Brewery Patio Bracket Round One: The South will rise again

All right, as we detailed earlier this week, it is time for the opening round of our first brewery patio bracket challenge. This is all purely for fun, a way to celebrate our breweries and their efforts to maximize their patios during the current year.

Originally, we were going to start with the breweries in our North and East and North and West brackets, but we were informed one of those breweries was on the verge of opening a new and expanded patio, so we will wait until Monday. For now, we begin with the south.

So, a few points we want to make before you all get to the voting:

• What makes a patio the best? That is entirely up to you. It can be the setup, the views, the size, the shade coverings, the staff on hand, or just the beer (and/or food) served there. Ther

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