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2019 Ultimate Minnesota Beer Bracket
The champion is crowned
Castle Danger is top brew
For the second consecutive year, the Two Harbors brewery is your Ultimate Minnesota Beer Bracket champion. In the finals, it bested fellow North Shore powerhouse Bent Paddle.
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Castle Danger is top brew
For the second consecutive year, the Two Harbors brewery is your Ultimate Minnesota Beer Bracket champion. In the finals, it bested fellow North Shore powerhouse Bent Paddle.
(1) Castle Danger
65%
(16) Lift Bridge
35%
Bent Paddle (2)
71%
Steel Toe (15)
29%
Surly (3)
61%
Insight (14)
39%
(4) Schell's
52%
(13) Modist
48%
(5) Summit
62%
(12) Bad Weather
38%
Dangerous Man (6)
63%
Lupulin (11)
37%
Fair State (7)
61%
Barrel Theory (10)
39%
(8) Indeed
52%
(9) Fulton
48%
(1) Castle Danger
58%
(8) Indeed
42%
(4) Schell's
41%
(5) Summit
59%
67%
(2) Bent Paddle
33%
(7) Fair State
54%
(3) Surly
46%
(6) Dangerous Man
(1) Castle Danger
60%
(5) Summit
40%
(2) Bent Paddle
55%
(3) Surly
45%
(1) Castle Danger
57%
(2) Bent Paddle
43%
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Eat & Drink
April 8, 2019
Here's your 2019 Ultimate Minnesota Beer Bracket champion
Which North Shore brewery was voted Top Brew?
Eat & Drink
April 2, 2019
North Shore showdown: Castle Danger meets Bent Paddle in Minnesota Beer Bracket final
The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds held their ground, sending them to the championship.
Eat & Drink
March 28, 2019
It's a North Shore-Twin Cities clash in Minnesota Beer Bracket's Foamy Four
Schell's, the one-time champ went down in the Ale-ite Eight.
Eat & Drink
March 24, 2019
Will North Shore sink Twin Cities? Big matchups ahead in Beer Bracket's Ale-ite Eight
Minnesota breweries square off in the latest round of the Ultimate Minnesota Beer Bracket.
Eat & Drink
March 20, 2019
Meet the 16 breweries that made it into the Ultimate Minnesota Beer Bracket
How Castle Danger nabbed the crown in last year's Ultimate Minnesota Beer Bracket
Eat & Drink
April 6, 2018
From 2018: Castle Danger is the Ultimate Minnesota Beer Bracket champion
The Two Harbors brewery's massive upset win over Surly crowns it king of Minnesota beers.
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April 3, 2017
From 2017: The Ultimate Minnesota Beer Bracket champion is ...
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