Breweries and fans, alike, are excited for March Draftness 2023!

All 64 breweries have been named! Voting begins this coming Monday, March 13 at 7:00 pm on Better on Draft’s Facebook page.

After arranging 16 breweries in four regions – Southwest, North, East, and Central – breweries were seeded by how many likes each of their Facebook pages had and then paired up with the corresponding brewery in March Madness style brackets.

Southwest Region Round 1

  • Saugatuck Brewing Co vs 3 Gatos Brewery
  • Thornapple Brewing Co vs Gull Lake Distilling Company
  • Albion Malleable Brewing Co vs Ramshackle Brewing Co
  • Broad Leaf Brewery + Spirits vs Haymarket Brewery & Taproom
  • TwoGuys Brewing vs Murray Street Brewing Company
  • Final Gravity Brewing Co vs Gravel Bottom Craft Brewery
  • Presidential Brewing Co vs The Distant Whistle Brewhouse
  • ConfluxCity Brewing Company vs Guardian Brewing Company

North Region Round 1

  • Right Brain Brewery vs Third Life Brewing
  • barrel + beam vs Cheboygan Brewing Co
  • Beards Brewery vs Reed City Brewing Company
  • Tri-City Brewing Company vs Archival Brewing
  • HopSide Brewery vs Odd Side Ales
  • Bier Distillery vs Big Buck Brewery
  • Pigeon Hill Brewing Company vs Alpha Michigan Brewing Company
  • Fetch Brewing Co vs Coopersville Brewing Co

East Region Round 1

  • B. Nektar vs Nain Rouge Brewery
  • Fillmore 13 Brewery vs Arctic Circle Brewing Company
  • Tenacity Brewing vs Cadillac Straits Brewing Company
  • Brooks Brewing vs Dog and Pony Show Brewing
  • The Royal Oak Brewery vs Brewery Faisan
  • Rustic Leaf Brewing Co vs Battle Alley Brewing Co
  • Brown Iron Brewhouse vs Unexpected Craft Brewing Company
  • Redwood Brewing Company vs Loaded Dice Brewery

Central Region Round 1

  • Ellison Brewery and Spirits vs Great White Buffalo Brewing Co
  • Ogma Brewing Co vs Eternity Brewing
  • Bløm Meadworks vs Farmington Brewing Co
  • Brewery Becker vs Downey Brewing Co
  • Draught Horse Brewery vs Four Keys Brewing
  • Bearded Lamb Brewing Company vs North Center Brewing Company
  • Block Brewing Company vs Erratic Ale Co
  • Ypsi Alehouse vs Aberrant Ales

Round 1 Voting runs from Monday, March 13 at 7 pm to Thursday, March 16 at 7 pm. Round 2 Voting begins Saturday, March 18 at 7 pm.

You may be asking yourself, Where are the past winners of March Draftness? Why are they not included? Copper Hop Brewing Company, Baffin Brewing Company, and Brewery 4 Two 4 are all retired. Rumor has it they will be making a special appearance later at some point in the madness.

Who do you have winning it all?

Cheers!


Disclaimer: We at Better on Draft believe that our bracket is more unique than other brewery-related March Madness Brackets. We have reached out to hundreds of breweries throughout Michigan and received each brewery’s approval to participate. These breweries are added to the bracket on a first come first serve basis to create a field of 64. The brewery that wins is to host a keg party thrown by and paid for by us. With this type of buy in, we don’t want to assume that any and all breweries are good to complete the end of the deal.

 

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Edwin "Ed" Norton was first introduced to craft beer when his designated fraternity Big Brother Vince asked him if he knew anything about the topic. Ed admitted his ignorance and the rest is history as Ed and Vince would split six-packs of craft beers each week during Ed's probationary status. Ed is now a craft beer enthusiast who is always on the lookout for a beer he has not tried when bottle shopping or drinking at breweries and bars. In addition to drinking beer, this livelong Michigan resident enjoys a bunch of hobbies that he doubts you really care about, other than drinking beer and sounding off about it.

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