IMPORTANT UPDATE: Voting on the initial field is closed. No more e-mails are being accepted. You can cast your votes in the Sudsy Sixteen round here until 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22.
It's that time of the year. We're all thinking about brackets, taking really, really long lunch breaks and employers are losing $1.3 billion due to the lack of productivity because everyone's heads are exploding from March Madness. I know. $1.3 billion. It's almost enough to make you feel guilty. Almost.
Well, while everyone else is busy crowning their college basketball winners and then crumpling up their sheet of dreams after the first two days of games, we're working on another kind of bracket – the scientifically perfect Ultimate Beer Bracket that will forever end all arguments about WHICH BREWERY IS MINNESOTA'S BEST.***
Seriously, beer is almost as great as basketball, right? And also less likely to break your heart this spring.
Here's the best part: While you'd probably get arrested and massively fined if you tried to hop on the court and contribute to your favorite team's journey through the tourney, this bracket's destiny is totally in your hands.
***Just kidding: this is not at all scientific, and you can definitely argue with us (and we know you will).
Here's what you do:
PHASE ONE: DETERMINE THE FIELD:
