July 28, 2018 
Burnsville, MN

As a tribute to the Old Man, Bob Hoecherl, he put together the culmination of years of beers into one tournament.  Perfect weather, cold beer and a great turnout of participants made this one epic tournament.  Never has a tournament had so many close matchups and tie breakers, but in the end Old Milwaukee slid round to round, winning each match by one vote or tie breaker!  
Erik Johnson, with the winning bracket, actually had Old Mil and Blatz in the finals and ultimately chose Old Mil to win it all.  In his victory speech, he mentioned days out on the farm when he was a boy and after a long day of work in the field, his dad would give him an Old Milwaukee or a Blatz!