{"id":12208,"date":"2016-07-15T12:12:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T16:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/the-2016-brokelyn-ice-cream-bracket-and-the-championship-goes-to\/"},"modified":"2016-07-15T12:12:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T16:12:39","slug":"the-2016-brokelyn-ice-cream-bracket-and-the-championship-goes-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/the-2016-brokelyn-ice-cream-bracket-and-the-championship-goes-to\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2016 Brokelyn ice cream bracket: And the championship goes to \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the final creamdown! \u201cYour freezer looks like if your mom\u2019s shitty boyfriend was trying to teach you a lesson. Like, \u2018you\u2019re going to eat all the ice cream!\u2019.\u2019\u2019 \u2014Judge Eric Silver In 1982, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed July to be National Ice Cream Month. So too must we proclaim a winner of the 2016 Brokelyn Ice Cream Bracket. (Enormous respect for ice cream is pretty much the only thing Reagan and I have in common.) Years of training (to eat ice cream), sacrifice (forgoing other food in favor of ice cream), and talent (at eating ice cream) have prepared us for this moment.\u00a0One humid summer evening in Brooklyn, four judges tasted 24 flavors from 12 Brooklyn ice cream shops. The deliberations were tough, but the rewards were sweet. After hours of discussion, disagreements, and tummy aches, we were able to name a winner.\u00a0Let\u2019s take a look at the final scores. 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