Commander SAAZ 2022

The First Coast Cup 2022 Awards Ceremony took place on August 20^th, 2022. There were 381 entries judged in 41 Medal Categories.

The big winners of this competition were:
BEST OF SHOW – BEER
Chris Jojola – 3^rd Place Best of Show – American Strong Ale
Sean Gregg – 2^nd Place Best of Show – English Barley Wine
Buddy Greer – 1^st Place Best of Show – Dark Mild

BEST OF SHOW – MEAD
Fay Terrio, CoBrewer Rick Terrio – 3^rd Place Best of Show – Melomel
Matt Hunsworth – 2^nd Place Best of Show – Spice/Herb/Vegetable Mead
Daniel Short – 1^st Place Best of Show – Semi-Sweet Mead

HEAVY MEDAL BREWER
Jesse Johnson, Daniel Short, Chris Jojola – tied 2^nd Place Heavy Medal Brewer
Buddy Greer – 1^st Place Heavy Medal Brewer

HEAVY MEDAL CLUB
Miami Area Society of Homebrews – 3^rd Place Heavy Medal Club
Space Coast Assoc. for the Advancement of Zymurgy – 2^nd Place Heavy Medal Club
Cowford Ale Sharing Klub – 1^st Place Heavy Medal Club

Along with the Heavy Medal Club winners, other clubs earning points in this competition were:

Brewers Anonymous (Orlando, FL)
Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild (Seminole, FL)
Brew Club of Seminole County (Lake Mary, FL)
Hogtown Brewers (Gainesville, FL)
Central Florida Homebrewers (Orlando, FL)
Jacksonville Ale eXchange (JAX) (Jacksonville, FL)
Special Hoperations (Tampa, FL)
Palm Beach Draughtsmen (Boynton Beach, FL)
Circle City Zymurgy (Indianapolis, IN)
Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club (Winston Salem, NC)
North Florida Brewers League (Tallahassee, FL)
North Georgia Malt Monkeys (Woodstock, GA)
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse (Fort Worth, TX)
Denton County Homebrewers Guild (Denton, TX)
Treasure Coast Brewmasters (Port Saint Lucie, FL)
St. Pete Brew Club (Saint Petersburg, FL)
East Side Brewers (Edwardsville, IL)

Congratulations to all the medal award-winning brewers, and now on to the Sunshine Challenge 2022!