Each year, the teams at beergarden and PublicHouse duke it out to see who drafted the best IPA. This year’s event will feature 4 categories of West Coast IPAs: Oregon, California, Washington and Wild Card. The Beer Teams choose the beers. Your vote decides the favorite.
The 3 week event features 4 blind flights of four, 2 flights at beergarden and 2 at PublicHouse, comprising the Sweet 16 IPAs. The four corners of the bracket represent the 4 Beer Buyers: Team Brianna and Deidre from beergarden & Team Dustin and Geo from PublicHouse. You’ll have two weeks to taste all 4 flights and cast your vote for the tastiest brews in a blind taste off from March 19th - March 31st.
The Final 4 will take place April 1st thru April 7th. The favorite IPAs from the original Sweet 16 will move on to the final 4. You’ll have that final week to try the final flight at either of the pubs and cast your vote. The votes will be tallied to reveal the winner on Monday, April 8th.
In addition to the fun of it, each time you complete a flight … you have an opportunity to win one of 2 raffle packages. Try all 5 flights, and you’ll have 5 chances to win excellent prizes including gift certificates to the pubs, food purveyors and merch from participating breweries.
The 4 Beer Buyer Teams have deciding which 16 IPAs will be included in this years’ competition. From this Sweet 16, each team will choose 4 IPAs to represent their corner.
From Team Brianna, Brianna Gordon is the beer buyer for beergarden
Living Haus Harris- Oregon
Irrelevant Cave Wealth- Washington
Ballast Point Sculpin- California
Bells Two Hearted- Wild Card— FINAL 4
From Team Deidre, Deidre Brown is the assistant beer buyer for beergarden.
Boneyard Chainsaw Justice- Oregon—2024 WINNING IPA
Georgetown Bodhizafa- Washington
Firestone Walker Union Jack- California
New Belgium Voodoo Ranger- Wild Card
From Team Dustin, Dustin Heilig is the beer buyer for PublicHouse.
pFriem IPA- Oregon
Single Hill Lateral A- Washington— FINAL 4
Ghost Town Inhume- California
Maui Big Swell- Wild Card
From Team Geo, Geo Carcamo is the assistant beer buyer for PublicHouse.
Coldfire Kite String- Oregon
Stoup Everybody Love Everybody- Washington— FINAL 4
Pizza Port Swami’s- California
Revision IPA- Wild Card
