Beer Luvvas,
I have been remiss. The public (all two of you) has been clamoring for the results of Gooney's 64 IPA Blind Taste Bracket. And honestly, I've had the results for more than a couple weeks. Like I said, I've been remiss.
I've found it hard to post brackets in the blog, so I'll try to go through them region by region...
Day 1: 64 - 32.....
#1 Green Flash West Coast IPA v. #64 Blue Frog IPA (Blue Frog Grog & Gill - Fairfield, CA) Green Flash moved on 5-2.
#32 Deschutes Inversion IPA v. #33 Single-Wide IPA (Boulevard Brewing - Kansas City, MO) Inversion in a route 7-0!
#17 Wildcat IPA (Snoqualmie Falls Brewing - Snoqualmie, WA) v. #48 Summer Grifter (Portland Brewing - Portland, OR) Another local victory 5-2.
#16 Prevale IPA (Laurelwood Brewing, Portland, OR) v. #49 Mountain High IPA (Mt. Shasta Brewing - Mt. Shasta, CA) Prevale in a landslide 7-0!
#8 Harvest Ale (Sierra Nevada) v. #57 Six Rivers IPA (Six Rivers Brewery - McKinleyville, CA) Six Rivers in a 5-1 Upset!
#25 Indica IPA (Lost Coast) v. #40 Roots Organic Woody IPA - Indica sweeps 6-0
#24 Avery IPA v. #41 Big Daddy IPA - Big Daddy in the stunning upset 5-0!
#9 Hopworks Organic IPA v. #56 Full Sail IPA - Big Local trumps Organic Local 4-2!
#5 India Pelican Ale v. #60 White Hawk Original IPA (Mendocino Brewing Co. - CA) - The Pelican moves on 4-2.
#28 Bridgeport IPA v. #37 Pike IPA - Seattle pulls the NW upset 4-2!
#21 Marin IPA (Larkspur, CA) v. #44 Hop KNOB IPA (Silver Moon Brewing - Bend, OR) - Marin 5-1.
#12 Titan IPA (Great Divide Brewing - Denver, CO) v. #53 Alaskan IPA - Titan takes the first round 4-2.
#4 Racer 5 (Bear Republic - Healdsburg, CA) v. #61 Wolaver's IPA (Otter Creek Brewing - Middlebury, VT) - Racer 5 survives 4-3.
#29 Red Chair IPA (Deschutes Brewing - Bend, OR) v. #36 Moylan's IPA (Novato, CA) - Oregon beer again sweeps 6-0!
#20 Watershed IPA (Oakshire Brewing - Eugene, OR) v. #45 Mongoose IPA (Hales Ales - Seattle, WA) - OR prevails over WA in this NW brew battle 4-2!
#13 Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA v. #52 Cascade Lakes IPA (Redmond, OR) - Dogfish proves that different isn't always better; Cascade Lakes moves on 4-2.
#14 Dick's IPA (Centralia, WA) v. #51 Acme California IPA (North Coast Brewing) - Dick's moves on 4-2.
#19 Hop Ottin' IPA (Anderson Valley Brewing - Boonville, CA) v. #46 Sunflower IPA (McMenamin's - Portland, OR) - in a SHOCKER McMenamin's upsets 6-1! The crowd was floored!
#30 Total Domination IPA (Ninkasi Brewing - Eugene, OR) v. #35 Terminal Gravity IPA (Enterprise, OR) - In the battle of non-PDX Oregon brews, Total Domination....Dominated 6-1.
#3 AleSmith IPA (San Diego, CA) v. #62 Chehalem Mountain IPA (Golden Valley Brewing - McMinville, OR) AleSmith holds firm 5-2.
#54 Thunderhead IPA (Pyramid Brewing - PDX/SEA, OR/WA) v. #11 Broken Halo IPA (WidHook PDX/SEA, OR/WA) - funny that the two SEA/PDX craft merger beers would meet in the first round...WidHook moves on 4-2!
#43 Grandson of Spot IPA (Full Sail Brewing - Hood River, OR) v. #22 200 Meter Ale (Tracktown Brewing - aka Rogue - Euguene, OR) - Grandson out leans 200m @ the tape 4-3.
#27 Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale v. #38 The Immortal (Elysian Brewing - Seattle, WA) - The Immortal can-not-die! 5-2.
#6 Big Sky IPA (Missoula, Montana) v. #59 Butte Creek Organic IPA (Chico, CA) - Rednecks 6-1.
#10 Hop Devil (Vicotry Brewing - Downington, PA) v. #55 Bison Organic IPA (Berkley, CA) - Sympathy for the Devil 4-3.
#23 Caldera IPA (Ashland, OR) v. #42 Mission St. IPA (Firestone Walker - Paso Robles, CA) - Good IPA does come in a can! 4-3 say so!
#26 Brew Free or Die IPA (21st Amendment Brewing - San Francisco, CA) v. #39 Lazy Boy IPA (Everett, WA) - Good IPA does come in a can part II - 5-1.
#7 Union Jack IPA (Fireston Walker - Paso Robles, CA) v. #58 Eel River IPA (Fortuna, CA) - Union Jack made sushi out of Eel River - 6-0
#15 Jagged Edge IPA (Black Diamond Brewing - Walnut Creek, CA) v. #15 Torpedo Extra IPA (Sierra Nevada) - Torpedo Extra sinks the Edge 5-1.
#18 Mojo IPA (Boulder Brewing - Boulder, CO) v. #47 Fish Tale IPA (Olympia, WA) - no Mojo can handle the Fish. Tales wins 4-3.
#31 Sockeye Red IPA (Midnight Sun Brewing - Anchorage, AK) v. #34 Lagunitas IPA (Petaluma, CA) - Midnight Sockeye 4-2.
#2 Stone IPA (San Diego, CA) v. #63 Long Hammer IPA (Redmer PDX/SEA, OR/WA) - Cali defeats the NW merger 4-2.
Whew! That's a lot of beer tasting for a day! Luckily there were multiple groups of tasters narrowing down the field.
I was going to post the whole thing, but it's late and I'm tired....Stay tuned for the next rounds from 32 down to....There Can Be ONLY ONE!
Prost to Gooney and 64 IPAs available within a short drive of his pad!
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