Matt Hunsworth
The October 2024 members meeting for Brewers Anonymous was held on Friday, October 18th. 2024 at Ivanhoe Park Lager House.
The inter-club competition featuring “Monastic Ales” was held during this meeting. Congratulations to the winners:
1st Place Kenny McChord
2nd Place Eric Rodriguez
3rd Place Bill Carley
We discussed our participation at the “Mash of the Titans” festival held by Park Brewing in Lake Nona. Once again, Brewers Anonymous had a great showing, with many repeat visitors and plenty of compliments on our beers.
We announced all our medalists for the 2024 Sunshine Challenge. The Sunshine Bowl was present at the meetings. This marks the first time in the club’s history that Brewers Anonymous has held the Sunshine Bowl. For a complete recap of the 2024 Sunshine Challenge, please see the article: Finally, The Sunshine Cup Comes to Brewers Anonymous!
We also celebrated our National Homebrew Competition Final round medalist. Congratulations again to:
Graciany Miranda
Gold – Wood-Aged Beer
Bill Carley
Bronze – Experimental Mead
We recapped the Florida Homebrew Competition season so far. With only Best Florida Beer remaining, Brewers Anonymous has a 31-point lead going into this final competition!
Judging and award presentation dates for Best Florida Beer were announced.
The upcoming festival schedule was revealed. Brewers Anonymous will be pouring beer at the following events:
Orlando Beer Festival – November 2nd, 2024
Tom and Dan’s Bad at Business Beer Fest – November 23rd, 2024
Science on Tap – Jan 2th, 2025
Cocoa Village Brewer;s Bash – Feb 1st, 2025
Hamlin Beer Fest – March 29th, 2025
Please contact a Brewers Anonymous board member to volunteer to pour or donate beer to any of the festivals.
We updated the Austin P Harris Brewer of the Year standings to conclude the meeting. The standing currently at:
Matt Hunsworth- 130
Mike Thompson – 123
Bill Carley – 122
The next meeting is scheduled for November 15th, 2024 – 7:00 pm at Home State Brewing. The meeting presentation will start at 7:30 pm.
Cheers!
