Welcome to the Best Florida Beer Championships!
Results have been posted for the professional competition and the homebrew competition! Congratulations to all the winners and see you next year!
About the BFBC
The Best Florida Beer Championships is a not for profit organization founded by craft beer lovers, homebrewers, and commercial brewers in the Tampa Bay area. Our goal is to promote the celebration and consumption of locally made craft-brewed beer in the state of Florida. We sponsor two competitions, one to find the best commercial beer made and sold in Florida and the other to find the best homebrewer and club in the state. During the year we also host other beer-related events and promotions: Try This! attempts to find the perfect matches of different food flavors with craft beer while the Beer and Cheese event pairs unique cheeses with distinctive craft beers. The events culminate in the spring at the Brewers' Ball at Skipper's Smokehouse in Tampa, where all of the gold-medal-winning commercial beers are showcased during an afternoon of live music, awards and probably one of the best raffles in Florida. Trophies are given for the top three commercial beers, the best homebrewed beer and the club with the most points in the homebrew competition.
By encouraging and recognizing outstanding brewers and their beer, BFBC hopes to provide a focal point for advertising and promoting craft brewed beer on all levels in Florida. A portion of the proceeds from the commercial competition are donated directly to the Florida Brewers Guild to show our appreciation for their efforts to organize the craft beer brewers of Florida.