26th Annual Drunk Monk Challenge

Thanks to all who participated in the 26th Annual Drunk Monk Challenge.

There were 590 entries judged and 270 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian Stephens	Petrification - Purple	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Keepers of Craft
2nd	Scott Estlund	Octavia's Coffin	27A2: Kentucky Common	The Brü Club
3rd	Jonathan Lizenby	Helles Export	5C: German Helles Exportbier	256 Brewers
HM	Dan Acheson	Duchesse Du Winfield Avec Cerise	29A: Fruit Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain

Best of Show – Mead/Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Robert Critten	Elder Black	M2C: Berry Mead	Zymurgists of the Ozarks
2nd	Bill Boyer	I Heard Nathan Steigman Likes Polish Meads	M4B: Historical Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Bill Boyer	Ghost In The Noonday Sun	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
HM	Daniel Kukuk	Le Voyageur	C1C: French Cider	Motor City Mashers

Heavy Metal Brewer (174 Participating Brewers)

Place	Brewer	1st	2nd	3rd	Score	Club
1st	Ross Stuart	3	0	0	9.03	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Bill Boyer	2	1	1	9.02	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Tyler Hulsebus	2	0	0	6.02
	Jed Lengerich	2	0	0	6.02	MASH Fort Wayne Homebrew Club
	Patrick Williams	2	0	0	6.02	Kansas City Bier Meisters
	Matthew Herrold	2	0	0	6.02	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)

Scores and tie-breakers have been applied in accordance with the scoring methodology. Numbers reflected are rounded to the hundredth place. Hover over or tap the question mark icon () for the actual calculated value.

Heavy Medal Club (71 Participating Clubs)

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	Score
1st	Urban Knaves of Grain	1	4	4	15.01
2nd	Kansas City Bier Meisters	2	3	2	14.02
3rd	Arizona Society of Homebrewers	3	2	0	13.03

Winning Entries

Table 1: Pale American and International Lager (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Chad Faulstick	Chettyweiser	1A: American Light Lager	Wheeling Alers
2nd	Cheyne Harvey	Cerveza De Roberto	2A: International Pale Lager	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
3rd	Shaun Huggins	Lightspeed Lager	2A: International Pale Lager	San Antonio Cerveceros

Table 2: American Wheat, Blonde, Cream Ales (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle Kiely	Horsefeathers	1C: Cream Ale	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
2nd	Kevin Wagner	Are You Suggesting That Coconuts Migrate?	18A: Blonde Ale	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Kevin Haeffner	Kevin's Blonde Ale	18A: Blonde Ale	Garage Brewers Society

Table 3: Pale Malty Lager (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Metts Potter	Hot Schnitzel	4A: Munich Helles	Bloatarian Brewing League
2nd	Mike & Stephanie Butler	Medalstoff	4A: Munich Helles	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Ryan Shupe	First Swing	4A: Munich Helles	Oak Park Homebrewers

Table 4: Pale Bitter European Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jonathan Lizenby	Helles Export	5C: German Helles Exportbier	256 Brewers
2nd	Kevin Haeffner	Kevin's Beer	5A: German Leichtbier	Garage Brewers Society
3rd	Dan Acheson	Find The Star	27A: Historical Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain
HM	Cindy Oberlin Co-Brewer: Mike Maron	Pop Fly	5B: Kölsch	Ninja Homebrewers

Table 5: Pilsner (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Patrick Williams Co-Brewer: Alex Williams	We'll Give This Category A Try	27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Sam Hoopes	Pils For People On The Moon	5D: German Pils	Ninja Homebrewers
3rd	Eric Hammel	Premium Baculaty Pasak	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager

Table 6: Amber Lagers (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Stuart	Amber Lager	2B: International Amber Lager	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Colby Reineke	Suspended Animation	3C: Czech Amber Lager	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd	Metts Potter	Immediate Certain Regret Followed By Copious Profanity	3C: Czech Amber Lager	Bloatarian Brewing League
HM	Chad Medford	Austrian Sunset	7A: Vienna Lager	Red Earth Brewers

Table 7: Dark Lager (28 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Mendes	Calm & Content	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Ultra Rare Brewers
2nd	Dexter Garner	Shadows	8B: Schwarzbier
3rd	Matthew Johnsen	Czech Yo Self	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Rock Hoppers Brew Club

Table 8: Bocks (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Herrold	Meanbrews Doppelbock With Novalager	9A: Doppelbock	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
2nd	Bill Gavin Roy Ventullo	Dbocked	9A: Doppelbock	CRAZE
3rd	Alex Chambers	Helm Of Awe	4C: Helles Bock

Table 9: German Wheat & Rye (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josh Akin	Walt Weiss	10A: Weissbier	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Doug Bulthuis	You Just Try Me	10C: Weizenbock	Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers (KGB)
3rd	Dan Acheson	The Dark Side Of White	10B: Dunkels Weissbier	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 10: Pale British and Commonwealth (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jed Lengerich	Bpa	12A: British Golden Ale	MASH Fort Wayne Homebrew Club
2nd	Cheyne Harvey	Hail, Arwald!	11C: Strong Bitter	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
3rd	Stephen Schmitt	Goodison Park	12C: English IPA	Evanston Homebrew Club

Table 11: Brown British Ales (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Druckenmiller	Bjcp Study Group	13A: Dark Mild	Boston Wort Processors
2nd	David Howell	English Dark Mild	13A: Dark Mild	Zymurgists of the Ozarks
3rd	Daniel DeMars Co-Brewer: Jay McNamara	Dark Horse	13A: Dark Mild

Table 12: Irish and Scottish Ales (24 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tyler Hulsebus	Discoverer 61 Irish Red	15A: Irish Red Ale
2nd	Eddie Belter	Ed's Not Ted's Red	15A: Irish Red Ale	STLBrewhogs
3rd	Thomas McGloine	Old Tolbooth	14C: Scottish Export	Saratoga Thoroughbrews

Table 13: Small Stouts (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jay Brantley	Black Hole Sun	16B: Oatmeal Stout	PC Mashers
2nd	Joel McGormley	McKevin's Irish Stout	15B: Irish Stout
3rd	Stephen Schmitt	Maxwell's Stout-Porter	15B: Irish Stout	Evanston Homebrew Club

Table 14: Strong Stouts (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Roger Masson	Jay-Z Stout	20B: American Stout	Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS)
2nd	Joseph Formanek	3 Tsarinas Imperial Stout	20C: Imperial Stout	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Joseph Formanek	Black Velvet Export Stout	16D: Foreign Extra Stout	Urban Knaves of Grain
HM	Robert Parks	Two-Tun Stout	20B: American Stout	Oak Park Homebrewers

Table 15: Porters (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Shaun Huggins	The Story Of Darth Plagueis The Porter	20A: American Porter	San Antonio Cerveceros
2nd	Mike & Stephanie Butler	Boot Dust	13C: English Porter	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Brady Smith	Low Winter Sun	9C: Baltic Porter	Circle City Zymurgy

Table 16: Strong Ales (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Herrold	Barleywine, Smarleywine	22C: American Barleywine	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
2nd	Josh Strupp	Old Crosspatch	17B: Old Ale	Beer Barons of Milwaukee
3rd	Alex Chambers	Red 5	17A: British Strong Ale
HM	Jay Brantley	Traquair Sincere	17C: Wee Heavy	PC Mashers

Table 17: American Pale Ale and NZ Pils (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Colby Reineke	Gumballface	18B: American Pale Ale	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2nd	Daniel Kukuk	Cosmic Corsair	LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner	Motor City Mashers
3rd	Metts Potter	Adventure Chicken	18B: American Pale Ale	Bloatarian Brewing League

Table 18: Amber and Brown American Ale (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Estlund	Octavia's Coffin	27A2: Kentucky Common	The Brü Club
2nd	Kim Hynek	Kentucky Derby Worthy Common	27A2: Kentucky Common	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Josh Akin	Have You Amber Heard?	19A: American Amber Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 19: American IPA (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Stuart	IPA	21A: American IPA	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Joe Skiles	Make IPA Clear Again	21A: American IPA	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Mike & Stephanie Butler	Nod Your Head Yes	21A: American IPA	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 20: Specialty and Double IPA (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Bencz Co-Brewer: Karie Bencz	Smooth Bore	22A: Double IPA
2nd	David Kerr	Tuxedo T-Shirt	21B2: Black IPA	Ocean County Home Brewers
3rd	Jason Rohloff	The Hybrid Model	22A: Double IPA	Beer Barons of Milwaukee

Table 21: Hazy IPA (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Stuart	Hazy	21C: Hazy IPA	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Greg Ellwanger	Thicc Boi!!!	21C: Hazy IPA	Club Wort
3rd	Fernando Garcia Polite	Eat Your Hops	21C: Hazy IPA	Boston Wort Processors

Table 22: Smoked Beer (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Chad Medford	Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires	6B: Rauchbier	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	Jeff Podolski Co-Brewer: Tony Aquino	Piwo Grodziskie	27A5: Piwo Grodziskie	Joliet Brewers Guild
3rd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Smoked Porter	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
HM	Zach Fritts	Wreathed In Smoke	27A5: Piwo Grodziskie	Club Wort

Table 23: Sour Ales (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian Stephens	Petrification - Purple	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Keepers of Craft
2nd	Chad Banks	Pineapple Dh Sour	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	PrimeTime Brewers
3rd	Jared Sutliff	Dreaming Of Europe	23C: Oud Bruin	Beer Barons of Milwaukee

Table 24: Belgian and French Ale (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Johnsen	It's A Trap!	26A: Belgian Single	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
2nd	Matthew Mead	Good Beer Will Make You Witty!	24A: Witbier	PrimeTime Brewers
3rd	Rodolfo Valladares	Rainbow Tiger Paws	24A: Witbier	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 25: Strong Belgian Ale (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Patrick Williams Co-Brewer: Alex Williams	Some Blondes Do Age Well	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Philip Wende	Season Have Changed	25B: Saison	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Mark Kanczuzewski	Saison	25B: Saison	Royal Oak Area Homebrew Club

Table 26: Monastic Ale (31 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jed Lengerich	Dubbel Trouble	26B: Belgian Dubbel	MASH Fort Wayne Homebrew Club
2nd	Wesley Kulcak	Third Time's The Charm	26C: Belgian Tripel	Bay Area Mashtronauts
3rd	Eddie Belter	Dubbel Trubbel	26B: Belgian Dubbel	STLBrewhogs
HM	Kyle Ernsberger	Kera	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Table 27: Fruit Beer (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dan Acheson	Duchesse Du Winfield Avec Cerise	29A: Fruit Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Jeremiah Baer	Adventure Time	LSX4: Catharina Sour	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
3rd	Jeremiah Baer	Happenings Happened	29A: Fruit Beer	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)

Table 28: Spiced Beer (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Wulff Co-Brewer: Ryan Stransky	Angostura IPA	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	INSTABHility
2nd	Alex Rezmerski	Ky Pe-Common	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Louisville Area Grain and Extract Research Society, LTD
3rd	Daniel Kukuk	Castaway	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Motor City Mashers
HM	Ryan Vigne	Just The Tips V3	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Pittsburgh Mead Makers And Homebrewers

Table 29: Wood Beer (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tyler Hulsebus	Bourbon Barrel RIS	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
2nd	Michael Beck	Caligula's Persistence	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU)
3rd	Greg Ellwanger Co-Brewer: Dmtri Tymos And Ryan Peca	Tuba Wine	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Club Wort

Table 30: Speciality Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Timothy Wicklund	Freshly Shorn	34B: Mixed-Style Beer	Keepers of Craft
2nd	Roy Ventullo Co-Brewer: Tom Blaser	The Samichlaus	34A: Commercial Specialty Beer	CRAZE
3rd	Travis Cherry	Pizza And Beer - Meal Ready To Eat	34C: Experimental Beer	Bay Area Mashtronauts

Table 31: Standard Cider and Perry (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Daniel Kukuk	Le Voyageur	C1C: French Cider	Motor City Mashers
2nd	Art Kim	Cecret Sider	C1A: New World Cider	Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU)
3rd	David Howell	New World Cider	C1A: New World Cider	Zymurgists of the Ozarks

Table 32: Speciality Cider and Perry (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	Ghost In The Noonday Sun	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Kevin Wojdak	Cool Runnings 22... Nice Recovery!	C2D: Ice Cider	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Matthew Mead	Husted's Orchards English Blend Fall 2023	C2A: New England Cider	PrimeTime Brewers
HM	Jared Sutliff	From The Bog	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Beer Barons of Milwaukee

Table 33: Traditional Mead (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steven Keller	Sunflower's Sunshine	M1C: Sweet Mead	Madison Homebrewers & Tasters
2nd	Tom Hayosh	Smells Like Melon And Cucumber	M1A: Dry Mead	Club Wort
3rd	Bill Boyer	Sir Galahad The Pure - Blueberry Blossom - Still	M1A: Dry Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys

Table 34: Fruit Mead (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Robert Critten	Elder Black	M2C: Berry Mead	Zymurgists of the Ozarks
2nd	Ryan Vigne	Veil Of Dusk	M2C: Berry Mead	Pittsburgh Mead Makers And Homebrewers
3rd	Kyle Schnettler	Berry Nice	M2C: Berry Mead	Brixie's Brewers
HM	Marek Łęczycki	Sofia 6.0	M2E: Melomel	Polski Miód Pitny

Table 35: Spiced and Experimental Mead (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	I Heard Nathan Steigman Likes Polish Meads	M4B: Historical Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Bill Boyer	Miód Pitny Koniczynowy Amburana	M4C: Experimental Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Jason Rohloff	Brothers From Another Mother	M4C: Experimental Mead	Beer Barons of Milwaukee

Table 99: Menace of the Monastery (26 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josh Strupp	Too Good To Be An Eisbock	44A: MoM Dopplebock (9A)	Beer Barons of Milwaukee
2nd	Matthew Mead	A Sorcerer Is A Wizard Without A Hat!	51A: MoM Belgian Dark Strong Ale (26D)	PrimeTime Brewers
3rd	Dan Acheson	Forbidden Blonde	47A: MoM Belgian Blond Ale (25A)	Urban Knaves of Grain