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The Battle of the Beers – The Final Four – Results (2022)

B. Kline — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:43:44 +0000

The Battle of the Beers – The Final Four (Results Page) (2022)

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:

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

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

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The Battle of the Beers – The Round of 8 (Results) (2022)

B. Kline — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:33:12 +0000

The Battle of the Beers (2022)

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

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

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The Battle of the Beers – Round of 16 Results (2022)

B. Kline — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 12:01:47 +0000

The Battle of the Beers – Round of 16 Results (2022)

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

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

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The Battle of the Beer (Round 32 Results) (2022)

B. Kline — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 10:30:16 +0000

The Battle of the Beers (2022)

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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Results - The Beer Thrillers

The Battle of the Beers – The Final Four – Results (2022)

Then There Was Four… And Now There is Two

Results

Statistics

The Finals

Past Battle of the Beers Articles

Wrap Up

Some Recent Articles of Note

Thanks For Reading

The Battle of the Beers – The Round of 8 (Results) (2022)

And Then There Was Four

The Defeated

The Victorious

How Did They Get Here

The Round of 8 Results

Statistics

Voting

Things Are Certainly Heating Up

Wrap Up

Other Articles

Thanks For Reading

The Battle of the Beers – Round of 16 Results (2022)

The Round of 16

The Battle of the Beers

The Round of 16 Results

News and Notes and Statistics

Breweries Left

Voting

Wrap Up

Thanks For Reading

The Battle of the Beer (Round 32 Results) (2022)

Round 32 Has Officially Ended

The Rules

Round One Results

Stats

Voting

Round of 16

Thanks For Reading