Bragging rights and big bucks aren’t the only things on the line during the NBA Finals.
Brewskis and chardonnay are at stake too.
Via Twitter, California’s two U.S. senators — Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris — have accepted a challenge from the two U.S. senators from the state of Ohio.
If the Cleveland Cavaliers win the title, Feinstein and Harris will send California chardonnay and Anchor Brewing Co. beer to the Midwest. If the Golden State Warriors win, Sens. Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman will deliver beer from the Platform Beer Co. and Great Lakes Brewing.
Both Platform and Great Lakes are brewed in the Cavaliers’ home of Cleveland.
Anchor, however, is brewed in San Francisco — soon to be the Warriors’ home again, but … not yet.
Sure, Anchor features a lager that depicts the team’s “Strength in Numbers” motto in its packaging. It’s the second year of the partnership between the team and the brewery.
But there are about a dozen microbreweries in Oakland, including Temescal, Federation, Ghost Town, Woods, Oakland, Ale Industries, Old Kan, Novel, Diving Dog, Independent, Original Pattern and Line 51.
So here’s a nice way to boost those O-Town entrepreneurs:
When the Warriors win, DiFi and Harris should send a consolation shipment to Ohio. May we suggest Line 51’s DubNation IPA and Ale Industries’ Beast Oakland?