Brewery Patio Bracket Round Two: The Battle of Burque rages on with no clear-cut favorite

The last couple of times our brewery patio bracket-style tournament hit up the Albuquerque breweries — divided by Interstates 25 and 40 into Northwest, Northeast, Southeast, and Southwest (Downtown) regions — there was not as much separation as we expected.

The Northwest had two at the top, but figuring out fourth place was difficult, while the Northeast saw a clear top three, but fourth was also not as easy to select. The Southeast proved to be particularly popular, with three patios racking up 100-plus votes, but as for the Southwest (Downtown), it was a tight cluster between some of the biggest and smallest breweries in town.

Here are the first-round results, with the top four from each region advancing to our second round. The Northwest produced the closest vote all tournament between fourth and fif

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