Houston Beer Bracket

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  1. nathanmiller

    nathanmiller Initiate (0) Oct 7, 2009 New York

    Y'all've seen the weighted-ratings-based Beer Rankings that I put on HBG every quarter.

    This quarter I added a "March Madness"-style bracket: http://houstonbeerguide.com/houston-beer-bracket-2016/

    There's more to this than just the fun of bracketology. It also gives an opportunity for the more active members of the beer community to have a say, rather than having all the ratings/rankings driven by multitudinous pseudo-anonymous users of a certain yellow app.

    Go vote! And then come back here and discuss the matchups, cuz some of them are absurd.
     
    #1 nathanmiller, Mar 17, 2016
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  2. champ103

    champ103 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,296) Sep 3, 2007 Texas
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    Voted :slight_smile: Seems Elda M was included twice, but oh well. All imperial stouts for the one seed is completely predictable, and a little disappointing. I guess not much different than the regular tournament. A shame City Porter was matched up with Bishop's Barrel 10 cause both are great. BB 10 is drinking other worldly right now though. Fun thread and bracket.
     
    #2 champ103, Mar 17, 2016
  3. nathanmiller

    nathanmiller Initiate (0) Oct 7, 2009 New York

    One is Elda, one is BA Elda. Two different beers, and the BA one is ranked much higher than the non-BA one.
     
    #3 nathanmiller, Mar 17, 2016
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  4. champ103

    champ103 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,296) Sep 3, 2007 Texas
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    Ah, missed that, and see it now that i reread. Thanks.
     
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  5. donspublic

    donspublic Grand Pooh-Bah (3,552) Aug 4, 2014 Texas
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    Yeah but you gotta start somewhere, watching this thread, kinda curious
     
    #5 donspublic, Mar 18, 2016
  6. Ford

    Ford Initiate (0) Sep 8, 2012 Texas

    It might have done well to have 4 different style brackets or something like that.... of course there might not be enough of some styles to complete a sixteen beer bracket.

    IPA's and Pale Ale's
    Barrel Aged
    Stouts and Porters
    Miscellaneous

    Something like that.. so then you have IPA against IPA to start.
     
    #6 Ford, Mar 18, 2016
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  7. ChrisYarborough

    ChrisYarborough Initiate (0) Oct 16, 2012 Texas

    I agree with Ford that it would have been nice to have the 4 different style brackets but still this a fun exercise. Thanks Nathan for putting this together!

    anyone want to discuss Rodeo Clown winning against Black Meddle?
     
    #7 ChrisYarborough, Mar 18, 2016
  8. nathanmiller

    nathanmiller Initiate (0) Oct 7, 2009 New York

    Round Two is live!

    And yes, I'm dismayed Rodeo Clown beat Black Meddle. Black Meddle is easily my least favorite Brash beer, but RC... not for me.

    But that said, Karbach has a lot more fans and their retweet flipped the script on that one.
     
    #8 nathanmiller, Mar 21, 2016
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  9. donspublic

    donspublic Grand Pooh-Bah (3,552) Aug 4, 2014 Texas
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    To further add to that conundrum, it is currently beating Vulgar Display of Power
     
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  10. ChrisYarborough

    ChrisYarborough Initiate (0) Oct 16, 2012 Texas

    arghh....
     
    #10 ChrisYarborough, Mar 21, 2016
  11. nathanmiller

    nathanmiller Initiate (0) Oct 7, 2009 New York

    Yeah y'all need to get people to vote in this round. Rodeo Clown over VDoP and Chocolate BBH over BB12 are both absurd, and based only on the fact that Karbach has a lot of people voting.
     
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  12. donspublic

    donspublic Grand Pooh-Bah (3,552) Aug 4, 2014 Texas
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    Yeah, just wait until it is Yellow Rose vs. a Karbach beer
     
    #12 donspublic, Mar 21, 2016
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  13. Beernerds

    Beernerds Crusader (411) Dec 7, 2011 Texas

    #13 Beernerds, Mar 24, 2016
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  14. Dogleg

    Dogleg Initiate (0) Apr 4, 2014 Pennsylvania

    Rodeo Clown is definitely the team with 5 small white dudes that somehow keeps winning over MUCH better competition (that beer is awful). The Karbach supporters are stronger than I estimated.
     
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  15. donspublic

    donspublic Grand Pooh-Bah (3,552) Aug 4, 2014 Texas
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    ya say? In 6 of the final 8 games. If it beats DR15 I know something is up. Final game Rodeo Clown vs Yellow Rose......Rodeo Clown for the win. ISO on BA go wild looking for cans of Rodeo Clown
     
    #15 donspublic, Mar 24, 2016
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  16. ChrisYarborough

    ChrisYarborough Initiate (0) Oct 16, 2012 Texas

    no Brash in the 16 now that's a tragedy.

    If Rodeo Clown wins again.. next year you need to eliminate it from the bracket. So many better beers out there that could be included like Spindle Tap ESB Honey Hole, Galveston Brewing Double Citra, etc..
     
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  17. bleeng

    bleeng Zealot (570) Aug 16, 2005 Texas
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    Yellow Rose is going to win this tourney going away.
     
    #17 bleeng, Mar 24, 2016
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  18. nsheehan

    nsheehan Savant (1,206) Jul 3, 2011 Texas
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    I guess Brash fanboys are the loudest, but not the majority!
     
    #18 nsheehan, Mar 24, 2016
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  19. donspublic

    donspublic Grand Pooh-Bah (3,552) Aug 4, 2014 Texas
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    @bleeng your talking real life here, not internet polling :slight_smile:. It has yet to match up against a Karbach product. Karbach has lost 3 games
    2 seasonals Krunkin & Yule Shoot.. along with Trigave going against Rocket Fuel. Never discount the Homer
     
    #19 donspublic, Mar 24, 2016
  20. Ford

    Ford Initiate (0) Sep 8, 2012 Texas

    BB12 just isn't what a lot of people in Houston want... I loved BB2 so I was happy when BB12 came out.. but the peoplez like their bourbon or whiskey aged beers.. not that fancy wine aged stuff... that is too fancy pants for most..?
     
    #20 Ford, Mar 31, 2016
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