And The Winner Is….

Your new… reigning…. and defending… undisputed champion of The Battle of the Breweries is……

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VON C BREWING COMPANY out of Norristown, Pennsylvania!

Congratulations Von C Brewing and all of the brewers, staff, workers, and fans who helped vote, share, and come to the blog.

Thank You

First, I’d like to give a big shout out to everyone! I mean – absolutely everyone! From all the different breweries, staff, workers, fans, and readers of the blog. You have made this a tremendous success. The tournament this year totally blew away the tournament last year, both in volume of results, number of breweries involved, in shares, likes, comments, in clicks and views and visitors to the blog, to every possible metric I could use. Wow. I just want to say thank you to everyone.

Which leads me to the next point….

Blog Crashing

For the first time in the history of the tournament – and in the blog itself – the site has crashed due to amount of people visiting it. This is one of those “bad good things”. Its bad that its crashed, and I apologize to all those who were attempting to vote and it was down. (Difficulties with the host being a weekend, and it being a holiday weekend meant slower times getting them to respond, and literally had me on the phone waiting for over an hour.)

So needless to say, I was disappointed with the crash and the downtime, but was grateful for what that meant – so many visitors to the site! So congratulations to everyone who was able to crash the site (haha…..)!

Quick Recap

I’m going to do a quick recap of the finals and announce the winner with this article. And then do a full, big, recap, award ceremony, finals, whatever you want to call it on Monday.

Due to the downtime, I had extended the tournament until this morning ending it effectively at noon (11:59AM EST) (so technically – morning). With having to do some mowing, and family obligations (my sister was throwing my nephew’s 7th birthday party), things got a bit wonky for the day, and I didn’t quite complete things like I wanted. (Tried to get this recap article done by 2PM… started it… but didn’t get a chance to finish it until now.)

So enough rambling, lets get to the recap.

Lead Up

Coming into the finals fatal four-way, we had a winner from each conference. And those winners were:

• Brock Lesnar Conference: Axemann Brewery
• Roman Reigns Conference: Von C Brewing
• Ronda Rousey Conference: Gearhouse Brewing
• Charlotte Flair Conference: Bunnyman Brewing

All four breweries did a tremendous job to get to the finals. Each conference was 32 breweries (for a grand total of 128 breweries). Meaning just to get to the finals, each brewery beat out 31 other breweries. That’s no small feat.

Results

Like true pro wrestling, in a fatal four-way they often do it as an “elimination match”, meaning one wrestler after another is eliminated until you have the winner. Technically, we didn’t do eliminations in the voting, but for the results here, I am going to list the breweries in order of their “elimination” (or placing).

• Eliminated first: Gearhouse Brewing (429 votes) (4th place)
• Eliminated second: Axemann Brewery (682 votes) (3rd place)
• Last elimination: Bunnyman Brewing (3582 votes) (2nd place)

Winner: Von C Brewing (3824 votes) (1st place)

For a total of: 8517 votes. That is an amazing total number of votes!

The breakdown for voting percentages goes:

• Gearhouse Brewing (429 / 8517 votes) – 5.04%
• Axemann Brewery (682 / 8517 votes) – 8.03%
• Bunnyman Brewing (3582 / 8517 votes) – 42.05%
• Von C Brewing (3824 / 8517 votes) – 44.89%

It was extremely close Thursday, Friday, and the bonus Saturday time between Bunnyman Brewing and Von C Brewing. It was anybody’s ballgame / race / competition / brewing duel to the death.

But once again, I want to congratulate Von C Brewing as being the champion!

Thank You Everyone

Just to reiterate, thank you everyone for visiting, voting, sharing, liking, commenting, and discussing the 2nd Battle of the Breweries. Look out for the full results on Monday, where I’ll break down the full tournament. (It will most likely get posted after I come home from work Monday, so later in the evening, around 8-10PM…. possibly Tuesday morning.)

Again, congratulations to all four final breweries. They all did amazing in the tournament. Especially Bunnyman Brewing and Von C Brewing, putting up some amazing numbers. And obviously, huge congrats go to Von C for winning it! They now will live on in the annals of the Battle of Breweries here on The Beer Thrillers, as being the second ever champion! (First champion was The Isle of Que Brewing).

For some related articles, you can check out last year’s two result pages:

• The Battle of the Breweries (2021) – Triple Threat
• The Battle of the Breweries (2021) – ….and the winner is….

This year’s results page, and the voting page:

• The Battle of the Breweries (2022) – The Conference Finals Results
• The Battle of the Breweries (2022) – Finals Fatal Fourway Voting Page

Thanks for voting everyone!

Thanks For Reading

Check Monday for the full results page! Thanks for reading everyone! Lots of fun articles in the future, so make sure you keep coming back! Thanks for making this such a great and fun tournament!

Cheers Everyone!

-B. Kline

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The Finals

Well, we’re finally here! A month and some change later, and we’ve reached the finals of the this 128 brewery tournament, and it all comes down to this fatal four-way! Who will stand triumphant? Will it be the new brewery from Bellefonte – Axemann Brewery? Will it be the little Cinderella story from Fairfax Virginia that is Bunnyman Brewing? Or the older more established brewery that is Gearhouse Brewing from Chambersburg PA? Or last but not least, will it be milk tubing beloved brewery from Norristown PA – Von C Brewing?

You guys get to decide! It all comes down to this and you get to vote and decide! Last year there was over 7,000 votes in the finals – and that was just a Triple Threat! This year its been bumped up to a Fatal Four Way! Will we break last year’s vote total? Lets find out!

The Competitors

But first, a note on our competitors. Who all is fighting and duking it out to be named The Beer Thrillers ‘Battle of the Breweries 2022 Champion’?

Let’s meet our competitors before we get to the voting!

Axemann Brewery

As per their Facebook page:

Axemann Brewery is a production brewery and Tap Room opening in the former Cerro Metal Factory in the Titan Energy Park in Bellefonte, PA. Located at: 2042 Axemann Road, Bellefonte, PA.
For their Facebook page – Axemann Brewery (Facebook).

As per their Untappd page:

Their description on Untappd is blank, but they do have 47 unique beers, with a global average rating of 3.66 (as of 4.8.22). They are listed as a microbrewery from Bellefonte, PA.
For their Untappd page – Axemann Brewery (Untappd).

Von C Brewing

As per their Facebook page:

Your favorite Norristown brewery. Located at 1210 Stanbridge Street, Suite 300 Norristown, PA 19401.
For their Facebook page: Von C Brewing (Facebook).

As per their Untappd page:

Like Axemann Brewery – Von C Brewing’s description is blank. But it does list them as a micro brewery from Norristown, PA with 29 unique beers and a total global average rating of 3.79 (as of 4.8.22).
For their Untappd Page: Von C Brewing (Untappd).

Gearhouse Brewing

As per their Facebook page:

Indoor/Outdoor dining per state guidelines. No reservations. Kitchen closes prior to taproom closing. See menu for details. To-go beer available during all open hours. Located at 253 Grant Street, Chambersburg, PA.
For their Facebook page: Gearhouse Brewing (Facebook).

As per their Untappd page:

Their Untappd page description is also blank (seems to be a running theme). They are listed as a micro brewery from Chambersburg, PA. They are also credited with 237 unique beers with a global average rating of 3.7 (as of 4.8.22).
For their Untappd Page: Gearhouse Brewing (Untappd).

Bunnyman Brewing

As per their Facebook page:

Follow along for updates, Urban Legends, Local Stories & Serious, Quality Beer! Located at 5583 Guinea Road, Fairfax, VA.
Bunnyman Brewing’s Facebok page: Bunnyman Brewing (Facebook).

As per their Untappd page:

Bunnyman Brewing, a micro brewery in the Fairfax/Burke Virginia area, crafts high-quality beers with an exciting rotation of unique variations. We invite you to come by, relax, have a beer, and tell some local stories and maybe even spot the legendary Bunnyman. Bring a friend though because you don’t ever want to drink alone. They are listed as a micro brewery from Fairfax, Virginia, with 73 unique beers and a global average rating of 3.68 (as of 4.8.22).
For their Untappd page: Bunnyman Brewing (Untappd).

Voting

Ok, we’ve now met our competitors, its time to vote! Remember – two things: 1) Voting ends at 4.15.22 at 11:59PM EST. And 2) You can vote daily. So be sure to bookmark this page so you can visit every day, and even more – be sure that you share it on all of your favorite social media platforms!

Also, be sure to visit us at our Facebook group – The Beer Thrillers (Group) and leave comments and posts showing off your favorite brewery’s beers! Would be great to see people posting their beers and drinks and brews and drinking from the final four breweries!

And like I said, be sure to share! Be sure to share the post on all of the different social media platforms you use – Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Discord, Untappd, Google Hangouts, Myspace, LinkTree, Snapchat, WhatsApp, OnlyFans, Chalk Boards, White Boards, Post Office Most Wanted Signs, Public Library Community Bulletin Boards, websites, Twitch, your old GeoCities site, Tumbler, Pintrest, Reddit, whatever and wherever you socialize. Let’s see if we can beat last year’s 7,000 vote total!

Thanks For Reading

I will be doing some articles on each of the final four breweries during the week of the voting, so be on the lookout for those articles. Hopefully this will give anyone unfamiliar with the breweries a chance to read and learn about them and hopefully eventually get to visit these great breweries!

Hopefully everyone has fun with this light hearted and fun competition. Nothing is truly at stake, but just friendly competition amongst breweries. But please be sure to share this and invite your friends and family to vote. It should be a fun competition!

Cheers Everyone!

-B. Kline

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Conference Finals

Things certainly heated up in the conference finals! In fact thats an understatement really! We are now down to our final four breweries (competitors) who will face off in a fatal four – way for the tournament final! Unlike past rounds where I did a results post for each conference, but with this round just being one match for each I feel it would be better to consolidate into one post.

Firstly, I want to say congratulations to all eight of the breweries that even made it this far. As I discussed in the rules and opening article – March Madness (2022): Bigger, Bolder, Badder – this year’s tournament included 128 breweries! Thats a lot of breweries! So to even reach the final eight of this tournament is a big accomplishment for all of the breweries involved.

And all eight of these breweries are slinging some excellent brews and pure fire for everyone to drink. So if you are looking for a list of breweries I’d recommend – all eight of these breweries would certainly make that list. You can’t go wrong with any of them.

The final eight includes:

• Axemann Brewery
• 1787 Brewing Company
• Human Robot
• Von C Brewing
• Troegs Independent Craft Brewing
• Gearhouse Brewing
• Rough Edges Brewing
• Bunnyman Brewing

Results

Ok, lets get to the results and see who moves on to the final four death match to determine who is truly the best brewery of this tournament! So we now have the final four of this tournament of arbitrarily picked breweries (breweries that I – B. Kline – The Beer Thrillers – have visited), but none of these breweries are arbitrary! They all battled hard to get here, so let’s see who did it and how!

Brock Lesnar Conference

• (24) Axemann Brewery (256 votes) defeated (25) 1787 Brewing Company (50 votes)

Roman Reigns Conference

• (19) Von C Brewing (332 votes) defeated (4) Human Robot (29 votes)

Ronda Rousey Conference

• (24) Gearhouse Brewing (151 votes) defeated (20) Troegs Independent Craft Brewing (47 votes)

Charlotte Flair Conference

• (23) Bunnyman Brewing (2,631 votes) defeated (5) Rough Edges Brewing (2,479 votes)

Factoids and Notes

That had to be the most insane round of voting in the extensive (…two year) history of this tournament. The Charlotte Flair conference has resulted in the site hitting its bandwidth and over running its capacity three times, blowing up my phone and e-mail with alerts as I scrambled to the host to get it all fixed to get it back up. What an outpouring of voting! Its a shame the two couldn’t reach and compete in the finals, but both Bunnyman Brewing and Rough Edges Brewing definitely showed up and voted! I’m sure both will do amazing in next year’s tournament!

• Ironically, Von C Brewing will be the lowest seed in the final four-way with their 19 seed. The other breweries will be a 24 (Axemann Brewery), a 24 (Gearhouse Brewing), and a 23 (Bunnyman Brewing).
• Outside of the finals of last year’s tournament, this is the most votes any two breweries have received. (In the final triple threat of last year’s tournament – Isle of Que brewing received 3,744 votes, runner up Rubber Soul Brewing Company received 3,353, and third place Troegs Independent Craft Brewing received 90 votes.) (For more information: And the Winner of the Battle of the Breweries 2021 Is…..)
• With the elimination of Troegs Independent Craft Brewing, there is no longer any competing breweries from last year’s finals Triple Threat.
• Despite having the most votes of the tournament (thus far, for any round) – Bunnyman Brewing did not have the largest margin of victory. That went to Von C Brewing with 303 votes over Human Robot.
• Other margins of victory are: Axemann Brewery defeated 1787 Brewing by 206 votes, Gearhouse Brewing defeated Troegs Brewing by 104 votes, and Bunnyman defeated Rough Edges by 152 votes.
• The locations for the final four are:
  • Axemann Brewery: Bellefonte, PA
  • Von C Brewing: Norristown, PA
  • Gearhouse Brewing: Chambersburg, PA
  • Bunnyman Brewing: Fairfax, VA

• The combined total of votes this round was: 5,975.
• Will that be enough votes to win the tournament? Last year’s finals triple threat match had over 7,000 total votes between its three competitors.

Look for more information on the final four coming soon

I will be doing some articles on each of the final four breweries during the week of the voting, so be on the lookout for those articles. Hopefully this will give anyone unfamiliar with the breweries a chance to read and learn about them and hopefully eventually get to visit these great breweries! Last year’s final triple threat had Isle of Que, Troegs Independent Craft Brewing, and Rubber Soul Brewing Company. After their win, the Isle of Que brewers and owners came down to visit and hang out for the day with Rubber Soul Brewing Company, which Josh Doncevic got to sit in with them and hang out and had a blast.

So be on the lookout for more news and articles on the different breweries involved. Perhaps some interviews with the brewers / owners and more.

Voting

The voting for this round won’t be any different than past rounds, except you just have a different format (more options) on the voting. Instead of being a heads up match – 1 v 1 – its now a fatal four-way! The finals are Axeman Brewery vs. Von C Brewing vs. Gearhouse Brewing vs. Bunnyman Brewing in a fatal four-way to determine the true champion of The Battle of the Breweries (2022)!

Voting will start up in about a half hour with its own post and article here on the blog (be on the lookout for it momentarily) (around 8AM). The voting will run until April 15th and 11:59:59 EST. Be sure to get out and vote! You can vote once per day. Be sure to share the post on all of the different social media platforms you use – Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Discord, Untappd, Google Hangouts, Myspace, LinkTree, Snapchat, WhatsApp, OnlyFans, Chalk Boards, White Boards, Post Office Most Wanted Signs, Public Library Community Bulletin Boards, websites, Twitch, your old GeoCities site, Tumbler, Pintrest, Reddit, whatever and wherever you socialize. Let’s see if we can beat last year’s 7,000 vote total!

(Update: I will post a link here to the voting page as well.)

Thanks For Reading

Hopefully everyone has fun with this light hearted and fun competition. Nothing is truly at stake, but just friendly competition amongst breweries. But please be sure to share this and invite your friends and family to vote. It should be a fun competition!

Cheers Everyone!

-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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