You may have read the announcement earlier this week that Cincinnati breweries would come together to make not one…but FIVE different beers for Cincinnati Beer Week this year. So how is this going to work you ask? Well, CBW officials pulled out 5 breweries out of a hat to decide who team leaders would be and tonight they fought it out in various games to see who would get to draft their favorite teammate first!

Well the results are in! Here’s the list of each team as well as their styles and ingredients!

Team One

Captain: Mt Carmel

Fibonacci

Cellar Dweller

Fifty West

Style: IPA

Malt: Crystal

Hops: US Pacific NW

Local Ingredient: Fruit

Team Two

Captain: Blank Slate

Bad Tom Smith

Taft’s Ale House

Rhinegeist

Style: Saison

Malt: Biscuit

Hops: German

Local Ingredient: Peppers

Team Three

Captain: Listermann

MadTree

Dogberry

Urban Artifact

Style: Amber

Malt: 2-Row Only

Hops: New Zealand

Local Ingredient: Wood

Team Four

Captain: Braxton

Rock Bottom

Rivertown

Paradise

Style: Lager/Pils

Malt: Munich

Hops: English

Local Ingredient: Vegetable

Team Five

Captain: Ei8ht Ball

Christian Moerlein

Old Firehouse

Mash Cult

Style: Belgian

Malt: Honey

Hops: Citra

Local Ingredient: Flowers

Looks like one heck of a lineup for this year’s Cincinnati Beer Week! Who do you think will make the best beer?