Arizona and North Carolina face off in the NFL Conference Championship game this weekend and since both states are home to a thriving craft beer scene, the respective Brewer’s Guilds in each state have decided to wager on the outcome of the game. Overconfident that their home state Arizona Cardinals will walk away with the NFL victory, the Arizona Brewer’s Guild waged a bet with the North Carolina Brewers Guild.
Like the Cardinals and Panthers, the beer cultures in each team’s respective states have undergone new and exciting changes over the past several years. And while the two teams will go toe to toe at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte this weekend, their home states’ Craft Brewers Guilds will get in on the action as well.
The Arizona Craft Brewers Guild issued a beer and food challenge, and the North Carolina Brewers Guild has answered with a challenge of its own.
The challenge:
Once the Panthers lose the playoff game, the North Carolina Brewers Guild will have to send five North Carolina brewed beers with five different foods to pair with each to the Arizona Brewer’s Guild. Then, North Carolina must host a collaboration beer for Arizona brewers. The Arizona brewers will have naming rights to the beer, which will more than likely be worded in such a way to rub the loss even further into the North Carolina Guild member’s collective faces.
Not one to back down on any challenge, the North Carolina Brewers Guild has responded with a challenge of its own, answering the Arizona Brewer’s Guild with a similar challenge of its own. Members of each state’s brewer’s guild have created videos about the bet, available for all to see using the links below:
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