Bracketology: Ambers & Reds

Beer Luvvas,

While SQHub & I were enjoying the Seattle Beer Scene over Memorial Day Weekend, Gooney Bird was holding another Great NW Blind Beer Bracket Tasting Event: Ambers & Reds.

I don't have the results yet, but given the blog-storm that the IPA bracket created (once Beervana sent the story along, Thanks man!), I'm sure the results from the Amber/Red Bracket will be very interesting!

Here are the brackets (rankings created from relative rankings on ratebeer.com, and the names were not given to the tasters until after each beer lost - or won the whole thing!)

Green Region:
#1 Deschutes Cinder Cone Red v. #32 Tap Room No. 21 Moe's Backroom Amber
#16 Bison Organic Red v. #17 Mendocino Brewing Red Tail Ale
#9 Alaskan Amber v. #24 Singletrack Copper Ale
#8 Deschutes Green Lakes Organic Ale v. #25 Eel River Certified Organic Amber

Blue Region:
#12 Mad River Brewing Jamaica Red Ale v. #21 Dick's Mountain Ale
#5 Rogue American Amber v. #28 Widmer Drop Top Amber Ale
#4 Rogue St. Rogue Red v. #29 Fire Boat Amber
#13 Hale's Ale Red Menace v. #20 Otter Creek Copper Ale

Orange Region:
#2 Speakeasy Prohibition Ale v. #31 RJ King Wingwalker Amber
#7 Anderson Valley Boont Amber v. #26 Bridgeport Ropewalk Amber
#10 Full Sail Amber v. #23 Santa Cruz Mountain Amber
#15 Portland Brewing Mactarnahan's Ale v. #18 New Belgium Fat Tire Amber

Red Region:
#3 Hale's Ales Obrien's Harvest Ale v. #30 Matt Brewing Co. Fiddler's Green Amber
#14 Fish Tale Organic Amber v. #19 Beer Valley Brewing Owyhee Amber
#6 Nectar Ales Red Nectar Ale v. #27 Redhook Copperhook Spring Ale
#11 Abner Weed Amber v. #22 Metolius Golden Stone Amber

I'll post the results when Gooney sends them out. But I heard a rumor that all 4 top seeds are upset in the end!

Prost to Gooney Bird and his Beer Bracket Blind Tastings!