And so it begins, Round 3 – the Final 16.  It’s been a long journey to get here, and I have a feeling the fun has only yet begun.  To keep things interesting, I’ll be switching up the style of my posts for this round, rather than my previous “review X, review Y” approach.  I’ll try my best to keep things interesting, and it all starts off today with a comparison of the Spoetzl Shiner Hefeweizen (reviewed previously here) and the Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA (here).

Both of these beers have a fantastic aroma – a great lemon grass from the Shiner brew, and a quality pine and floral presented in the Dogfish brew.  The taste of the 90 Minute IPA is more of the pine and floral combination, while the hefeweizen brings a fantastic overall sweetness that goes down smooth.  While both of these brews deserve to be in the third round of the inaugural tournament of Brewlimination, it’s time to dig dipper and figure out how to pick a winner between these two dissimilar beers.

The 90 Minute IPA is a fantastic stylistic example of an IPA, continuously hopped for ninety minutes and you can certainly notice. Needless to say, this IPA has an impressive “Wow” factor.  But, is that enough to beat out the perfect presence of the aroma and smooth sweetness in the Shiner Hefeweizen?  This will be a very interesting decision indeed.  Stay tuned!

UPDATE: Click Here for Match Results!