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: West Coast, Hazy, Juicy 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 14th - March 26th.

The Final 4 will take place March 27th through April 2nd. 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 3rd.

In addition to the fun of it, each time you complete a flight … you have an opportunity to win one of 4 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 chosen the 16 IPAs for this years’ competition. From this Sweet 16, each team has chosen 4 IPAs to represent their corner.

From Team Brianna, Brianna Gordon is the beer buyer for beergarden and she’s really been a fan of Ruse lately. Her line-up includes:

• Single Hill- Polymorph: Gorilla- Hazy Wild Card- Brianna

• Von Ebert- Volatile Substance- West Coast- Brianna

• Double Mountain- Juicy, Clearly Not Hazy- Juicy- Brianna

• Ruse- Spirit Receiver- Hazy- Brianna

From Team Deidre, Deidre Brown is the assistant beer buyer for beergarden. Her line-up includes:

• Little Beast- Pine Top- West Coast- Deidre

• Coldfire- Cumulus Tropicalus- Hazy Wild Card- Deidre

• New Belgium- Juicy Haze- Juicy- Deidre

• Fort George- Magnetic Fields- Hazy- Deidre

From Team Dustin, Dustin Heilig is the beer buyer for PublicHouse and he is stoked to have the ONLY Cold IPA on the board (the OG Cold… and he is a big Wayfinder fanboy)

• Dirt Road- Juicy IPA- Juicy- Dustin

• Wayfinder- Original Cold IPA- Wildcard- Dustin

• Breakside- IPA- West Coast- Dustin **Winner from 2022

• Gratitude- Hop Galaxy- Hazy- Dustin

From Team Geo, Geo Carcamo is the assistant beer buyer for PublicHouse and he loves the recklessness of his 2023 IPA line-up:

• Grains of Wrath- Vapor Lock- West Coast- Geo

• Hen House- West Coast IPA- Wild Card- Geo

• Wild Ride- Juicy Gorilla Snax- Juicy- Geo

• The Wheel- Intergalactic Hazy- Hazy- Geo

Each year, the teams at beergarden and PublicHouse duke it out to see who drafted the best IPA. This year’s event will feature all West Coast Oregon IPAs. 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 teams from beergarden and 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 15th - March 27th.

The Final 4 will take place March 28th through April 3rd. The favorite IPAs from the original Sweet 16 will move on to the final 4, and the voting will conclude on April 3rd. The votes will be tallied to reveal the winner on Monday, April 4th.

Pick up a March Madness 2022 Passport at either of the pubs, and try each one of the flights to receive a stamp. Once you’ve completed the entire flight series, turn your passport in to either pub. You’ll be entered to win one of 4 raffle packages, including gift certificates to the pubs, food purveyors and merch from participating breweries.

Flights Available at beergarden. 

• Barley Browns Flight:

  • Rachet Strap IPA

  • Hand Truck Pale

  • Headshake Double IPA

  • Pallet Jack IPA

• Boneyard Flight:

  • RPM

  • Hop Breath

  • Orange is Orange

  • Lupulin Advisory

Flights Available at PublicHouse 

• Block 15 Flight:

  • Sticky Hands Double IPA

  • Block 15 IPA

  • Emerging Sunshine IPA

  • Dab Lab: Citra

• Breakside Flight:

  • Breakside IPA

  • Wanderlust IPA

  • @Portland IPA

  • Evan is My Homie DDH West Coast IPA

Final Four Flight at both Pubs

• Barley Brown’s Pallet Jack

• Boneyard’s RPM

• Block 15’s Dab Lab: Citra

• Breakside’s IPA

OVERALL WINNER: Breakside IPA