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As a fun thought experiment, I wondered how the tournament would play out if we just used the BeerAdvocate ratings.  Had we seeded them this way, things certainly would have looked a lot different.

Our brackets as they currently stand are:

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1 - Schlafly Reserve - 591

16 - Guinness – 125

 

8 - Oskar Blues Ten FIDY - 354

9 - Weyerbacher Heresy Imp Stout – 250

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5 - Allagash Black - 433

12 - Sam Adams Imperial Stout – 229

 

4 - Hitachino Espresso Stout - 438

13 - Founders Breakfast Stout - 208

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3 - Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti - 453

14 - North Coast Old Rasputin – 208

 

6 - Thirsty Dog Siberian Night - 416

11 - Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout – 235

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7 - Southern Tier Choklat - 408

10 - Young's Double Chocolate Stout – 236

 

2 - Hoppin Frog BORIS the Crusher Oatmeal Stout - 500 

15 - Brooklyn Black Chocolate - 166

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Using the BeerAdvocate ratings, this would be our elite eight:

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1 - Schlafly Reserve - 591

8 - Oskar Blues Ten FIDY - 354 

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5 - Allagash Black - 433  

13 - Founders Breakfast Stout - 208

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3 - Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti - 453 

6 - Thirsty Dog Siberian Night - 416 

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7 - Southern Tier Choklat - 408

2 - Hoppin Frog BORIS the Crusher Oatmeal Stout - 500 

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That’s all more or less as I predicted, though looking at the numbers (you should check out BeerAdvocate for that – it requires a membership, but it’s free), I’m surprised at some of the rankings.  Most notably, Young’s was higher than I expected at 4.1, and Allagash Black was lower than I expected at 4.01.

Our Final Four:

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8 - Oskar Blues Ten FIDY - 354 

13 - Founders Breakfast Stout - 208

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3 - Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti - 453  

7 - Southern Tier Choklat - 408

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Again, nothing here shocks me.  I think BORIS might beat Choklat, but I’m not certain of that.  And Siberian Night definitely stands a chance, as does Allagash (though not according to BeerAdvocate).

The championship:

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13 - Founders Breakfast Stout - 208

3 - Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti - 453  

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3rd Place Matchup:

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8 - Oskar Blues Ten FIDY - 354 

7 - Southern Tier Choklat - 408

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Oak Aged Yeti and Choklat only differ by 0.01 in the ratings, so that one was about as close as they come.  Not quite as close as they come – Yeti and Ten FIDY have the exact same rating, which would have resulted in the narrowest possible victory for FIDY had they played, according to our tiebreaking rule of the cheapest beer wins.

Having given away the fact that FIDY and Yeti have the same rating, it should come as no surprise that the champion would be FBS (my prediction from day 1), and FIDY would be holding steady in 3rd.

It’s D-10 day. Soon enough we’ll see how it plays out for real.

Duff Out.