Florida brewers win 12 medals in national competition

Florida brewers won a dozen medals at this year's Great American Beer Festival Saturday in Denver, Colo.

Why it matters: GABF is America's premier beer competition, and winning one of the 300-plus medals helps put a brewery on the map.

• This year the festival celebrated its 40th year and a return after a two-year pandemic hiatus.

By the numbers: The 2022 competition was the most competitive to date, with 2,154 breweries submitting more than 9,900 beers.

Details: Tampa Bay Brewing took a bronze for Day Donkey in the "other hoppy lager" category, while Tampa's Cigar City Brewing won bronze for Maduro in the brown porter category.

• Fort Myers Brewing won gold for its chocolate stout, just days after it reopened its doors after being shuttered by Hurricane Ian.
• Odd Breed in Pompano Beach won two bronze medals for Bretta Festbier, a brett beer, and Tilling Time, a barrel-aged sour.

Other Tampa Bay-area winners:

• de Bine in Palm Harbor won silver for Barrel Aged Blindfolded Stoutosaurus in the wood- and barrel-aged strong stout category.
• Bullfrog Creek in Valrico won bronze for Hunting River, a kolsch.