Help us choose the best brewery in Cleveland

To celebrate March Madness, we've created a tournament bracket to decide the best of the best in Cleveland's brewery scene.

State of play: Craft beer is a Cleveland hallmark, with more than 40 breweries in the area.

• We narrowed it to a Sweet 16 of local breweries to launch our tournament.

Methodology: This contest is fun and casual, so develop your own criteria based on taste and variety of beers, quality of taproom, branding, events — whatever you think makes a brewery great.

• Yes, we know Cleveland has way more than 16 awesome breweries, but we had to start somewhere.

📬 Vote for round 1 here by 3pm EDT. Check back tomorrow to see who advances to the Elite 8.

• Reply to this email to advocate for your favorite or to complain about which breweries were left out. Now, crack a cold one and vote.