The 17th. Annual
Sunshine Challenge
The following are the official results from the tabulation team of the Sunshine Challenge 2007 (SC07). The event was held at the Orlando Sun Resort in Kissimmee Florida near Walt Disney World, October 26-28, 2007. There were over 430 official entries.


Category 1 Light Lager
  1. Gold Medal Patrick Payne
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    1E Dortmunder Export - Payne's Export #6133


  2. Silver Medal Mark Williams
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    1A Lite American Lager - Teton Stone Light


  3. Bronze Medal Patrick Payne
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    1E Dortmunder Export - Payne's Export #432

 



Category 2 Pilsner

  1. Gold Medal Thomas Crawford
    2B Bohemian Pilsner - Fat Bottomed Pils

  2. Silver Medal Keith Oulson
    Cowford Ale Sharing Klub (CASK)
    2A German Pilsner


  3. Bronze Medal Jake Huwe
    Tampa Bay Beers & Brewrats
    2A German Pilsner

 



Category 3 European Amber Lager

  1. Gold Medal Nelson Crowle
    Dunedin Brewers Guild
    3B Octoberfest/Marzen - Marzen Oonyo


  2. Silver Medal David Snow
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    3A Vienna Lager


  3. Bronze Medal Kerry Martin
    Austin Zealots
    3B Octoberfest/Marzen - Festbier

 



Category 4 Dark Lager
  1. Gold Medal Darryl Kochaniec
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    4C Schwarzbier - Schwarzbier DK-37


  2. Silver Medal Mike Fouch
    Tampa Bay BEERS
    4B Munich Dunkel - Bavarian Dunkle


  3. Bronze Medal Ed Measom
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    4C Schwarzbier - May the Schwarz Be With You #218

 



Category 5 Bock
  1. Gold Medal Mark Williams
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    5D Eisbock - Iced Gerbilator #2


  2. Silver Medal William Kendrick & Lynn Seelos
    SAAZ Spacecoast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy
    5C Dopplebock


  3. Bronze Medal Patrick Payne
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    5C Dopplebock - Paynes Uberbock #6247-2

 



Category 6 Light Hybrid Beer
  1. Gold Medal Jeff Gladish
    Tampa Bay BEERS
    6A Cream Ale - CAP without hops


  2. Silver Medal Ed Measom
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    6C Kolsch - Killer Kolsch #244


  3. Bronze Medal Chis Chubb
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    6D American Wheat or Rye - Wry Ale

 



Category 7 Amber Hybrid Beer
  1. Gold Medal Mike Fouch
    Tampa Bay BEERS
    7C Dusseldorf Altbier - Duetchebag Alt


  2. Silver Medal Ed Measom
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    7C Dusseldorf Altbier - Ed's Old Alt #257


  3. Bronze Medal Mark Stober
    Tampa Bay BEERS
    7B California Common - A Common Common

 



Category 8 English Pale Ale
  1. Gold Medal Jay Mason
    Cowford Ale Sharing Klub (CASK)
    8C Extra Special/Strong Bitter

  2. Silver Medal Marshall Crews
    Cowford Ale Sharing Klub (CASK)
    8A Ordinary Bitter - Bostwick Bitter

  3. Bronze Medal Ed Measom
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    8A Ordinary Bitter - Basic Bitter #251

 



Category 9 Scottish and Irish Ale
  1. Gold Medal Glenn & Dani Exline
    SAAZ Spacecoast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy
    9E Strong Scotch Ale - Wee II


  2. Silver Medal Carl Davis
    Dunedin Brewers Guild
    9E Strong Scotch Ale


  3. Bronze Medal Dawson Frasier
    Hogtown Brewers
    9D Irish Red Ale - Sandhills Snotty Nose Red

 



Category 10 American Ale
  1. Gold Medal Ed Measom
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    10B American Amber Ale - Ed's I-APA #226


  2. Silver Medal Ed Measom
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    10B American Amber Ale - Ed's I-APA #191

  3. Bronze Medal Donna Lazarek
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    10A American Pale Ale - Evil American IPA

 



Category 11 English Brown Ale
  1. Gold Medal Ron Short
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    11A Mild - Hawks Landing English Dark Mild


  2. Silver Medal Chris Chubb
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    11B Southern English Brown Ale - London Calling

  3. Bronze Medal Patrick Payne
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    11A Mild - Payne's Magnificent Mild #5307

 



Category 12 Porter
  1. Gold Medal Thomas Crawford
    12B Robust Porter - Voluptious Little Hannah Ale

  2. Silver Medal Ed Measom
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    12C Baltic Porter - Petrograd Porter #220


  3. Bronze Medal Ed Measom
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    12C Baltic Porter - Petrograd Porter #185

 



Category 13 Stout

  1. Gold Medal Van Rommel & Mike Urban
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    13D Foreign Extra Stout  -Lost Texans Fredricksburg Stout

  2. Silver Medal Frankie Majowich
    13F Russian Imperial Stout

  3. Bronze Medal Kevin Ballash
    Treasure Coast Brewmasters
    13A Dry Stout

 



Category 14 India Pale Ale
  1. Gold Medal Thomas Crawford
    14C Imperial IPA - Pick Your Poison

  2. Silver Medal Jason Hunt
    Palm Beach Draughtsmen
    14C Imperial IPA - Durga's Revenge


  3. Bronze Medal Marshall Crews
    Cowford Ale Sharing Klub (CASK)
    14B American IPA - Head Implosion IPA

 



Category 15 German Wheat And Rye Beer
  1. Gold Medal Peter Polcynski
    Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM)
    15A Weizen/Weissbier - Big Brushy


  2. Silver Medal Michael Eger
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    15A Weizen/Weissbier - Numb Toe Hefe


  3. Bronze Medal Patrick Payne
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    15C Weizenbock - Grandma's Mustache II #955

 



Category 16 Belgian And French Ale

  1. Gold Medal Bob Wietor
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    16C Saison - 'Sensational' Saison


  2. Silver Medal Ron Montefusco
    16C Saison - Silly Saison

  3. Bronze Medal Ed Measom
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    16A Witbier - Witless #241 

 



Category 17 Sour Ale

  1. Gold Medal Bob Wietor
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    17E Gueuze - 'It's Gueuze to be the King' Lambic

  2. Silver Medal Lynn Seelos
    SAAZ Spacecoast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy
    17F Fruit Lambic - Black Current Galaxy


  3. Bronze Medal Jeff Gladish
    Tampa Bay BEERS
    17A Berliner Weisse - The Half Clean

 



Category 18 Belgian Strong Ale

  1. Gold Medal Kevin Ballash
    Treasure Coast Brewmasters
    18E Belgian Dark Strong Ale - 13.5 Belgian


  2. Silver Medal Andy Rodusky
    Palm Beach Draughtsmen
    18C Belgian Tripel - Beligmo's Be-ill-za belgian Tripel


  3. Bronze Medal Mark Carbone
    Treasure Coast Brewmasters
    18D Belgian Golden Strong Ale - Beelzabub The Belgian

 



Category 19 Strong Ale
  1. Gold Medal Nelson Crowle
    Dunedin Brewers Guild
    19B English Barleywine - Big  Ben Barleywine


  2. Silver Medal Mark Williams
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    19B English Barleywine - Wilted Peckers' Barleywine
  3. Bronze Medal David Grymonpre
    Tampa Bay BEERS
    19C American Barleywine

 



Category 20 Fruit Beer
  1. Gold Medal Ed Measom
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    Witless #233A


  2. Silver Medal Brent Hernandez
    Redlight Zymurgy
    Kumquat Golden Ale


  3. Bronze Medal Michael Eger
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    NumbToe Mandarin Wheat

 



Category 21 Spice/Herb/Vegetable

  1. Gold Medal David Snow
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    21A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable


  2. Silver Medal Scott & Denise Graham
    Miami Area Society of Homebrewers
    21A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable - Big Red's Pepper Porter

  3. Bronze Medal Darryl Kochaniec
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    21A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable - Spicy Saison DK-41a

 



Category 22 Smoke-Flavored & Wood-Aged Beer

  1. Gold Medal Michael Cotherman
    Dunedin Brewers Guild
    22C Wood Aged Beer - Oakey EPA


  2. Silver Medal Darryl Kochaniec
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    22A Classic Rauchbier - Classic Rauchbier-DK


  3. Bronze Medal Jeff Gladish
    Tampa Bay BEERS
    22B Other Smoked Beer - Smoked Bock

 



Category 23 Specialty Beer

  1. Gold Medal Art Watson
    Hogtown Brewers
    Severed Ties

  2. Silver Medal Ed Measom
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    Big Wheat #227


  3. Bronze Medal Glenn & Dani Exline
    SAAZ Spacecoast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy

 



Category 24 Traditional Mead
  1. Gold Medal Joe Peters
    Palm Beach Draughtsmen
    24B Semi-Sweet Mead


  2. Silver Medal Preston Hoover
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    24C Sweet Mead - Preston's Traditional Mead


  3. Bronze Medal Glenn & Dani Exline
    SAAZ Spacecoast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy
    24C Sweet Mead - Snogging Santa Under the Misletoe

 



Category 25 Melomel (Fruit Mead)
  1. Gold Medal Glenn & Dani Exline
    SAAZ Spacecoast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy
    25C Other Fruit Melomel - Passion's Nector


  2. Silver Medal Glenn & Dani Exline
    SAAZ Spacecoast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy
    25C
    Other Fruit Mead - Blackberry Surprise

  3. Bronze Medal Patrick Payne
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    25C
    Other Fruit Mead - Black & Blue

 



Category 26 Other Mead
  1. Gold Medal Glenn & Dani Exline
    SAAZ Spacecoast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy
    26A Metheglin

  2. Silver Medal Glenn & Dani Exline
    SAAZ Spacecoast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy
    26C
    Other Category Mead - Christmas Cyser

  3. Bronze Medal Patrick Payne
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    26A Metheglin - Paynes Sassy Sack

 



Category 27 & 28 Cider & Perry
  1. Gold Medal Patrick Payne
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    28A New England Cider - Paynes Super Cider #606


  2. Silver Medal Patrick Payne
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    27B English Cider - Paynes Super Cider #1618


  3. Bronze Medal Nelson Crowle
    Dunedin Brewers Guild
    28D Other Cider - Pom Pom Cider

 



Best of Show Mead and Cider

  • First Place Glenn & Dani Exline
    SAAZ Spacecoast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy
    26A Metheglin

  • 1st. Runner Up Joe Peters
    Palm Beach Draughtsmen
    24B Semi-Sweet Mead


  • 2nd. Runner Up Glenn & Dani Exline
    SAAZ Spacecoast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy
    25C Other Fruit Melomel - Passion's Nector


     



    Best Of Show

  • First Place Glenn & Dani Exline
    SAAZ Spacecoast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy
    9E Strong Scotch Ale - Wee II

  • 1st. Runner Up Thomas Crawford
    12B Robust Porter - Voluptious Little Hannah Ale

  • 2nd. Runner Up Bob Wietor
    Central Florida Home Brewers
    17E Gueuze - 'It's Gueuze to be the King' Lambic





    Heavy Metal Winner

  • Heavy Medal Glenn & Dani Exline (25 Points)
    SAAZ Spacecoast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy




    Sunshine Bowl

  • First Place
    Central Florida Home Brewers, with 73 Points

  • 1st. Runner Up
    SAAZ Spacecoast Associates for the Advancement of Zymurgy, with 29 Points

  • 2nd. Runner Up
    Tampa Bay BEERS, with 12 Points
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