{"id":6253,"date":"2012-06-14T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/?p=6253"},"modified":"2012-06-13T23:09:39","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T03:09:39","slug":"5th-annual-global-warming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/14\/5th-annual-global-warming\/","title":{"rendered":"Make your picks fot the 5th Annual Global Warming Open — Deadline – Sunday 6\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"5th<\/p>\n

Here we go again, it is time for the Fifth Annual Global Warming Open!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Make your picks by this Sunday, June 16 at Noon EST and you could be a winner come July 4!<\/p>\n

Remember the premise:<\/strong> You\u2019re sitting. It\u2019s hot, real hot. The summer has broken all heat records and those chunks of Antarctica that have broken away has pushed water levels so high that you\u2019re surrounded by water. But no chunks of ice.<\/p>\n

At first you like the heat. 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? \u201cSteward!\u201d you call. \u201cAssemble the players and let the matches begin!\u201d<\/p>\n

Brewing News is proud to present the 2012 Global Warming Open<\/strong>, 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.<\/p>\n

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 2012 Global Warming Open Champion beer.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

Be sure to make your picks by this Sunday, June 16 at Noon EST! Don’t forget to make sure your picks are complete…unfinished brackets don\u2019t score very well!<\/p>\n

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!<\/p>\n

Good luck!<\/p>\n

NOTE: \u00a0If you’re playing, please share who you have picked as the winner!<\/span><\/p>\n

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GWO ROUND 1 OPPONENTS –\u00a0JUNE 16, 2012\u2013Buffalo, NY<\/strong>
\nPlease note that there are eight byes, granted randomly.
\n(Note: What appears below involved a lot of cutting and pasting; upon review, it all looks correct. \u00a0That said, if there are any errors, please refer to the on-line bracket as the authoritative version.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 Bye
\n2 Laurelwood Brewing
\nMother Lode Golden Ale3 SweetWater Brewing Co
\nBlue
\nvs
\n4 Rogue Ales
\nYellow Snow IPA<\/p>\n

5 Bell’s Brewery Inc.
\nOberon
\nvs
\n6 Diamond Knot Brewing
\nSummer Blonde<\/p>\n

7 Deschutes Brewery
\nTwilight Summer Ale
\nvs
\n8 SweetWater Brewing
\n420<\/p>\n

9 Bye
\n10 Deschutes Brewery
\nChainbreaker WIPA<\/p>\n

11 Sierra Nevada Brewing
\nSummerfest
\nvs
\n12 Pearl Street Grill & Brewery
\nSpirit of Buffalo Summer Lager<\/p>\n

13 SweetWater Brewing
\nRoad Trip
\nvs
\n14 CB’s Brewing
\nFinger Lakes Summer Wheat<\/p>\n

15 Ice Harbor Brewing
\nColumbia Brand Kolsch
\nvs
\n16 New Holland Brewing
\nFull Circle<\/p>\n

17 Bye
\n18 Harpoon Brewery
\nSummer Beer<\/p>\n

19 Stone Brewing
\nStone IPA
\nvs.
\n20 Lakefront Brewery
\nWisconsinite<\/p>\n

21 Wormtown Brewery
\nMassWhole Hefe
\nvs.
\n22 Horseheads Brewing
\nBlueberry Ale<\/p>\n

23 Arcadia Ales
\nWhitsun Ale
\nvs.
\n24 Wormtown Brewery
\nBlonde Cougar<\/p>\n

25 Bye
\n26 Green Flash Brewing
\nSaison Diego<\/p>\n

27 Fat Heads Brewery
\nSunshine Daydream Session IPA
\nvs.
\n28 Snoqualmie Falls Brewing
\nSummer Beer<\/p>\n

29 Harpoon Brewery
\nBohemian Pilsner
\nvs.
\n30 Terrapin Beer
\nEasy Rider<\/p>\n

31 Widmer Brothers Brewing
\nCitra Blonde
\nvs.
\n32 Bell’s Brewery Inc.
\nOarsman<\/td>\n

33 Bye
\n34 Copper Canyon Brewery
\nSummerzest35 Brew Kettle Production Works
\nDer Sommer Hefeweizen
\nvs
\n36 Willoughby Brewing
\nKaiserhof<\/p>\n

37 Black Diamond Brewing
\nWheat Wacker
\nvs
\n38 SweetWater Brewing
\nIPA<\/p>\n

39 Firestone Walker Brewing
\nSolace
\nvs
\n40 CB’s Brewing
\nWhiteHop IPA<\/p>\n

41 Bye
\n42 Pearl Street Grill & Brewery
\nLune’ d’bleu<\/p>\n

43 McNeill’s Brewery
\nGreen Mountain Summer Ale
\nvs
\n44 CB’s Brewing
\nOld Toad Jus De L’amour<\/p>\n

45 Red Brick Brewing
\nDog Days Ale
\nvs
\n46 Santa Fe Brewing
\nFreestyle Pilsner<\/p>\n

47 Full Sail Brewing
\nFull Sail LTD 03
\nvs
\n48 Laurelwood Brewing
\nPortlandia Pils<\/p>\n

49 Bye
\n50 Brew Kettle Production Works
\nLake BeErie<\/p>\n

51 Port City Brewing
\nOptimal Wit
\nvs
\n52 Fat Heads Brewery
\nBumbleberry Honey Blueberry Ale<\/p>\n

53 Parish Brewing
\nCanebrake
\nvs
\n54 Founders Brewing
\nAll Day IPA<\/p>\n

55 Mad River Brewing
\nSteelhead Extra Pale Ale
\nvs
\n56 Swamp Head Brewery
\nSpringboard<\/p>\n

57 Bye
\n58 Copper Canyon Brewery
\nMelange des Fleurs<\/p>\n

59 Southern Tier Brewing
\nHop Sun
\nvs
\n60 Full Sail Brewing
\nSession Premium Lager<\/p>\n

61 New Holland Brewing
\nGolden Cap Saison
\nvs
\n62 Willoughby Brewing
\nHazy Days<\/p>\n

63 Snoqualmie Falls Brewing
\nHaystack Hefeweizen
\nvs
\n64 Brew Kettle Production Works
\nSummer Solstice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Here we go again, it is time for the Fifth Annual Global Warming Open! Make your picks by this Sunday, June 16 at Noon EST and you could be a winner come July 4! Remember the premise: You\u2019re sitting. It\u2019s hot, real hot. The summer has broken all heat records and those chunks of Antarctica […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1659,106],"tags":[1856,644],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/GWOBanner2012.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6253"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6253"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6256,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6253\/revisions\/6256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}