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"It's been a roller coaster," said Herb Engert , Americas strategic-growth-markets leader at Ernst & Young.

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Engert pushed for, and then selected, all 64 competitors for this year's Beer Madness, making sure that no single brewery had more than one bottle in the contest.

Vote for your favorites in Beer Madness 2011

For the first time in the contest's history Beer Madness has expanded to 64 breweries, thanks to the urging of Greg Engert, beer director of the Neighborhood Restaurant Group, which also includes Birch & Barley/ChurchKey.

Vote for your favorites in Beer Madness 2011

Or just follow along vicariously, beginning with Round 1: Read the story, check out the panelists and watch a video of Washington Post beer columnist Greg Kitsock and Birch & Barley/ChurchKey beer director Greg Engert going over the rules and the playing field.

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What's more, Engert also dropped the mega-production breweries in favor of craft brewers only.

Vote for your favorites in Beer Madness 2011

Beer director Greg Engert says he spent the previous evening flushing out the tap lines to prep for the event.

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Thats where Engert is putting Strumkes gypsy brews on the map.

'Gypsy Brewer' Spreads Craft Beer Gospel 2010

O'NEILL: Engert carries Strumke's beers when he can on his menu of more than 500 bottled beers and 50 on draft from around the world.

'Gypsy Brewer' Spreads Craft Beer Gospel 2010

I joined him and Strumke at Birch and Barley for our final act: A five-course dinner menu created around the gypsy beer, which Engert describes with the vocabulary of an academic.

'Gypsy Brewer' Spreads Craft Beer Gospel 2010

Guys like Engert and Strumke are serious about beer and craft brews are a serious business.

'Gypsy Brewer' Spreads Craft Beer Gospel 2010