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We are one step closer to crowning Cincinnati's Favorite Beer for 2023! Only one No. 1 seed remains as Boston Lager (Sam Adams) and Garage Beer (Braxton) both fell to No. 4 seeds in the Sweet 16 round. The year of the No. 2 seed continues as they all remain in the running for the sudsy title.
✔️ VOTE HERE on Elite Eight matchups March 20-21.
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Elite Eight matchups for Cincinnati's Favorite Beer 2023
South Yeast
No. 8 seed Third Eye P.A. (Third Eye) continues its historic run, taking down last year's runner-up, No. 4 seed Moozie (Brink). Third Eye already took down No. 1 seed Symphony Vienna Lager (Big Ash) in the first round and will look to keep the momentum going against bracket-regular No. 2 seed You Betcha! (Sonder) in the Elite Eight. You Betcha! squeaked out the Sweet 16 win over No. 6 seed Oktoberfest (West Side) by only 11 votes, our closest matchup of the year so far.
North Wheat
We have a champ-on-champ battle brewing, too, as 2021/2022 champ No. 1 seed Bohemian Special Brew (Wiedemann) takes on 2019 champ No. 2 seed Gavel Banger (Taft's). The Bohemian has been breezing through its first matchups, but Taft's brew will look to tap into its former glory to take down the bracket favorite.
South Wheat
No. 2 seed Dunkel (Hofbrauhaus) won the all-German battle against No. 3 seed Franz (Rhinegeist) and will take on the bracket-busting No. 4 seed Coast to Coast (Fifty West) in the next round. The Newport-made Dunkel is looking to return to the Final Four for the first time since 2019, the same year Coast to Coast lost in the first round as a No. 6 seed. Will the tides of fortune turn in 2023?
North Yeast
We have another No. 4 seed breaking brackets this year. No. 4 seed Helles Real (Grainworks) took down the crowd-pleasing No. 1 seed Boston Lager (Sam Adams), yet even more proof that in the CFB championship, David can rise above Goliath with the right amount of can-do spirit. The FC Cincinnati-themed Helles Real will take on No. 2 seed Vlad (Fretboard) for what will surely be a close matchup between these two breweries from up north.
What's next? Will the Cinderella stories continue? Well, that's entirely up to you.
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Elite Eight voting guide for Cincinnati's Favorite Beer
Voting begins (at bit.ly/cfbelite8) at 12:01 a.m. Monday, March 20, and ends at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, March 21.
You can vote once per matchup, per round.
Final Four voting will begin on Thursday, March 23, featuring winners from the previous round.
Dates to know for Cincinnati's Favorite Beer 2023
Nominations: Feb. 27-March 3.Bracket unveiled: March 12.Round of 32: March 13-14.Sweet 16: March 16-17.Elite Eight: March 20-21.
Final Four: March 23-24.
THE FINALS: March 27-28.
Winner announced: Sunday, April 2.
Previous beer bracket winners
2022: Wiedemann’s Bohemian Special Brew (repeat)
2019: Taft’s Gavel Banger
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati's Favorite Beer 2023 Elite 8 bracket reveals upsets galore
