Announcing our 68 March Madness breweries and beers!

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To celebrate March Madness for 2012 we paired up breweries with the 68 teams selected for the NCAA men's basketball tournament.  To make it more "simple" we tried to grab the brewery that was geographically closest to the respective university or college. In some cases that really wasn't possible so we did the best we could. Then we selected a beer from that brewery's line up, we tried to keep some diversity, but sometimes our beer biases won out. I'm sure we forgot some big ones and there may be grievances so let us know in the comments. 


The selected brews success is shackled to their associated teams. We were originally going to do voting but time was factor so as stated above. we tried to keep it simple. Once the set 64 are decided we will through up the brackets. You can expect that tomorrow evening. 


Without further adieu, let's introduce our beers. 

South

1. Kentucky - Alltech Brewery Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale

2. Duke – Fullsteam Brewing Carver Sweet Potato

3. Baylor – Twisted X Brewing Siesta Prickly Pear Lager

4. Indiana – Upland Brewing Dantalion Dark Wild Ale

5. Wichita State – River City Emerald City Stout

6. UNLV – Sin City Weisse

7. Notre Dame – Four Horsemen Black Lager

8. Iowa State – Olde Main Brewing Gryphonbrau

9. Connecticut – Willimantic Derailed Mail IPA

10. Xavier – Rivertown Dunkel Beer

11. Colorado – Twisted Pine Ghost Face Killah

12. VCU – Legend Brewing Pilsner

13. New Mexico State – High Desert Extra Special Bitter

14. South Dakota State - Heist Brewing Tea Off Ale

15. Lehigh – Weyerbacher Merry Monks

16a. Mississippi Valley State University – Lucky Town The Flare Incident

16b.Western Kentucky University – Cumberland Brewing Cream Ale

West

1. Michigan State – Michigan Brewing High Seas IPA

2. Missouri – Flat Branch Brown Ale

3. Marquette – Lakefront Fixed Gear American Red Ale

4. Louisville – Bluegrass Brewing Altbier

5. New Mexico – La Cumbre Malpais Stout

6. Murray State – Blackhorse Coalminer’s Stout

7. Florida – Swamp Head Big Nose IPA

8. Memphis – Ghost River Copperhead Red

9. St. Louis – Six Row Double IPA

10. Virginia – Starr Hill Monticello Reserve Ale

11. Colorado St. – Odell Bourbon Barrel Stout

12. Long Beach State – Belmont Long Beach Crude

13. Davidson – Ass Clown Burly Peach Black IPA

14a. BYU – Wasatch Brew Polygamy Porter

14b. Iona – Captain Lawrence Sun Block Belgian Style Wit

15. Norfolk State – St. George Nut Brown Ale

16. LIU Brooklyn – Brooklyn Lager

East

1. Syracuse – Empire Brewing Amber Ale

2. Ohio State – Columbus Brewing The Creeper Imperial IPA

3. Florida State – Pensacola Bay Lighthouse Porter

4. Wisconsin – Vintage Brewing Hickory Chicory Bock

5. Vanderbilt – Yazoo Dos Perros

6. Cincinnati – Mount Carmel Blond Ale

7. Gonzaga – Northern Lights Crystal Bitter Ale

8. Kansas State – Tallgrass Velvet Rooster

9. Southern Miss – Lazy Magnolia Southern Pecan

10. West Virginia – Morgantown Alpha Blonde Ale

11. Texas – Independence Brewing Freestyle Wheat

12. Harvard – Cambridge Brewing Charles River Porter

13. Montana – Big Sky Brewing Moose Drool Brown Ale

14. St. Bonaventure – Ellicottville Black Jack Oatmeal Stout

15. Loyola – DuClaw Venom Pale Ale

16. NC Asheville – Highland Brewing Thunderstruck Coffee Porter

Midwest

1. North Carolina – Carolina Sky Blue Golden Ale

2. Kansas – Free State Brewing Ad Astra Ale

3. Georgetown – DC Brau The Citizen

4. Michigan – Jolly Pumpkin Biere de Mars

5. Temple – Yards Poor Richard’s Tavern Spruce Ale

6. San Diego St. – Ballast Point Wahoo Wheat

7. St. Mary’s – Linden Street Brewery Burning Oak Black Lager

8. Creighton – Upstream Dundee Export Scotch Ale

9. Alabama – Good People Brewing Bubba Imperial Pilsner

10. Purdue – People’s Brewing Nine Irish Ale

11. NC State – Big Boss Angry Angel

12a. Cal – Triple Rock Ipax Ale

12b. USF – Cigar City Cubano-Style Espresso Brown Ale

13. Ohio – Jackie O’s Brewery OPA

14. Belmont – Blackstone Brewery A.P.A

15. Detroit – Motor City Brewing Works Ghettoblaster

16a. Lamar – Texas BIG Beer Brewery Big Ass Blonde

16b. Vermont – Magic Hat Vinyl