Matt Hunsworth
The 2024 Best Florida Beer Home Brew Competition occurred on Saturday, November 2nd, 2024. This wrapped up the 2024 competition season, and one last time for 2024, Brewers Anonymous brought a serious amount of hardware!
Congratulations to our medalists:
Eric Rodriguez – Gold – Cream Ale
– Silver – Mixed-Style Beer
– Gold – Sweet Mead
– Gold – Best of Show Mead/Cider
Mike Thompson – Silver – International Pale Lager
– Bronze – Dark Czech Lager
– Silver – Schwarzbier
Dan Morrison – Bronze – Kolsch
– Gold – Historical Beer
Eric Gomez – Bronze – Vienna Lager
– Bronze – Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
Shaun Rechsteiner – Gold Schwarzbier
David Fetty – Gold – Dopplebock
– Silver – Imperial Stout
– Silver – Best of Show Beer
Curtis Reddecliff – Gold – Best Bitter
– Gold – American Stout
Justin Hefferan – Gold – American Pale Ale
Graciany Miranda – Gold – Double IPA
Kevin Mernan – Silver – American Barleywine
Nathan Kraemer – Bronze – American Strong Ale
– Bronze – Experimental Beer
William Carley – Gold – Belgian Strong Ale
– Bronze – Experimental Mead
Chris Nuber – Silver – Fruit Beer
Molly Breckling – Bronze – Fruit and Spice Beer
– Silver – New World Cider
– Gold – Cider with Herbs/Spice
Max Furth – Gold – Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
– Bronze – Best of Show Beer
Matt Truman Smith – Gold – Experimental Beer
John Sather – Bronze – Dry Mead
JJ Ocampo – Bronze – Melomel
In the end, Brewers Anonymous was awarded 67 total points* and locked in the 2024 state championship! But more on that later.
Cheers!
*The posted results show a total 66 points for Brewers Anonymous – there is a a data error that misposted Eric Rodriguez as BOS beer Honorable mention rather than BOS Gold for Mead/Cider. This is the source of the perceived discrepancy.
