The NCAA Tournament is upon us in all its perfection. It is, quite simply, an event that does not need to be changed or expanded.
But we can do both and keep you refreshed all the while.
Behold: The Athletic’s fourth annual NCAA Tournament Beer Guide.
In previous years, we’ve assigned a brewery and a recommendation to each team in the men’s tournament. This time, we’re focusing on the host sites and the fans traveling to them, identifying the best spot to watch the games and grab a quality beverage. And for the first time we’re including the regional sites and Final Four for the women’s tournament, too.
(Given the variability in hosts for the first weekend of the women’s event, we decided to start with the Sweet 16. If your team is a home team, feel free to help out your fellow imbibers in the comment section.)
A couple notes: The breweries chose the beer. THE BREWERIES CHOSE THE BEER. This is important. And when we couldn’t reach someone for a rec, we took our best stab at the pick. (Those ones you can blame us for.)
Let’s toast to the Madness …
Men’s First Four
Dayton
The brewery: Branch & Bone
The beer: Spectral Alphabet
Branch & Bone brews a wide variety of rotating beers, but Spectral Alphabet is the only mainstay. This New England IPA was one of the earliest…
