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KCtoday brewery bracket

We need your help to decide KC’s best brewery. Vote for your favorite to help determine a champion.

KCtoday brewery bracket winner

And the bragging rights go to...

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Friendly competition, anyone?

With the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments in full swing, we’re joining the fun of bracket competitions with a face-off of our own.

Last year, y’all helped us name the best barbecue: Joe’s. This year, we asked you to share your favorite brewery in KC.

Well, the votes are in. After a close battle (drum roll, please) City Barrel, has been named the best brewery in Kansas City by our readers. City Barrel brought home 66% of the votes against Boulevard Brewing Company.

Congrats, City Barrel. You have officially won KCtoday bragging rights. 👏

The championship round came down to these two:

Graphic showing City Barrel and Boulevard as final two

Cast your vote for the best local brewery.

Graphic by KCtoday

Who was in the running

After thousands of responses, these breweries made the Elite Eight:

How it works

We hosted several voting rounds within our newsletters and social channels to determine City’s best brewery. Our audience voted , and the brewery with more votes moved on. We’ll go until we have a champion, which will be announced in our Friday, March 31 newsletter. You will be able to vote once per round.

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