It’s been a week, Tap List followers. We have our inaugural Hops Hysteria beer bracket champion.
Thanks to everyone who voted for their favorite local beers over the course of this month. We could not have done this without you. And we sincerely hope this was a fun “sports-like” distraction during a period defined by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Watch beer enthusiast Cassie Niemeyer in the attached video to see which beer was crowned champion of Hops Hysteria 2020. The final matchup pitted KC Bier Co.’s Dunkel against Double Shift Brewing Co.’s Tessellation Wheat IPA.
Thanks to all who participated in the predictive round and six voting rounds. You made this month a little more fun for us here at Flatland. Until the next bracket…
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