Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages! Beers and Ears proudly brings to you your 2013 Disney Beer Tournament Champion of the World! Unibroue La Fin Du Monde! This was a really tight match! The Belgian-style tripel from Québec won by only two votes over Rogue Dead Guy Ale. La Fin Du Monde’s most well-known location is Le Cellier in Epcot’s Canada pavilion. However, it can also be found at the Hollywood Brown Derby in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.  [ Read More ]

Over the past few weeks the 64 beers entered in our Disney Beer Tournament have been narrowed down to two finalists! This one is for all the marbles, the whole enchilada, and any other idiom you might want to put here. The final vote awaits! The poll will close Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 3:00 pm Central; vote or forever hold your peace! And now, the two finalists! First, in this corner, weighing in at 6.6% ABV, the maibock of  [ Read More ]

Only eight beers remain in this year’s Disney Beer Tournament! These matchups will determine the champions for each region. The final four beers and the championship match will take place next week, and the following Monday we will announce the winner! For this round, voting will end Sunday, March 31, 2013 at 6:00 pm Central. We’ll extend the time a little bit since it’s Easter. As always, the full bracket! Click to enlarge.   Mickey’s up first!   Altenmünster Oktoberfest  [ Read More ]

In just one week we’ve gone from 64 beers to only sixteen! Here’s the bracket as we head into the third round of the 2013 Disney Beer Tournament! Voting ends at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Let’s see who’s left in the Mickey region! The first matchup pits the two remaining beers from the Germany pavilion against each other. Top-seeded Altenmünster Oktoberfest faces off against Hövels, the four seed in the Mickey region. Which German beer will prevail?  [ Read More ]

The first round of our 2013 Disney Beer Tournament has come and gone, and the field of 64 has been swiftly cut down to 32. A couple of trends so far: Ciders did not do well in the tournament. Despite the presence of four ciders in the tournament, none of the four advanced to the second round. Most of the higher seeds advanced. This, combined with some questionable seedings, may be a reason for the selection committee to rethink its  [ Read More ]

Happy Hunger Games Disney Beer Tournament! 64 beers have been entered as tribute, but only one can be crowned the Disney Beer Tournament champion. You may recall this was the Walt Disney World Beer Tournament last year. Since we’ve expanded to include a Disneyland Resort Beer List and an Epcot Food and Wine Festival Beer List, we’ve decided to include the beers on those lists as well. In order to qualify for the tournament, a beer needs to be on at  [ Read More ]

The last three weeks have been exciting around here as we held the first ever Walt Disney World Beer Tournament! Over 3,000 votes were cast as we went from 64 beers down to the champion! The final match pitted Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale against Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. As far as Walt Disney World is concerned, these two beers are very different. Arrogant Bastard is only served in one location, Raglan Road, while Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is found at  [ Read More ]

This is it folks! After five rounds, it all comes down to these two beers. The two beers about to face off have taken all comers and won. Here’s the final bracket! Let’s get right down to business. Here’s the final four portion of the bracket, now with our two championship contenders! Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale and Sierra Nevada Pale Ale have survived the tournament and have the opportunity to become the Walt Disney World Beer Tournament Champion! Stone Arrogant  [ Read More ]

After two weeks of voting, we are down to the Walt Disney World Beer Tournament Final Four! 64 beers entered the tournament and 60 have been retired. These regional champions are now set to face each other for the chance to be the Walt Disney World Beer Champion. Voting for the fifth round will end Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 5:00 PM CDT; be sure to vote before then! Here’s the full bracket (click to enlarge)! Let’s take a look  [ Read More ]

Welcome to round four of the Walt Disney World Beer Tournament! We’re down to the Elite Eight, the regional finals, where we will crown a winner for each region. The Elite Eight round of the tournament starts now and voting will close on Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 3:00 pm CDT! Let’s start with the updated full tournament bracket. Let’s see who’s left in the Mickey bracket! Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale brings down Guinness to advance to the Mickey region  [ Read More ]