I just want to thank everyone for coming to The Beer Thrillers blog and participating in the tournament. You guys make all this happen and without you there would be no tournaments or The Beer Thrillers in general. So we greatly appreciate all your support and everything.

Some Recent Articles of Note

• Weyerbacher Tap Room Indefinitely Closing
• Shy Bear Brewing Expanding into Altoona and Hershey Pennsylvania

Thanks For Reading

Today kicks off the three day weekend of Black Flag Brewing Company’s 6th Anniversary. We are hoping / looking to get to go to it. Tomorrow we might go if we don’t get to go today. Tomorrow is going to be a hectic day, where if we don’t go to Black Flag might see us coming up Schuylkill County direction and maybe hit the brewfest there, as well as other events and breweries. Who knows what the day has in store for us yet.

Just be on the lookout here on the blog, and our social media pages – Facebook and Instagram in particular. Lots of fun things popping up, as well as lots of events, and lots of new articles. So be sure to subscribe and follow and check them all out.

Cheers as always!

-B. Kline

As always, thank you everyone for reading! Leave your likes, comments, suggestions, questions, etc, in the comments section. Or use the Feedback – Contact Us – page, and we’ll get right back to you! You can also reach out to us at our direct e-mail address: thebeerthrillers@gmail.com

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You can now find us on our Discord Server here: The Beer Thrillers (Discord Server). We’ve also joined LinkTree to keep track of all of our social media pages, as well as hot new articles we’ve written.

The Beer Thrillers are a blog that prides itself on writing beer reviews, brewery reviews, travelogues, news (especially local to the Central PA brewery scene), as well as covering other topics of our interests – such as hiking, literature and books, board games, and video games which we sometimes stream with our friends over at Knights of Nostalgia. We are currently listed as #7 on FeedSpot’s “Top 100 Beer Blogs” and #9 on FeedSpot’s “Top 40 Pennsylvania Blogs”. Thank you for reading our site today, please subscribe, follow, and bookmark. Please reach out to us if you are interested in working together. Thank you!

Then There Was Four… And Now There is Two

Another round of hard fought battles is over, and the dust is settling this fine Friday morning. Where once stood four gladiators now stands two, and the broken glass and cans of the other two lay at their feet (…or base of their bottle). We are now at our final two competitors, the finals, the end, the completion of this long and grueling, arduous competition – all to declare who is the toughest, the strongest, the most fittest of thirty two flagship beers practically chosen at random by myself.

Results

Let’s dive into the Final Four’s results:

• (4) Toppling Goliath – Pseudo Sue (with 31 votes) defeated (1) The Alchemist – Heady Topper (with 12 votes)
• (9) Von C Brewing – Walking on Clouds (with 120 votes) defeated (18) Troegs Independent Craft Brewing – Perpetual IPA (with 21 votes)

Statistics

• Toppling Goliath was the only upset victory this week – with a (4) over a (1).
• Von C Brewing was the only favorite victory this week – with a (9) over a (18).
• Von C Brewing’s Walking on Clouds had the most votes again this week with 120 votes.
• This was 99 votes over Troegs Brewing’s Perpetual IPA.

The Finals

This makes us all set for the finals now, and what a finals its looking to be!

It will pit Toppling Goliath’s Pseudo Sue vs. Von C Brewing’s Walking on Clouds. Its looking to be a true “David vs. Goliath” match up here (ahahahaha…. get the pun…. get it? ….Do you see it? Get it? …Sigh.)

The voting article will be posted shortly. All prior rules still apply for the Finals. You can vote daily, you can share the post to get as many people voting as possible, etc. The voting will end on August 4th at 11:59PM EST. (So next Thursday into Friday at Midnight it will end.)

Past Battle of the Beers Articles

How did we get to the Finals:

• The Battle of the Beers (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 32 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 32 (Results – Recap) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 16 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 16 (Results – Recap) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 8 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 8 (Results) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 4 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 4 (Results) (2022)

Wrap Up

Thank you all for checking out the results and participating in the tournament. This is our first Battle of the Beers tournament, but our third tournament overall (after having done a Battle of the Breweries (2021) and a Battle of the Breweries (2022)). These are a lot of fun to run and manage, and its great to see the participation of the fans and community. So I just want to thank everyone for coming to The Beer Thrillers blog and participating in the tournament. You guys make all this happen and without you there would be no tournaments or The Beer Thrillers in general. So we greatly appreciate all your support and everything.

Some Recent Articles of Note

• Weyerbacher Tap Room Indefinitely Closing
• Shy Bear Brewing Expanding into Altoona and Hershey Pennsylvania

Thanks For Reading

Tomorrow we will be down in Newfreedom for a memorial service for my Aunt Linda. After that, we might be going to various places, not sure. This weekend is also the Black Flag Brewing Company’s 6th Anniversary, so we might be stopping there. There is also the Schulkyll Brewfest this weekend. So might try and get there for that too. I might be going with Drew or Amy today to the Black Flag Brewery, if not today, then possibly tomorrow after the service. But as everything else, the future is fluid, so who knows. Thanks for reading!

Well, wherever we’ll end up, ya’ll will know it!

Cheers!

-B. Kline

As always, thank you everyone for reading! Leave your likes, comments, suggestions, questions, etc, in the comments section. Or use the Feedback – Contact Us – page, and we’ll get right back to you! You can also reach out to us at our direct e-mail address: thebeerthrillers@gmail.com

Thank you for visiting our blog. Please make sure to follow, bookmark, subscribe, and make sure to comment and leave feedback and like the blog posts you read. It will help us to better tailor the blog to you, the readers, likes and make this a better blog for everyone.

You can check out our different directories here: Beer Reviews, Hike Reviews, Book Reviews, Brewery News, Brewery Openings, Brewer Interviews, and Travelogues.

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You can now find us on our Discord Server here: The Beer Thrillers (Discord Server). We’ve also joined LinkTree to keep track of all of our social media pages, as well as hot new articles we’ve written.

The Beer Thrillers are a blog that prides itself on writing beer reviews, brewery reviews, travelogues, news (especially local to the Central PA brewery scene), as well as covering other topics of our interests – such as hiking, literature and books, board games, and video games which we sometimes stream with our friends over at Knights of Nostalgia. We are currently listed as #7 on FeedSpot’s “Top 100 Beer Blogs” and #9 on FeedSpot’s “Top 40 Pennsylvania Blogs”. Thank you for reading our site today, please subscribe, follow, and bookmark. Please reach out to us if you are interested in working together. Thank you!

It’s the Final (….four)…. Count Down

Its the final four…. count down. Four flagship beers remain. Four breweries who brewed those flagship beers remain. They hail from all parts of… well… the United States, and they have all entered into this gladiator pit (pretty much unwillingly, I kind of just picked them, threw them in there, and you guys voted on them like a bunch of Roman Emperors, determining who survives and who doesn’t). But anyway, these fine gladiators come here to duke it out, and see who goes on to our finals next week.

Yes, that means its the Final Four! And basically the semi finals of the tournament! The four breweries that remain are:

• The Alchemist (from Stowe, Vermont)
• Toppling Goliath (from Decorah, Iowa)
• Von C Brewing (from Norristown, Pennsylvania)
• Troegs Independent Craft Brewing (from Hershey, Pennsylvania)

The Final Four Competitors

Its interesting to note the final four that we have. The Alchemist and Toppling Goliath are giants in the feed, well known from across the country. Troegs Independent Craft Brewing is a regional staple in the eastern area with a decently large distribution footprint – especially well known in Pennsylvania (its the second largest brewery in the state), and there is the little David in this fight – Von C Brewing out of Norristown, PA. Who have been on a hot streak, as a new brewery, wracking up wins and records all over the place. The biggest – as far as we are concerned here at The Beer Thrillers – is they won this year’s Battle of the Breweries (2022). You can see their win here: And the Winner Is….. (2022).

So this is certainly a heated up final four. Two industry giants and favorites, a brewery that is a regional giant and is celebrating their 25th anniversary, and a brewery just over a year old that keeps winning awards and medals left and right. So who becomes the true winner? We shall see! You guys will decide!

Who Did We Lose?

Who did we lose and that didn’t make it from the Elite Eight to the Final Four? (Because sadly, somebody’s bottle has to be broken.) They were:

• (14) Rotunda Brewing Company – Annville IPA
• (23) Tattered Flag – TMI PA
• (3) Lawson’s Finest Liquids – Sip of Sunshine
• (11) Rubber Soul Brewing Company – Dropout

How Did They Get Here?

How did we get here with these brewed gladiators? Check out these other pages of the tournament to find out:

• The Battle of the Beers (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 32 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 32 (Results – Recap) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 16 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 16 (Results – Recap) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 8 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 8 (Results) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 4 (Voting) (2022)

Voting

The remaining schedule of voting for the tournament goes as such:

• Round of 4: July 22nd – July 28th at 11:59PM (EST)
• Round of 2: July 29th – August 4th at 11:59PM (EST)

You can vote daily, so be sure to bookmark and come back and vote each day. Also be sure to share this post on all of your different social media platforms to get your friends and fans to vote as well.

So let’s vote:

Things Are Certainly Heating Up

And I don’t just mean the temperature – which it is that too (it has been a scorcher of a week here in Central PA). But we are down to the Final Four of the tournament, so we have just two rounds left. This week and next week’s finals heads up matchup. Who will walk away top dog / top beer / top whatever? You guys will decide!

Wrap Up

Thank you all for checking out the results and participating in the tournament. This is our first Battle of the Beers tournament, but our third tournament overall (after having done a Battle of the Breweries (2021) and a Battle of the Breweries (2022)). These are a lot of fun to run and manage, and its great to see the participation of the fans and community. So I just want to thank everyone for coming to The Beer Thrillers blog and participating in the tournament. You guys make all this happen and without you there would be no tournaments or The Beer Thrillers in general. So we greatly appreciate all your support and everything.

Lots and Lots and Lots and Lots Going On

There is always lots and lots and lots and lots going on here at The Beer Thrillers. Please check out the site, look at all the different articles by numerous writers (myself – B. Kline, Josh – J. Doncevic, Default Brewing, Karl’s great homebrewing article, Amy’s articles, etc.). With us being halfway through the year, we have a new slew of content that is out, or is coming out shortly (list articles and the such), so be on the lookout for that. Also the layout should soon be getting a change, so that will hopefully make the site look nicer. (Excuse the dust while we work.)

There is always beer reviews, brewery reviews, travelogues, and news so always be checking back to see that. Also look for upcoming podcasts, and even YouTube videos soon. And if you check out our Facebook page, you’ll see that I occasionally do live video game streaming with our friend Drew over at Knights of Nostalgia.

Thanks For Reading

Thank you all so very much for participating in the tournament! Hope your having as much of a blast in it as we are running it here! Try and stay cool and drink some good beers on this hot day!

Cheers!

-B. Kline

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And Then There Was Four

And so we continue on in the treacherous gladiatorial pits of the Battle of the Beers. Broken beer bottles, smashed beer cans, crumpled kegs, dented crowlers, and bottle openers turned shivs lay everywhere. The best of the hops, barley, and malts are being eyed up by our remaining four gladiators.

The dust is beginning to settle, and four victorious beers and breweries have emerged, leaving the crumpled husks of their defeated opponents laying behind them. As we move onto the final four, let’s see who we lost from this past round.

The Defeated

These four competitors put up a hard fight, making it to the round of the Elite Eight, but sadly coming up short and unable to continue on to the Final Four:

• Rotunda Brewing Company – Annville IPA
• Tattered Flag – TMI PA
• Lawson’s Finest Liquids – Sip of Sunshine
• Rubber Soul Brewing Company – Dropout

The Victorious

So who does that leave us with in the Final Four? These hardened, grizzled, toughened veterans of the beer and brewery gladiator pits:

• The Alchemist – Heady Topper
• Toppling Goliath – Pseudo Sue
• Von C Brewing – Walking on Clouds
• Troegs Brewing Company – Perpetual IPA

How Did They Get Here

How did we get here with these brewed gladiators? Check out these other pages of the tournament to find out:

• The Battle of the Beers (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 32 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 32 (Results – Recap) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 16 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 16 (Results – Recap) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 8 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 8 (Results) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 4 (Voting) (2022)

The Round of 8 Results

Lets get down to it and see how the Round of 8 played out:

• (1) The Alchemist – Heady Topper (with 37 votes) defeated (14) Rotunda Brewing Company – Annville IPA (with 21 votes)
• (4) Toppling Goliath – Pseudo Sue (with 39 votes) defeated (23) Tattered Flag – TMI PA (with 19 votes)
• (9) Von C Brewing – Walking on Clouds (with 130 votes) defeated (3) Lawson’s Finest Liquids – Sip of Sunshine (with 30 votes)
• (18) Troegs Independent Craft Brewing – Perpetual IPA (with 30 votes) defeated (11) Rubber Soul Brewing Company – Dropout (with 29 votes)

Statistics

Let’s break it down now:

• Von C Brewing – Walking on Clouds had the most votes with 130 votes.
• Von C Brewing’s Walking on Clouds also had the highest margin of victory (100 votes).
• Lawson’s Finest Liquids – Sip of Sunshine received 30 votes, which is the same as a winner this round (Troeg’s Brewing’s Perpetual IPA).
• Upsets this round were:
  • (9) Von C Brewing – Walking on Clouds defeating (3) Lawson’s Finest Liquids – Sip of Sunshine
  • (18) Troeg’s Independent Craft Brewing – Perpetual IPA defeating (11) Rubber Soul Brewing Company – Dropout

Voting

I will be posting the next round of voting shortly (the Round of 4 or the Final Four). I want to say it will be done in the next few minutes, but I am most likely getting called out for quick errands, so it’s looking more like noon. (I was busy spending my 7AM and 8AM squashing Spotted Lanternflies on my hops and roses, or I would have gotten the results page done at 8 and the voting page up at 9.)

But, either way, look for it in the next 2 – 3 hours at the latest.

The remaining schedule of voting for the tournament goes as such:

• Round of 4: July 22nd – July 28th at 11:59PM (EST)
• Round of 2: July 29th – August 4th at 11:59PM (EST)

Things Are Certainly Heating Up

And I don’t just mean the temperature – which it is that too (it has been a scorcher of a week here in Central PA). But we are down to the Final Four of the tournament, so we have just two rounds left. This week and next week’s finals heads up matchup. Who will walk away top dog / top beer / top whatever? You guys will decide!

Wrap Up

Thank you all for checking out the results and participating in the tournament. This is our first Battle of the Beers tournament, but our third tournament overall (after having done a Battle of the Breweries (2021) and a Battle of the Breweries (2022)). These are a lot of fun to run and manage, and its great to see the participation of the fans and community. So I just want to thank everyone for coming to The Beer Thrillers blog and participating in the tournament. You guys make all this happen and without you there would be no tournaments or The Beer Thrillers in general. So we greatly appreciate all your support and everything.

Other Articles

There is lots of great new articles, so be sure to stay informed and in – tuned with us here at The Beer Thrillers. You can find us on all of our various social media platforms (buttons and links to the right currently). Also on the right (currently) you can find lots of our newest articles – which there is a lot of! So take a look and please check them out! We greatly appreciate it!

Thanks For Reading

Thank you all for reading, following along with the results, and voting in the tournament. These tournaments sure are fun and its interesting to see who all everyone is voting for! Keep up the hard work voting, and I’ll keep up the hard work with the tournaments.

We have lots of great new articles and stuff, so be sure to take a look at all of our newest content. It means the world to us that you are all reading everything we are putting out there. Thanks so much!

Cheers All!

-B. Kline

As always, thank you everyone for reading! Leave your likes, comments, suggestions, questions, etc, in the comments section. Or use the Feedback – Contact Us – page, and we’ll get right back to you! You can also reach out to us at our direct e-mail address: thebeerthrillers@gmail.com

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One last time, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read this article, and our other articles. It really means a lot to us. Thank you all very much for all of the support you have shown us. Be sure to comment, subscribe, follow, and check out other articles and our social media. We are always working and striving here at The Beer Thrillers to grow and do a lot more for everyone. Thanks to everyone who views and visits us. We are currently #7 on FeedSpot’s “Top 100 Beer Blogs” and currently #9 on FeedSpot’s “Top 40 Pennsylvania Blogs”. Your support is so very greatly appreciated. Thank you.

We’re Moving On

The competition is slimming down again, getting hardened by steel and flint, and moving on. The victorious are once again trudging into battle whilst the defeated head home with their heads low – some on the backs of their shields, spears across their chest.

That’s right, we’re now onto the next round and stage of The Battle of the Beers. We’ve gone from 32 competitors to 16, and now to 8. The battle is beginning to really heat up as we start getting closer and closer to the true champion.

Might this all be hyperbole? 100%…. but either way ‘ya’ gotta love it as we forge on in this great testament of will and power and hop and barley and malt!

So let’s see who all is left!

The Final 8 Competitors

So let’s see who these tried and true, tested and vetted warriors of the Beer Gladiator Pits are:

• The Alchemist (with Heady Topper)
• Rotunda Brewing (with Annville IPA)
• Tattered Flag (with TMI PA)
• Toppling Goliath (with Pseudo Sue)
• Lawson’s Finest Liquids (with Sip of Sunshine)
• Von C Brewing (with Walking on Clouds)
• Rubber Soul (with Dropout)
• Troeg’s Brewing (with Perpetual IPA)

How Did They Get Here

How did we get here with these brewed gladiators? Check out these other pages of the tournament to find out:

• The Battle of the Beers (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 32 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 32 (Results – Recap) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 16 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 16 (Results – Recap) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 8 (Voting) (2022)

Remaining Weeks of Voting

The remaining voting schedule is as such:

• Round of 8: July 15th – July 21st at 11:59PM (EST)
• Round of 4: July 22nd – July 28th at 11:59PM (EST)
• Round of 2: July 29th – August 4th at 11:59PM (EST)

Rules

The rules are relatively simple. Each day you can vote (so make sure you come back daily to vote), just open up this article and go through the voting block clicking on the beers you want to win. You can share and post this on your various social medias to help the beers you want to win. (In fact…. I highly recommend you share this article as often and in as many places as possible. Hell, even post a screenshot of it on your library’s community board… why not?!)

Enough Yammering…. Lets Vote!

Alright, alright, I hear ya… enough yammering. Let’s get right down to it and vote:

Remember – you can vote daily. So be sure to come back and keep voting!

Blog Update

There’s been quite some news here for us at The Beer Thrillers. Amy and I are expecting our first daughter (together) (I have three daughters with my ex – wife). She is due in November.

But we do have lots of stuff on the lookout. We are still working on getting the podcast set up and to go live (or recorded) with that soon. We are also looking at getting a new layout for the blog, that will hopefully look a lot nicer, be smoother, and easier to use.

We also have some great new articles I am hoping that will be all dropping in the next few days – including a few brewery reviews / visits as well as getting some beer reviews done (I know its been a little bit of a while), as well as several news articles. We also have some big articles that will be dropping as well. (Also, hope you all like ‘list’ articles, because we have several with it being the halfway point of the year. I know a lot of blogs and pages are doing similar, and we’ve decided to follow suit. So, hopefully that will rank up there with some stuff you all will enjoy.) Lots of these should be up now, or up in the near future. As well as several articles about the US Beer Open Competition. (Like Wallenpaupack Brewing’s two gold medals, Wolf Brewing’s one gold medal, and Sun King Brewery winning Grand National.)

Amy is also transitioning to her new job, so she is a bit busy, but will be getting back into the flow here at TBT – HQ (The Beer Thrillers HQ…. like I said…. name in progress.)

But thank you all for all the continued support you are showing us here at the blog and our social medias. It really means a lot. We just hit 2K followers on Facebook and we’ve been hovering right around 500 followers on Instagram. So thank you all very much for following us! We appreciate all the love and support so very very very very much!

As always, we are looking to grow, expand, and innovate here at The Beer Thrillers. These tournaments are a blast to run, and I hope everyone is enjoying them just as much as we are hosting them. We are always on the lookout for writers as well and other people who would like to become involved with The Beer Thrillers, if you are interested, you can contact us directly at thebeerthrillers@gmail.com and we will get back to you.

Thanks for reading!

Thanks For Reading

Once again – as always – thanks for reading. I hope you are enjoying the tournament, as well as the wrap up and heads up on the state of the blog. (Some of that was copy and pasted from the Round of 32 post, but it holds true all the same.) Lots of stuff going on here at the blog, both behind the scenes, and in front of your screens. So keep your eyeballs peeled… well… that just sounds nasty… whatever… just stay on the lookout!

This tournament has been a blast so far, and I hope you are all enjoying it as well. Keep voting and sharing! We are coming down to the wire, lets see who wins our first Annual Battle of the Beers!

Cheers All!

-B. Kline

As always, thank you everyone for reading! Leave your likes, comments, suggestions, questions, etc, in the comments section. Or use the Feedback – Contact Us – page, and we’ll get right back to you! You can also reach out to us at our direct e-mail address: thebeerthrillers@gmail.com

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The Round of 16

Competition is slimming down again as we enter week three and move onto the final eight beers and their corresponding breweries. The round of 16 has just wrapped up and its time to announce the winners and what beers are moving on to round of 8.

First, let’s take a look at how we got here.

The Battle of the Beers

We are now onto week three of the Battle of the Beers, and its down to eight beers left. So how did we get here? Well glad you asked – because it lets me link you to the articles that have discussed that:

• The Battle of the Beers (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 32 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 32 (Results – Recap) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 16 (Voting) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 16 (Results – Recap) (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers – Round of 8 (Voting) (2022)

The Round of 16 Results

• (1) The Alchemist – Heady Topper (18 votes) defeated (17) Boneshire Brew Works – Green (15 votes)
• (14) Rotunda Brewing – Annville IPA (20 votes) defeated (12) Pizza Boy – Murren River (12 votes)
• (23) Tattered Flag – TMI PA (24 votes) defeated (8) Bell’s Brewery – Two Hearted Ale (14 votes)
• (4) Toppling Goliath – Pseudo Sue (29 votes) defeated (6) Dewey Beer Co – Swishy Pants (6 votes)
• (3) Lawson’s Finest Liquids – Sip of Sunshine (26 votes) defeated (28) Sierra Nevada – Pale Ale (12 votes)
• (9) Von C Brewing – Walking on Clouds (77 votes) defeated (7) Ommegang – Three Philosophers (16 votes)
• (11) Rubber Soul – Dropout (23 votes) defeated (13) Deschutes Brewing – Fresh Squeezed (11 votes)
• (18) Troegs Brewing – Perpetual IPA (22 votes) (2) Tree House – Green (16 votes)

News and Notes and Statistics

Some statistics of the Round of 16:

• Von C Brewing’s Walking on Clouds had the most votes at 77
• Dewey Beer Co’s Swishy Pants had the least votes with 6
• The closest margin of victory was (1) The Alchemist – Heady Topper defeating (17) Boneshire Brew Works – Green by 3 votes
• The largest margin of victory was (9) Von C Brewing – Walking on Clouds defeating (7) Ommegang – Three Philosophers by 61 votes
• Upsets:
  • (14) Rotunda Brewing defeated (12) Pizza Boy
  • (23) Tattered Flag defeated (8) Bell’s Brewery
  • (9) Von C Brewing defeated (7) Ommegang
  • (18) Troeg’s Brewing defeated (2) Tree House

Breweries Left

Who all is left? The following eight breweries are still in the battle:

• (1) The Alchemist (with Heady Topper)
• (14) Rotunda Brewing (with Annville IPA)
• (23) Tattered Flag (with TMI PA)
• (4) Toppling Goliath (with Pseudo Sue)
• (3) Lawson’s Finest Liquids (with Sip of Sunshine)
• (9) Von C Brewing (with Walking on Clouds)
• (11) Rubber Soul (with Dropout)
• (18) Troegs Brewing (with Perpetual IPA)

Voting

The Round of 8 voting article will be going live in the next 15 – 20 minutes. You can find it here:

• The Battle of the Beers – The Round of 8 (Voting) (2022)

The remaining schedule of voting for the tournament goes as such:

• Round of 8: July 15th – July 21st at 11:59PM (EST)
• Round of 4: July 22nd – July 28th at 11:59PM (EST)
• Round of 2: July 29th – August 4th at 11:59PM (EST)

You can vote daily for your favorite beers. So be sure to check in each day to vote, and also be sure to share the voting article on all of your social medias. Make sure all your friends know they can vote daily and spread the word.

Wrap Up

Thank you all for checking out the results and participating in the tournament. This is our first Battle of the Beers tournament, but our third tournament overall (after having done a Battle of the Breweries (2021) and a Battle of the Breweries (2022)). These are a lot of fun to run and manage, and its great to see the participation of the fans and community. So I just want to thank everyone for coming to The Beer Thrillers blog and participating in the tournament. You guys make all this happen and without you there would be no tournaments or The Beer Thrillers in general. So we greatly appreciate all your support and everything.

Thanks For Reading

As always at the end of my articles I like to give a little shout out and say thanks to everyone for reading. I also typically give an update on where we are. Quite a few news articles have popped up here on the blog, so be sure to check them out. A few articles about the US Beer Open Competition – (Wallenpaupack Brewing winning two golds, Wolf Brewing winning a gold, and Sun King Brewery winning Grand National Champion). Also halfway through the year lists using Untappd data, and more.

We are also in the background working on revamping the site’s layout and hopefully that’ll be done by the end of the month (fingers crossed). We are also working on starting up the podcast. So be sure to check that out when it goes live.

Once again I just want to reiterate my thanks for everyone coming to the site, reading what we write, and getting involved in tournaments, polls, and other things. It really does mean a lot. Thank you all so very much!

Cheers All!

-B. Kline

As always, thank you everyone for reading! Leave your likes, comments, suggestions, questions, etc, in the comments section. Or use the Feedback – Contact Us – page, and we’ll get right back to you! You can also reach out to us at our direct e-mail address: thebeerthrillers@gmail.com

Thank you for visiting our blog. Please make sure to follow, bookmark, subscribe, and make sure to comment and leave feedback and like the blog posts you read. It will help us to better tailor the blog to you, the readers, likes and make this a better blog for everyone.

You can check out our different directories here: Beer Reviews, Hike Reviews, Book Reviews, Brewery News, Brewery Openings, Brewer Interviews, and Travelogues.

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Onto the Round of 16

Week two has begun and we’re now down to 16 flagship beers and their breweries! Congratulations to the 16 breweries and their flagship beers that have moved on. We do have a results page showing who won here: The Battle of the Beers (2022) – Round of 32 Results.

For the articles on the tournament so far, you can check them out here:

• The Battle of the Beers (2022)
• The Battle of the Beers (2022) – Round of 32 (Voting)
• The Battle of the Beers (2022) – Round of 32 (Results)

Remaining Voting Schedule

The remaining voting schedule is:

• Round of 16: July 8th – July 14th at 11:59PM (EST)
• Round of 8: July 15th – July 21st at 11:59PM (EST)
• Round of 4: July 22nd – July 28th at 11:59PM (EST)
• Round of 2: July 29th – August 4th at 11:59PM (EST)

Please remember – you can vote once per day.

Voting

So let’s get right down to it, and get to the voting! Here is this week’s beers to vote on (The Round of 16):

You can vote once per day. The voting for this round (round of 16) will end on July 14th at 11:59PM EST. So you have just under one week to vote.

Beers and Breweries Left

Quick recap of where we’re at – the following beers and their breweries that are left are:

• The Alchemist – Heady Topper
• Boneshire Brew Works – Green Machine
• Rotunda Brewing – Annville IPA
• Pizza Boy – Murren River
• Tattered Flag – TMI PA
• Bell’s Brewery – Two Hearted Ale
• Dewey Beer Co. – Swishy Pants
• Toppling Goliath – Pseudo Sue
• Lawson’s Finest Liquids – Sip of Sunshine
• Sierra Nevada – Pale Ale
• Ommegang – Three Philosophers
• Von C Brewing – Walking on Clouds
• Rubber Soul – Dropout
• Deschutes Brewing – Fresh Squeezed
• Troegs Brewing – Perpetual IPA
• Tree House Brewing – Green

So there is still an eclectic mix left. Be sure to like and bookmark this page so you can follow along with the voting! And also be sure you to share on all of your social media pages and tag friends and breweries involved as well!

Blog Update

So, just to give everyone a bit of some news. This post is going up a little bit later than intended (got the results post done before the doctor’s appointment, but this one is going up afterwards). There’s been quite some news here for us at The Beer Thrillers. Amy and I are expecting our first daughter (together) (I have three daughters with my ex – wife). She is due in November.

Also, on Sunday my aunt passed away. So things have been in a little bit of an up and down state here at Bender Braus Brewery / The Beer Thrillers homestead / The Beer Thrillers HQ. (Working names in progress I suppose.)

But we do have lots of stuff on the lookout. We are still working on getting the podcast set up and to go live (or recorded) with that soon. We are also looking at getting a new layout for the blog, that will hopefully look a lot nicer, be smoother, and easier to use.

We also have some great new articles I am hoping that will be all dropping in the next few days – including a few brewery reviews / visits as well as getting some beer reviews done (I know its been a little bit of a while), as well as several news articles. We also have some big articles that will be dropping as well. (Also, hope you all like ‘list’ articles, because we have several with it being the halfway point of the year. I know a lot of blogs and pages are doing similar, and we’ve decided to follow suit. So, hopefully that will rank up there with some stuff you all will enjoy.)

Amy is also transitioning to her new job, so she is a bit busy, but will be getting back into the flow here at TBT – HQ (The Beer Thrillers HQ…. like I said…. name in progress.)

But thank you all for all the continued support you are showing us here at the blog and our social medias. It really means a lot. We just hit 2K followers on Facebook and we’ve been hovering right around 500 followers on Instagram. So thank you all very much for following us! We appreciate all the love and support so very very very very much!

As always, we are looking to grow, expand, and innovate here at The Beer Thrillers. These tournaments are a blast to run, and I hope everyone is enjoying them just as much as we are hosting them. We are always on the lookout for writers as well and other people who would like to become involved with The Beer Thrillers, if you are interested, you can contact us directly at thebeerthrillers@gmail.com and we will get back to you.

Thanks for reading!

Thanks For Reading

Like I do with every post and article, I enjoy ending with a “Thanks for Reading” section that has some upcoming projects, news, and what we’re doing behind the scenes, and then goes into my ‘end credits’ paragraphs. I did most of that in the above section, but just want to throw out a few other things here.

Firstly, I want to thank everyone for the support. Secondly, I want to thank everyone who has taken an interest in the tournaments we do here, and that we really hope everyone enjoys them.

Thirdly, we’re looking at a busy weekend. Today and tomorrow is the annual Ffej of July (if you know – you know). Drew, Amy, myself, and several other friends (maybe Jason, Andy Parys, maybe even Amy’s mom SueAnn), and of course lots of our other friends in the industry and craft beer community will be hanging out. We are also looking to get back out on the road soon and hit up some fun breweries and check out some new places, so please be sure to stay tuned for all that.

Ok, enough rambling, get out there and vote and share this for everyone to vote as well! Thank you all for reading and supporting us and have a great weekend!

Cheers All!

-B. Kline

As always, thank you everyone for reading! Leave your likes, comments, suggestions, questions, etc, in the comments section. Or use the Feedback – Contact Us – page, and we’ll get right back to you! You can also reach out to us at our direct e-mail address: thebeerthrillers@gmail.com

Thank you for visiting our blog. Please make sure to follow, bookmark, subscribe, and make sure to comment and leave feedback and like the blog posts you read. It will help us to better tailor the blog to you, the readers, likes and make this a better blog for everyone.

You can check out our different directories here: Beer Reviews, Hike Reviews, Book Reviews, Brewery News, Brewery Openings, Brewer Interviews, and Travelogues.

Please be sure to follow us on our social media accounts – Facebook, Facebook Group, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Influence. Please be sure to also follow, like, subscribe to the blog here itself to keep updated. We love to hear from you guys, so be sure to leave a comment and let us know what you think!

Round 32 Has Officially Ended

The first round (the round of 32) of our first ever ‘Battle of the Beers’ has officially ended. This is officially the results page of that first round, and the next round of voting (for the round of 16) will be up shortly.

There were a few upsets in the first round, but generally speaking, it was a pretty by the book first round. I will go over the rules of the tournament, and list the breweries, and then move onto the results of the first round.

Firstly, to find the first round of voting, you can click here: The Battle of the Beers (2022) – Round of 32 Voting. (And the original article here: The Battle of the Beers (2022)).

The Rules

The rules are quite simple, and they follow pretty much the same guideline as how I did the Battle of the Breweries. This is a 32 beer tournament bracket. Straight bracket, no reseeding after each round. The beers were ranked by their Untappd rating as of last night. In the cases where the beers had the same rating, I flipped a coin to determine which would be the higher seed.

There is no conferences, divisions, etc. – its just one simple straight 32 beer bracket.

The rules are pretty simple, every week the tournament bracket will be posted. You go down the line up of heads up matches and pick the beers you like. You can vote once per day. Make sure to share on your social media platforms to try and help the beer / breweries you want to win.

The voting schedule is:

• Round of 32: July 1st – July 7th at 11:59PM (EST)
• Round of 16: July 8th – July 14th at 11:59PM (EST)
• Round of 8: July 15th – July 21st at 11:59PM (EST)
• Round of 4: July 22nd – July 28th at 11:59PM (EST)
• Round of 2: July 29th – August 4th at 11:59PM (EST)

The selection process is mostly arbitrary (welcome to the world of The Beer Thrillers). Generally, there were a few simple rules I followed:

• It had to be a beer I’ve had before
• It had to have at least a 3 star rating on Untappd
• I tried to pick some well known – nation wide distributed beers, some local breweries (local to us here at The Beer Thrillers), and a few “high end” / “high quality” / “top of the line” brewery flagships.

This is clearly not a list of beers based on any kind of science. This is purely meant for fun and just to have a good time. Please leave all feelings and egos at the door.

It is a single division bracket, instead of doing two conferences of 16 each, I decided to make it a simple one direct division of 32. So this will make for some interesting, and tough match – ups early on in the brackets for some. Its rather simple, but top of the bracket is 1. vs. 32, and the bottom of the bracket is 2. vs. 31. After that it alternated middle of the branch and stuff to keep it somewhat balanced, but in the dead center of the bracket you are going to get some tough early match – ups between similar number ranked beers. (A four vs. a six in the second round, and a seven vs. a nine as well!)

Round One Results

Ok, enough jabbering and jawing, lets get to the results, so we can get to voting for round 2!

• 1. The Alchemist – Heady Topper (62 votes) defeated 32. Newcastle – Brown Ale (10 votes)
• 2. Tree House – Green (55 votes) defeated 31. Yuengling – Lager (20 votes)
• 3. Laweson’s Finest Liquids – Sip of Sunshine (54 votes) defeated 30. New Belgium – Fat Tire (19 votes)
• 4. Toppling Goliath – Pseudo Sue (55 votes) defeated 29. Moo – Duck Brewery – Hoppy Toad IPA (15 votes)
• 28. Sierra Nevada – Pale Ale (48 votes) defeated 5. New Holland – Dragon’s Milk (26 votes)
• 6. Dewey Beer Co. – Swishy Pants (53 votes) defeated 27. Snitz Creek Brewery – Blueberry Cream Ale (18 votes)
• 7. Ommegang – Three Philosophers (55 votes) defeated 26. Zero – Day Brewing – Mango Habanero (20 votes)
• 8. Bell’s Brewery – Two Hearted Ale (60 votes) defeated 25. Founder’s – All Day IPA (14 votes)
• 9. Von C Brewing – Walking on Clouds (118 votes) defeated 24. Rogue – Dead Guy Ale (25 votes)
• 23. Tattered Flag – TMI PA (38 votes) defeated 10. Cigar City – Jai Alai (36 votes)
• 11. Rubber Soul – Dropout (48 votes) defeated 22. Laguinitas – IPA (30 votes)
• 12. Pizza Boy – Murren River (43 votes) defeated 21. Victory Brewing – Golden Monkey (36 votes)
• 13. Deschutes – Fresh Squeezed (50 votes) defeated 20. Bunnyman Brewing – Pink Nightmare (34 votes)
• 14. Rotunda Brewing – Annville IPA (54 votes) defeated 19. RAR Brewing – Nanticoke Nectar (23 votes)
• 18. Troegs Brewing – Perpetual IPA (49 votes) defeated 15. Hemauer Brewing – Lucky Lobster (37 votes)
• 17. Boneshire Brew Works – Green Machine (45 votes) defeated 16. Dogfish Head – 60 Minute (44 votes)

Stats

Some stats from the first round of voting:

• Number of beers that won with 55 votes: 3
• The beer with the most votes: Von C Brewing’s “Walking on Clouds” with 118 votes
• The biggest margin of victory was Von C Brewing’s “Walking on Clouds” with a 93 vote differential
• Upsets:
  • Sierra Nevada – Pale Ale defeating New Holland – Dragon’s Milk
  • Tattered Flag – TMI PA defeating Cigar City – Jai Alai
  • Troegs Brewing – Perpetual IPA defeating Hemauer Brewing – Lucky Lobster
  • Boneshire Brew Works – Green Machine defeating Dogfish Head – 60 Minute

Voting

The voting article will be up shortly for round two (or “The Round of 16”). It will be up anywhere from 7AM to 10AM, depending. (We have an appointment to go to this morning, and I’m working on getting it done quickly. Today will be a busy day.)

Here is a preview of the round of 16 though:

• 1. The Alchemist – Heady Topper vs. 17. Boneshire Brew Works – Green Machine
• 14. Rotunda Brewing – Annville IPA vs. 12. Pizza Boy – Murren River
• 23. Tattered Flag – TMI PA vs. 8. Bell’s Brewery – Two Hearted Ale
• 6. Dewey Beer Co. – Swishy Pants vs. 4. Toppling Goliath – Pseudo Sue
• 3. Lawson’s Finest Liquids – Sip of Sunshine vs. 28. Sierra Nevada – Pale Ale
• 7. Ommegang – Three Philosophers vs. 9. Von C Brewing – Walking on Clouds
• 11. Rubber Soul – Dropout vs. 13. Deschutes – Fresh Squeezed
• 18. Troegs Brewing – Perpetual IPA vs. 2. Tree House – Green

Round of 16

The voting article will go up shortly. Voting will run from today (July 8th) until July 14th at 11:59PM EST. You are able to vote once per day. Make sure you share the article on social media to make sure the beers you want to win get their votes.

Thanks For Reading

Lots of articles coming out today and recently. Today is also a big day. So I will hopefully get time to get some articles up today (as well as the voting article). Tonight also kicks off Ffej of July 2022 which Drew, Amy, and myself will be attending. As well as tons and tons of our friends. (Maybe I’ll see you there?).

Thank you everyone for reading the blog. Make sure to subscribe and follow. Like I said, we just posted several new articles, and several more should be getting posted today, tomorrow, and Sunday. (Some are news articles, a brewery review, a beer review, as well as updates about the blog, and what we’re all up to – like the Ffej of July, etc.).

Let us know your thoughts too! Comment below to let us know your thoughts, opinions, questions, or whatever you’d like. We always love hearing from our readers!

Ok, time to get going, I think we’re heading down to Bill’s Diner for breakfast, and then our appointment, and then hopefully I’ll have that voting article up!

Cheers All!

-B. Kline

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Welcome to the Opening Round

Welcome everyone to my newest idea here on the blog. Inspired by the March Madness tournament I’ve done the past two years, I’ve decided to try and do a similar single bracket tournament for “flagship beers”. We all pretty much know what flagship beers are – the beer we most associate with a brewery. Their full year release beer, the one you can find anywhere (if you can find that brewery distributed), the one everyone has most likely had from that brewery, etc, etc. So I decided I would take 32 flagship beers from 32 different breweries, and throw them into a heads up competition.

What could be more fun in the slow (for beer blogging anyway) summer months here at The Beer Thrillers?!

The Selection Process

The selection process is mostly arbitrary (welcome to the world of The Beer Thrillers). Generally, there were a few simple rules I followed:

• It had to be a beer I’ve had before
• It had to have at least a 3 star rating on Untappd
• I tried to pick some well known – nation wide distributed beers, some local breweries (local to us here at The Beer Thrillers), and a few “high end” / “high quality” / “top of the line” brewery flagships.

This is clearly not a list of beers based on any kind of science. This is purely meant for fun and just to have a good time. Please leave all feelings and egos at the door.

The Rules

The rules are quite simple, and they follow pretty much the same guideline as how I did the Battle of the Breweries. This is a 32 beer tournament bracket. Straight bracket, no reseeding after each round. The beers were ranked by their Untappd rating as of last night. In the cases where the beers had the same rating, I flipped a coin to determine which would be the higher seed.

There is no conferences, divisions, etc. – its just one simple straight 32 beer bracket.

As I stated in yesterday’s “heads up” blog post about this: The Battle of the Beers (2022) Tournament.

The rules are pretty simple, every week the tournament bracket will be posted. You go down the line up of heads up matches and pick the beers you like. You can vote once per day. Make sure to share on your social media platforms to try and help the beer / breweries you want to win.

The voting schedule is:

• Round of 32: July 1st – July 7th at 11:59PM (EST)
• Round of 16: July 8th – July 14th at 11:59PM (EST)
• Round of 8: July 15th – July 21st at 11:59PM (EST)
• Round of 4: July 22nd – July 28th at 11:59PM (EST)
• Round of 2: July 29th – August 4th at 11:59PM (EST)

Beers and Breweries Involved

Ok, before we get to the voting, since this is the first round, lets see who all is involved!

Below is a straight list of the 32 breweries with their flagship beers, with their Untappd rating, and the order they are ranked in the tournament:

1. The Alchemist – Headdy Topper (4.54)
2. Tree House – Green (4.43)
3. Lawson’s Finest Liquids – Sip of Sunshine (4.33)
4. Toppling Goliath – Pseudo Sue (4.13)
5. New Holland – Dragon’s Milk (4.06)
6. Dewey Beer – Swishy Pants (4.05)
7. Omnegang – Three Philosophers (3.95)
8. Bell’s Brewery – Two Hearted Ale (3.95)
9. Von C Brewing – Walking on Clouds (3.94)
10. Cigar City – Jai Alai (3.93)
11. Rubber Soul – Dropout (3.92)
12. Pizza Boy – Murren River (3.91)
13. Deschutes – Fresh Squeezed (3.91)
14. Rotunda Brewing – Annville IPA (3.9)
15. Hemauer Brewing – Lucky Lobster (3.89)
16. Dogfish Head – 60 Minute (3.85)
17. Boneshire Brew Works – Green Machine (3.8)
18. Troegs Independent Craft Brewing – Perpetual IPA (3.8)
19. RAR Brewing – Nanticoke Nectar (3.8)
20. Bunnyman Brewing – Pink Nightmare (3.78)
21. Victory – Golden Monkey (3.75)
22. Laguinitas – IPA (3.72)
23. Tattered Flag – TMI PA (3.71)
24. Rogue – Dead Guy Ale (3.71)
25. Founder’s – All Day IPA (3.7)
26. Zero-Day Brewing – Mango Habanero (3.69)
27. Snitz Creek Brewery – Blueberry Cream Ale (3.68)
28. Sierra Nevada – Pale Ale (3.63)
29. Moo – Duck Brewery – Hoppy Toad IPA (3.58)
30. New Belgium – Fat Tire (3.58)
31. Yuengling – Lager (3.49)
32. Newcastle – Brown Ale (3.39)

Ok, thats the list of them all. You can see there’s a wide variety of big distributed beers, local to Central PA beers, some high quality high end beers, and some easier to get, obvious lower tier beers.

Lets get to voting!

Voting

Ok, lets get to voting, and let the fun and games begin! You can vote once per day per location. Please be sure to share on social media platforms this page to let others vote in the tournament as well. This should be a lot of fun!

Good luck to the breweries and to the beers and may the best beer win!

Thanks For Reading

I always like to end each blog post saying how I’d like to thank everyone for checking out the page and for reading. You can find all of our links to the right (for now) and to check out some of our newest articles by our different writers. Amy, Josh, Karl, Andy, myself, and past writers like AJ and the guest posts, offer a large sampling of articles to read from. We also have beer reviews, brewery reviews, brewery news, local articles, travelogues, beer fest news, brew fest activities and events, hike reviews, book reviews, brewer interviews, and soon podcasts. We are working on a new layout for the page, so things may look different in the future, but the articles will still all be here.

You can even bookmark this page or the individual page you want and come back for more later!

Thank you all very very very much for reading and sharing. It really means a lot to us!

Cheers!

-B. Kline

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Thank you for visiting our blog. Please make sure to follow, bookmark, subscribe, and make sure to comment and leave feedback and like the blog posts you read. It will help us to better tailor the blog to you, the readers, likes and make this a better blog for everyone.

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