Eligibility
The Best Florida Beer Competition and the Club competition are open to all homebrewers in Florida and members of Florida clubs who reside out of state.
Entries must be submitted in unmarked glass bottles, eight to fourteen ounces in size, with crown style caps. Swing top caps (Grolsch bottles) will be disqualified. Three bottles are required per entry, one for first round judging, the second to determine top three in its category and the third in case that entry should be in the best of show round. Use a rubber band to attach the printed labels to the bottles.Do not use tape.
Judging
Those wishing to judge or steward, please contact the Judge Director, Nelson Crowle, at nelson@dunedinbrewersguild.com. Judges may enter beers, but will not judge in the categories they have entered. Every effort will be made to include at least 2 BJCP judges on each flight
Categories
Entries should be categorized following the 2004 AHA/BJCP style guidelines. Categories may be combined in the event an insufficient number of entries are received. Entrants will not be limited to the number of entries per category, but only two entries per subcategory. Each entrant is responsible for placing his or her entry in the proper category. Meads and Ciders will be accepted and will have their own Best of Show.
Deadline
Deadline is February, 15th 2008
Local Drop-off Locations
- Dunedin Brewery - Dunedin
- World of Beer - Clearwater
- Beer & Winemakers Panty - Pinellas Park
- Brewshack - Tampa
- Brewshack - 4025 W Waters Avenue, Tampa
Shipping Site
- Watershine Health and Wellness
- Nelson Crowe - BFBC 2008
- 3603-B Palm Harbor Blvd.
- TPalm Harbor, FL 34683
Awards
First Place winners in each category (combined or not) will be awarded a very shiny BFBC award medal suitable for sleeping with. Prizes will be awarded for the first, second, and third place finishers in each category.
Best of Show Beer will be presented with a beautiful Trophy.
Best of Show Mead/Cider will receive a wonderful prize.
The Best Florida Beer Championships is one of the first of seven in the annual Florida Circuit. Points from this will go toward Brewer and Club of the Year for Florida. A new trophy will be awarded to the Florida Club with the most points at BFBC. Points will be accumulated by scoring three points for a 1st place, two points for 2nd and one point for 3rd.
Additional points will be awarded for:
Best of Show Beer five points for 1st place, four points for 2nd place and three points for 3rd place.
Best of Show Mead/Cider is awarded 3/2/1 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd, respectively.