Brewing News – Global Warming Open – Time to make your bracket
Hello Craft Beer Fans! Here we go again, it is time for the Third Annual Global Warming Open!
(from the Brewing News Hop Tips)
Remember the premise: You’re sitting. It’s hot, real hot. The summer has broken all heat records and those chunks of Antarctica that have broken away have pushed water levels so high that you’re surrounded by water. But no chunks of ice.
At first you like the heat; it’s like having your own hot tub. But soon you become uncomfortable. You need to cool down. You need a beer. A beer will help you through this crisis. But which beer goes best with global catastrophe and hot weather? “Steward!” you call. “Assemble the players and let the matches begin!”
Brewing News is proud to present the 2010 Global Warming Open, a contest pitting refreshing summer beers against one another to determine the most refreshing beer in America. Like the springtime National IPA Championships, participating summer beers from across the nation were randomly chosen for a 1:1 single elimination bracket tournament. Winners of the first round will advance to the next.
At the same time, beer lovers like you can choose the winners for each round on-line! A grand prize will be awarded to the reader who predicts the most correct GWO brackets. The top prize will be a free case of the 2010 Global Warming Open Champion beer.
The complete summer beer tournament bracket has been posted on-line. Join us for what will be one of the most fun events this summer! See the field in the locker room and then make your predictions today at http://www.brewingnews.com/gwo .
Be sure to make your picks by this Sunday, June 13 at Noon EST! Don’t forget to make sure your picks are complete…unfinished brackets don’t score very well!
This message is being sent as a courtesy to all Brewing News hop tips subscribers. Be sure to sign up for “Beer Brackets” updates (this is a list option within your preferences below). Make that change to receive updates when each round is completed and to follow the action until a GWO Champion is crowned!
Good luck!
GWO ROUND 1 OPPONENTS
JUNE 13, 2010–SYRACUSE, NY |
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01 New Holland Brewing Co. Golden Cap Saison
02 Big Sky Brewing Summer Honey —— 03 The Lost Abbey Carnevale 04 Michigan Brewing Company Mackinac Pale Ale —— 05 Terrapin Beer Co. Sunray Wheat 06 Empire Brewing White Aphro Belgian Style Wit —— 07 Chelsea Brewing Checker Cab Blonde Ale 08 Lost Coast Brewery Tangerine Wheat —— 09 Eel River Brewing Acai Berry Wheat 10 The Brew Kettle Production Works Spalt Bomb Pils —— 11 Empire Brewing Co Empire Summer Ale 12 The Brew Kettle Production Works Erie Gold —— 13 Full Sail Brewing Full Sail LTD 03 14 Lawson’s Finest Liquids Weiss-K —— 15 SweetWater Blue 16 Horseheads Brewing Christmas Ale —— 17 Red Brick-Atlanta Brewing Red Brick Summer Brew 18 Thomas Creek Brewery Stillwater Vanilla Cream Ale —— 19 Bayhawk Ales Bayhawk Honey Blonde 20 Mad Anthony Brewing Summer Daze Wheat —— 21 Haverhill Brewery Beerstand Berlinerweiss 22 Lost Coast Brewery Great White —— 23 Michigan Brewing Celis White 24 F.X. Matt Brewing Saranac Summer Brew —— 25 Heavy Seas / Clipper City Heavy Seas Pale Ale 26 Boulder Beer Sweaty Betty Blonde —— 27 Red Brick -Atlanta Brewing Red Brick Pale Ale 28 Fremont Brewing Summer Solstice —— 29 Deschutes Brewery Twilight Ale 30 Willimantic Brewing Workingman’s Wheat —— 31 Fat Heads Brewery Head Hunter IPA 32 Custom BrewCrafters Razz |
33 Starr Hill LUCY
34 Goose Island Beer Summertime Kolsch —— 35 Voodoo Brewery Pilzilla 36 SweetWater Brewing Road Trip —— 37 Eel River Brewing California Blonde Ale 38 Bayhawk Ales Faux Pils —— 39 SweetWater Brewing 420 Extra Pale Ale 40 Lakefront Brewery, Inc. Wheat Monkey Ale —— 41 Ithaca Beer Partly Sunny 42 Chelsea Brewing Summer Solstice Wheat —— 43 Pearl Street Grill & Brewery Lune’ d’Bleu 44 Full Sail Brewing Session Premium Lager —— 45 Fat Heads Brewery Bumbleberry Ale 46 Boston Beer Samuel Adams Coastal Wheat —— 47 Fire Island Beer Fire Island Lighthouse Ale 48 Dark Horse Brewing Raspberry Ale —— 49 SweetWater Brewing Sch’Wheat 50 John Harvard’s Brew House Zoe’s Belgian Wit —— 51 Bayhawk Ales Bayhawk HefeWeizen 52 Horseheads Brewing Peach Wheat Beer —— 53 Harpoon Brewery Belgian Pale Ale 54 Michigan Brewing Wheatland Wheat —— 55 Terrapin Beer Golden Ale 56 Heavy Seas / Clipper City Heavy Seas Gold Ale —— 57 Michigan Brewing American Lager 58 Harpoon Brewery Summer Beer —— 59 Mad River Brewing Steelhead Extra Pale Ale 60 Copper Canyon Brewery Summerzest —— 61 Pike Brewing Pike Dry Wit 62 Boston Beer Samuel Adams Summer Ale —— 63 Pearl Street Grill & Brewery Summer Lager 64 Ithaca Beer Brute |