Brewsday Tuesday: Beer brackets at Ale
 

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As St. Patrick?s Day, St. Joseph?s Day and Super Sunday celebrations wind down and the shocks of various New Orleans Saints trades wear off, what?s left to amuse ourselves until festival season begins? There's March Madness, the college basketball championships that whittle down a field of 68 teams to the Final Four by the end of the month.

The Riverbend beer hall Ale (8124 Oak St., 504-324-6558) is applying that same competitive approach to beer, turning the bar?s 30-tap lineup into a craft beer blind-tasting showdown which will culminate on April 6 along with the NCAA men's national basketball championship game.

Ale General Manager Patrick Winters says there will be 29 match ups in March ? one per day.? [ Read more ]

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