And the winner is.........

Charlie Papazian's Beer City USA Poll is over - the results are in- and you may, or may not, be surprised by the results.

According to Charlie, writing at examiner.com several cities were aggressively going after the title:

From the start it was clear that communities from several areas of the United States intended to make a run for winning the honor of becoming 2012 BeerCity USA. Facebook, Twitter, other community networks and local media were active throughout the 13-day polling period.

And with 55,926 votes cast for 31 different American cities the results are in.

Drum roll please......it is Asheville NC and Grand Rapids MI in a statistical tie!

It was Asheville's fourth win in a row- that's a pretty awesome run that deserves its own special award. It was Grand Rapid's first win.

Here's how everything played out according to Mr. Papazian:

2012 BeerCity USA Vote Counts

1. Asheville, NC 17,849 (statistical tie)

1. Grand Rapids, MI 17,849 (statistical tie)

3. St. Louis, MO 3,451

4. Bend, OR 2,270

5. Portland, OR 2,014

6. San Diego, CA 1,304

7. Milwaukee, WI 955

8. Fort Collins, CO 840

9. Denver, CO 809

10. Cleveland, OH 671

11. Durango, CO 670

12. Raleigh, NC 669

13. Madison, WI 668

14. Philadelphia, PA 599

15. Phoenix-Tempe-Scottsdale, AZ 596

16. Tampa, FL 581

17. Chicago, IL 563

18. Missoula, MT 402

The following cities each had less than 400 votes: Boulder, CO: Jacksonville, FL; Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN; Cincinnati, OH; San Francisco/Oakland - Bay Area, CA; Austin, TX; Seattle, WA; Charlotte, NC; Boston, MA; Portland, ME; Dallas-Ft.Worth, TX; Washington, DC; Albuquerque, NM

American Craft Beer.com would like to congratulate the winners and thank Mr. Papazian for orchestrating everything and for sharing his results.