The March Madness Beer Bracket, Round Two – Help decide Philly’s favorite beer

Alright, let’s start with yesterday’s winners.

From The Bishop’s Collar regional: 1. Dog Fish Head 120 Minute IPA, 4. Bells Two Hearted Ale, 5. Allagash White, 6. Youngs Double Chocolate Stoudt, 8. Victory Golden Monkey, 10. Rogue Dead Guy Ale, 14. Paulaner Hefe-Weizen, 15. Samuel Smith Nut Brown Ale

From the Eulogy Belgian Tavern regional: 1. Chimay Grande Reserve, 3. Delirium Tremens, 5. Unibroue La Fin du monde, 7. Ommegang Three Philosophers, 9. Troegs Mad Elf, 11. Duvel, 13. Piraat Triple Amber IPA, 15. Brooklyn Local One

And in other news, I got killed on Friday – I had West Virginia making the Elite Eight, and Wake Forest going all the way to the Final Four. Plus, the ol’ alma mater, Temple, fell to Arizona State. Though I kind of expected that…

Ah, well.

And a quick, fun story. So Thursday, I’m doing the liveblog while watching the games. After about four or five hours of liveblogging, you get kind of sick of it. So, I decided to just enjoy the last round of games, blogging be damned. And I was set up – I had one game on the tube, and two more on laptops, one mine, and one my roommates. I’ve got a beer in my hand and some Cheez-Its close by.

Basketball Heaven.

So anyway, I’m all set up, watching the tube from my bed. Now, my bed is perpendicular to the TV, so when I’m watching, half of me is normally on the bed, and if I don’t curl my legs up, the other half of me is on the floor. And don’t you know, about halfway through the second half of the late games, I pass out. And at three in the morning, I wake up, contorted in a position that can’t be good for the spine – head on some pillows, back on bed, legs dangling willy-nilly to the floor. Thankfully, I had finished my beer before catching any Z’s. There were, however, a couple of Cheez-Its hanging out on my shirt.

Mmmm…delicious.

So, I do what anybody else would do – I analyze the situation, eat the Cheez-Its from my shirt…and pass right the hell back out.

Damnit.

I guess I was just really tired, I don’t know. I’ve been pretty busy lately, so sleep has come at a bit of a premium. But man, did I wake up sore as hell, finally moving around at about seven in the morning, fully clothed, lights on, television spewing infomercials, a box of Cheez-Its and two laptops moonlighting as bedside companions. It was a rather pitiful scene.

Right – moving along.

I’ll keep the voting open for the entire weekend, and tally the results Sunday evening around 10 or so. The entire second round is represented below. Now get voting!

We’ll start with The Finnigan’s Wake Regional (Popular Brands, Lower Quality)

The Fox and Hound Regional (Popular Brands, Good Quality)

The Bishop’s Collar Regional (Less Mainstream, High Quality Beer)

The Eulogy Belgian Tavern Regional (Beer for the High-Minded Connoisseur)

Thanks for voting. Like the Tournament, after this weekend, The Beer Bracket will be closed until Thursday. I’m sure you wait with bated breath.