PHOTO VIA IVANHOE PARK BREWING CO.
The 2026 Best Florida Beer Professional Competition crowned its winners at the Brewers Ball in Tampa on March 8, and Central Florida and the Space Coast had one of their strongest showings in the competition’s history. Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co./Ivanhoe Park Lager House succeeded in placing 2nd Runner Up for both “Best Florida Beer” and “Best Medium-Sized Brewery.”
Here’s a full breakdown of local medal winners by category.
GOLD
- Persimmon Hollow Brewing – Changing of the Guard (Barley Wine-Style Ale)
- Windermere Brewing Company – Lake Walking (Irish-Style Red Ale)
- Motorworks Brewing – ThaIPA (Chili Beer)
- Motorworks Brewing – Headlight Lager (American Light Lager)
- Celebration Brewing Company – Into the Darkhold (American-Style Imperial Stout)
- Bowigens Beer Company – Keller on the Loose (Kellerbier/Mexican Lager)
- Sideward Brewing – Punks in the Waiting Room (Italian Pilsner)
- Home State Brewing Co. – Throw Hands (Experimental India Pale Ale)
- The Hourglass Brewery – Altamonte Vampire (Berliner-Style Weisse/Gose)
- Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. – Toboggan Blonde (Golden or Blonde Ale)
- Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. – Park Hopp’r Pilsner (American-Style Pilsner or Cream Ale)
- Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. – Rosenbock (German-Style Bock/Doppelbock or Maibock)
SILVER
- Brewlando – Scrumpy Landern (Tannic/Non-Tannic Cider/Single Varietal)
- Brewlando – Trinidad Coffee Stout (Chocolate Beer)
- Brewlando – Brew-CF Pils (Czech-Style Pale Lager)
- Motorworks Brewing – Flesh of the Gods (Experimental Beer)
- Motorworks Brewing – Italian Pils (Italian Pilsner)
- The Ravenous Pig – Foxtail Coffee Blonde (Coffee Beer)
- The Ravenous Pig – The Horse and the Rider (Imperial India Pale Ale)
- Cigar City Brewing – Purposeful Savagery (Imperial India Pale Ale)
- Cigar City Brewing – ENIW YELRAB (Wood and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer)
- Bowigens Beer Company – 7 Layer Stout (Sweet Stout)
- Home State Brewing Co. – Generation Loss (Session IPA)
- Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. – The Red (American-Style Amber/Red Ale)
- Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. – Guavacation (Floridaweisse)
BRONZE
- Brewlando – Black Hammock Porter (Brown or Robust Porter)
- Persimmon Hollow Brewing – 3 Wise Guys (Chocolate Beer)
- Windermere Brewing Company – Centennial (Barley Wine-Style Ale)
- Windermere Brewing Company – Towering Oak (Belgian-Style Quadrupel)
- Cigar City Brewing – Ikebana (Rice Lager)
- Cigar City Brewing – Wet Candidate (American-Style Lager)
- Cigar City Brewing – Tip of the Hat (American-Style Amber Lager)
- The Hourglass Brewery – 2 Million Bees and Some Hops (Imperial India Pale Ale)
- Bowigens Beer Company – 1967 IPA (Classic India Pale Ale)
- Zymarium Meadery – Pineapple Habanero (Traditional Mead)
- Runabout Brewing – Good Guys Don’t Wear White (Baltic Porter)
- Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. – Dead Eye (English-Style Brown Ale)
The Best Florida Beer Championship is an AHA and BJCP-sanctioned professional beer, mead, and cider competition, and the most prestigious of its kind in Florida. Click HERE to see the full list of winners.
