Best Florida Beer Competition

Congratulations to the Winners The Best Florida Beer Competition! Best Of Show winners were announced at Brewers Ball (see pictures): Best Of Show Beer: Danny Williams - Dunedin Brewers Guild Best Of Show Mead: Tom Wheatley - Tampa Bay BEERS 2nd Best Of Show Beer: Jeff Gladish - Tampa Bay BEERS 2nd Best Of Show Mead: Jonathan Jordan - Hogtown Brewers 3rd Best Of Show Beer: Thomas Crawford 3rd Best Of Show Mead: Thomas Crawford Congratulations! A Huge thank-you to our generous sponsors! Sierra Nevada Brewing Company - donated three cases of Bigfoot as well as shirts, pens, etc.! Cajun Cafe (Pinellas Park) - Paul donated four cases of Lagunitas and a whole case of tasting glasses! Saint Somewhere Brewery (Tarpon Springs) - Bob donated two cases (one each of Saison Athene and Lectio Devina) of his excellent Belgian beers! Northern Brewer - donated $175 in gift certificates for homebrew supplies! Anchor Brewing Company - donated a framed mirror/display Beer and Winemakers Pantry - donated a glass carboy and two gift certificates Briess Malting - donated malt and liquid malt extract Dogfish Head Brewery - donated tshirts Hearts Homebrew - donated a portable corny-keg tap system with CO2 and beer faucet Homebrew Den (Tallahassee) - donated three gift packs of great stuff! Hop Union - donated a bunch of hops and some shirts, hats, and openers Hops Brewery and Restaurant - Tim Ogden donated a 50lb bag of cracked malt Left Hand Brewing - donated award packs of 6-pack coolers with signs and glassware Leukens Liquor - donated a case of beer to be used for judge goodie bags Oskar Blues Brewing Company - donated Gordon, Dales Pale Ale, and Old Chubb as well as shirts, hats, Old Chubb lip balm, and signs Rogue Brewing - donated stickers, labels, and condoms Siebel Institute - donated DeClerks classic "Textbook of Brewing" Southern Brewing Supply - donated a 50lb bag of Weyermann malt Tampa Bay Brewing Company - donated a gift certificate Terrapin Brewing - donated some Dirty Turtles beer pourers (to make a Dirty Turtle black-and-tans with Terrapin Rye Pale Ale) White Labs - donated certificates for yeast World Of Beer (Clearwater) - donated a gift certificate WYeast - donated award packs of shirts and glassware, as well as certificates for yeast Also, thanks very much to the people who made it happen: Nelson Crowle - Competition Coordinator and Registrar Danny Williams - Judge Director Charmaine Martinez - Scoresheet collator and name badges and support Caroline Van Sant-Crowle - Cellarmaster, Caterer, Judge bag maker, and all-around help to get things done KK - Raffle organizer Darryl Kochaniec (from the Orlando area) - thanks for stepping up and volunteering to be Head Steward! - much appreciated! A special thank you to the out of town judges who came to help out in a big judging session! And a big thank you for the businesses that let us use their facilities for judging: Yuengling Brewery - provided their excellent party room for the final day of judging Dunedin Brewery - made their back room available to us for two weekend days of judging Southern Brewing Supply - made the warehouse available to us for two weekend days of judging Mr. Dunderbaks - for hosting and catering the Awards Ceremony