Homebrew Competition

Presented by: Bayboro Brewing Co. St. Petersburg

The Best Florida Beer Homebrew Championships is an AHA and BJCP sanctioned homebrewed beer, mead, and cider competition sponsored by Best Florida Beer. This is the final competition of the Florida Homebrew Circuit the year-long, state-wide competition to find the best homebrewer and the best homebrew club in Florida.

Entry Dates

  • Entry Submissions Open – 9/18/23

    1. Entry Submissions Close – 10/13/23

    2. Entry Delivery Deadline – 10/15/23

Judging Dates

There will be morning and afternoon sessions for each day.

First & Second Round Judging - Bayboro Brewing Co.

  • Saturday, November 4 - 9:30AM - 4:00PM

  • Sunday, November 5 - 9:30AM - 4:00PM

  • Friday, November 17 - 9:30AM - 4:00PM (Brewery Crawl to follow)

  • Saturday, November 18 - 9:30AM - 4:00PM

BOS Judging & Awards Fest - Bayboro Brewing Co

  • BOS Judging - Sunday November 18

  • Awards Ceremony - Sunday November 18

    • Homebrewer of the Year & Homebrew Club of the Year to be announced at Ceremony.

Rules & Details

Before entering the competition read the Rules and Details  for information about bottle sizes, caps, guidelines, categories, requirements and more

Judge & Steward

We need your help to make Best Florida Beer Homebrew a success! Please concider volunteiring.

Enter the Competition

Once you are familiar with the rules it's time to get those entries submitted. You will be taken to REGGIE to register your entries.