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March Madness Blind IPA Challenge: THE FINAL FOUR


Welcome to March Madness, IPA style!

Each year, the teams at our sister pubs, beergarden and Tap and Growler take on each other to find the best IPA around.

With the current always changing in the tides of preferred IPA styles, this year we have modified the structure of this event to allow the styles to compete first with themselves and then against each other.

Your vote decides the fate of IPA .

This 3 week event features blind flights of four, comprising the Sweet 16 IPAs with four corners of the bracket containing 4 of the most hype and delicious styles of IPA.This year we will feature: Tropical, Hazy, Brut and West Coast. Cast your vote for the tastiest brews in a blind taste off from March 19-March 31!

This is not a one stop shop! You will need to visit both beergarden and Tap & Growler to vote for all four corners of the Sweet 16. You know what is included but you DO NOT KNOW which is which.

The Final 4 will take place at PublicHouse April 1-April 8. The favorite IPA from each category will move on to the final 4, and the voting will continue until we have a winner.

Available at Beergarden:

West Coast IPA Blind Taste Off Flight:

Worthy Brewing Stratta IPA

Sunriver Brewing Co. Lateral Thinking IPA

Ruse Brewing Three Worlds IPA

ColdFire Brewing Company Kite String IPA


Available at Beergarden:

Tropical IPA Blind Taste Off Flight:

Hop Valley Brewing Co. Citrus Mistress IPA

Flat Tail Brewing Grapefruit Pulp Action IPA

Manifest Beer Company Juice Box IPA

pFriem Family Brewers Citrus Zest IPA


Available at The Tap & Growler:

Hazy IPA Blind Taste Off Flight:

Revision Brewing Company Hi Juno IPA

Breakside Brewery What Rough Beast IPA

Block 15 Brewing Co. Dab Lab: Juice Joint IPA

The Wheel Apizza Pub Haze for Daze IPA


Available at The Tap & Growler:

Brut IPA Blind Taste Off Flight:

Migration Brewing Company Frizzante IPA

Pelican Brewing Company Flying Dry Brut

Double Mountain Brewery & Taproom Champagne Brut IPA

Von Ebert Brewing Brut IPA

This is a BLIND taste-off event. We’ll give you the beers, but we will not tell you which one is which. Pick up an Madness 19 Passport at any of the 3 locations, and try each one of the flights to receive a stamp. Once you’ve completed the entire flight series, turn your passport into PublicHouse. You’ll be entered to win one of 4 raffle packages, including gift certificates to the pubs and food purveyors as well as Final Four Schwag!

Earlier Event: March 28
Weekly PubRun
Later Event: April 1
Weekly Trivia with Ty Connor