The Location: swissnex San Francisco, 730 Montgomery St.

The Beer: Sierra Nevada’s Kellerweis Hefeweizen and Deschutes’ Black Butte Porter

The Method of Dispense: Standard kegerator (Black Butte) and bottles chilled in an icy tub (Kellerweis)

How They Fared: Black Butte Porter has been a longtime favorite among the Wired staff, so we were understandably a little nervous about bringing it out to the masses to what other people might think. Fortunately, Black Butte gained a few fans Wednesday night as well. “How could you not like the Black Butte?” said Colin Dixon, an office manager for the Public Library of Science. “Great choice for a cool SF fall day,” said Brian Mossop, also of PLoS. “It tastes like the first time I kissed a girl, won at sports, and drove a car — all at once,” said writer Dan Maxwell.

Still, Sierra Nevada’s Kellerweis proved a popular choice with the baseball-cheering crowd. “Delicious!” raved Dwell assistant editor Jordan Kushins. “Cidery goodness. Tastes like fall,” said another patron, while Bridgit Dixon declared Kellerweis “the nicest German I’ve ever met!”

And in the revelry of the Giants pulling off an upset to take a 1-0 lead in the World Series, Kellerweis took down the mighty Black Butte Porter by a comfortable nine-vote margin to advance to the Elite Eight of our ongoing October Madness extravanaganza.

Image: Above:swissnex SF. Below: Erik Malinowski/Wired.com

Stay tuned to @wiredplaybook and @beerrobot for updates on attending future October Madness events in the Bay Area. Follow us on Twitter at @erikmal and @wiredplaybook and on Facebook.

See Also:

• Wired October Madness Beer Bracket
• October Madness: Our Search for the Most Wired Beer
• Yelp Crew Gives 5 Stars to Lagunitas Little Sumpin'
• Boont Amber Ale Beats Big Daddy IPA at Sharktoberfest Showdown …
• Sierra's Kellerweis Hefeweizen Pulls Off Killer Comeback
• Beer Battle at Twitter HQ Goes Black Butte's Way

Authors: Erik Malinowski

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