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It’s become its own thing, breweries in competing cities making beer wagers around big games like the Super Bowl. And now with the World Series in play, many of them are backing their Home Team’s turf.
First a disclaimer…American Craft Beer is headquartered in Washington, DC and we’re as passionate about the National’s Cinderella story as anyone.
That said even two games up, we understand that the Houston Astro’s are formidable foes, and for that reason alone, we’re not betting on anything…
But both craft and ‘crafty’ breweries in Texas and the Maryland/DC/Virginia region are backing their teams and that’s kind of fun too.
On the crafty side, Houston-based Karbach Brewing, home of the Astros ballpark beer Crawford Bock, has a wager against Devils Backbone, known for their Nationals baseball beer Earned Run Ale.
Both breweries are owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewing conglomerate, so whoever wins or loses, they’ve got these bets covered.
If the Astros win the World Series, which many think still could happen, Devils Backbone has to brew Crawford Bock in astronaut costumes with Astros shirts over them.
If the Washington Nationals win (and we’re keeping our fingers crossed), Karbach will brew Earned Run Ale in shark costumes with Nationals shirts over them.
Adding insult to injury, the losing team will sell the other team’s beer in their pub and donate profits to a local charity. According to KHOU 11 Karbach chose the Astros Foundation and Devils Backbone will donate to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank…
Also the losing team’s GM will fly into the winning team’s brewery and buy, deliver, and serve the brewery staff their local state’s favorite hamburger. For Devils Backbone, it would be Five Guys and For Karbach, Whataburger. But either way AB InBev will be picking up that bill.
On the more independent side of things the wagering gets a little more moderate, but no less fun…
Eureka Heights in Houston and Atlas Brew Works in DC have agreed that the winning city’s brewery will get a case of beer, while the losing city must fly the flag of the winning team for a month.
Houston’s best-known craft brewery, Saint Arnold, is wagering cases of beer with DC Brau Brewing Company.
And Hellbender Beer has entered into a bet with Great Heights Brewing with even more intimidating stakes.
If the Nationals lose Hellbender Beer will humiliate themselves by dancing as sharks (in Astro gear) in front Washington’s Air and Space Museum…And if the Nationals win Great Heights will lose their dignity by dancing in front of the Houston Aquarium.
Game 3 of the World Series between the Astros and Nationals starts at 8:07 ET at Nationals Park in Washington, DC.
