27th Annual Drunk Monk Challenge
Thanks to all who participated in the 27th Annual Drunk Monk Challenge.
There were 532 entries judged and 306 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Preston Booth | Short & Shoddy Kolsch | 5B: Kölsch | The Brü Club |
2nd | Jeff Mathiowetz | Whatcha Know 'Bout That | 1C: Cream Ale | Maltose Falcons |
3rd | Jon Phillips | My Goodness | 15B: Irish Stout | C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club |
Best of Show – Mead/Cider
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Keith Manchester | Granny Smith's Carmel Coated Apple | C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry | Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers (KGB) |
2nd | David Baillie | The Fields Of Valhalla | M2A: Cyser | QUAFF |
3rd | Jason Rohloff | Unplanned Outcome | M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead | Beer Barons of Milwaukee |
Heavy Metal Brewer (212 Participating Brewers)
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 (86 Participating Clubs)
Place | Club | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Score |
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1st | Urban Knaves of Grain | 3 | 6 | 5 | 26.03 |
2nd | STLBrewhogs | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10.03 |
3rd | Iowa Brewers Union | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9.02 |
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.
Winning Entries
Table 1: Pale American and International Lager (14 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Mike Neville MHP | Astro Turf | 1A: American Light Lager | Motor City Mashers |
2nd | Ross Stuart MHP | American Lite | 1A: American Light Lager | Arizona Society of Homebrewers |
3rd | William George Co-Brewer: Joe Froehlich | Start Lager | 2A: International Pale Lager | Joliet Brewers Guild |
Table 2: American Wheat, Blonde, Cream Ale (16 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Jeff Mathiowetz MHP | Whatcha Know 'Bout That | 1C: Cream Ale | Maltose Falcons |
2nd | Timothy Pratt MHP | By This Time Next Year, None Of This Will Matter | 1C: Cream Ale | Brew Haven |
3rd | Jeff Roberge Co-Brewer: Ken Johnson | Jinx's Cream Ale | 1C: Cream Ale | Upstate NY Homebrewers Assn |
Table 3: Pale Malty Lager (12 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Alex Rezmerski | Cliftyfest | 4B: Festbier | Louisville Area Grain and Extract Research Society, LTD |
2nd | Travis Cherry MHP | Schützen | 4A: Munich Helles | Bay Area Mashtronauts |
3rd | Mike Neville MHP | PizzaBier | 4A: Munich Helles | Motor City Mashers |
Table 4: Pale Bitter European Beer (13 entries)
Table 5: Pilsner (29 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Matthew Young MHP | (Drei) Sie Ist Der Hellste Stern Von Allen | 5D: German Pils | Ace Brewing Society |
2nd | Gregory Ellwanger MHP | Topple Pils | 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager | Urban Knaves of Grain |
3rd | Byron Bird MHP | Pre-Pro Lager. Ya - I Didn't Try Hard Here | 27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager | High Plains Drafters [TX] |
HM | Dmitri Tymos | Tuba Pils | 3A: Czech Pale Lager | Club Wort |
Table 6: Amber Lagers (20 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Thomas Musquiez MHP Co-Brewer: Isai Garza | Vienna Viverral | 7A: Vienna Lager | San Antonio Cerveceros |
2nd | Kevin Bencz MHP Co-Brewer: Karie Bencz | ALT | 7B: Altbier | |
3rd | Eddie Belter MHP | Alt Loci | 7B: Altbier | STLBrewhogs |
Table 7: Dark Lager (28 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Ben Gaylord MHP | Devoid Of Light | 2C: International Dark Lager | Ultra Rare Brewers |
2nd | David Towles MHP | Czech Dark Lager | 3D: Czech Dark Lager | High Plains Drafters [TX] |
3rd | Ben Sookying MHP | Kru Thai | 8B: Schwarzbier | Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS) |
HM | Ben Sookying MHP | Funkle The Dunkel | 8A: Munich Dunkel | Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS) |
Table 8: Bock (20 entries)
Table 9: German Wheat & Rye (4 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Isai Garza MHP Co-Brewer: Thomas Musquiez | Hefemeowsen | 10A: Weissbier | |
2nd | William Vigil MHP | Johnny Chimpo 3.0 | 10A: Weissbier | Ace Brewing Society |
3rd | Cynthia Lindner MHP | Where's Werner? | 10A: Weissbier | Brewers East End Revival (BEER) |
Table 10: Pale British and Commonwealth (13 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Steve Anthoney MHP | Burki's Bitter | 11B: Best Bitter | STLBrewhogs |
2nd | Scott Estlund MHP | Art Of The Ordinary | 11A: Ordinary Bitter | The Brü Club |
3rd | Nick & Heather Hartley MHP | Nick A Hartley Has Left The Chat | 12B: Australian Sparkling Ale | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 11: Brown British Ales (8 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Matthew Johnsen MHP | We're Coming To Get You Barbara! | 13A: Dark Mild | Rock Hoppers Brew Club |
2nd | Christopher Kaszuba | Mild Hi Club | 13A: Dark Mild | Midnight Carboys |
3rd | Danny Sack MHP | Bricktop's Nemesis | 13A: Dark Mild | The Brü Club |
Table 12: Irish and Scottish Ales (18 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Jonathan Marut MHP | Irish Red | 15A: Irish Red Ale | Cap and Hare Homebrew Club |
2nd | John Guilfoil | Red Headed Stepchild | 15A: Irish Red Ale | Club Wort |
3rd | Bill Gavin Roy Ventullo | Leann Dearg | 15A: Irish Red Ale | CRAZE |
Table 13: Small Stouts (16 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Jon Phillips | My Goodness | 15B: Irish Stout | C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club |
2nd | Ryan Shupe | Thing Under The Mountain | 16B: Oatmeal Stout | Oak Park Homebrewers |
3rd | Dirk Montgomery MHP | Old Walking Stick | 15C: Irish Extra Stout | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 14: Strong Stouts (10 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Jeff Whelpley | RIS | 20C: Imperial Stout | C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club |
2nd | Jamie Crawford | Taking On Water | 20B: American Stout | Maltose Falcons |
3rd | Mike Kimble | Cat Spit | 16C: Tropical Stout | Urban Knaves of Grain |
Table 15: Porters (14 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Dave Hoppert Co-Brewer: Open Haus Brewing | Portly Gentleman | 13C: English Porter | Urban Knaves of Grain |
2nd | Dwight Wilson MHP Co-Brewer: James Weed | Winter Solstice | 20A: American Porter | O-Town Hop Heads |
3rd | Cole Christian MHP Co-Brewer: Paulette Palacios | Pre-Purrritanical F***ery Porter | 27A7: Pre-Prohibition Porter | DC Homebrewers |
Table 16: Strong Ales (12 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Josiah Walton Co-Brewer: Shawn Ballard | Lady McHeavy | 17C: Wee Heavy | STLBrewhogs |
2nd | Brian Stephens MHP | Wee Heavy | 17C: Wee Heavy | Keepers of Craft |
3rd | Joe Skiles MHP | Calculating Infinity | 17D: English Barley Wine | Urban Knaves of Grain |
Table 17: American Pale Ale-ish (16 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Tyler Hulsebus | Lunar TIde Pale Ale | 18B: American Pale Ale | |
2nd | Taylor Norland | Here For A Good Ride, Not A Long Ride | 18B: American Pale Ale | Iowa Brewers Union |
3rd | Kevin Bencz MHP Co-Brewer: Karie Bencz | Golden Staffie | 12A: British Golden Ale | |
HM | Scott Estlund MHP | To The Moon | LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner | The Brü Club |
Table 18: Amber and Brown American Ale (19 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | John Harlan MHP | Barnfire Embers | 19A: American Amber Ale | |
2nd | Marc Riordan | 3 Second Amber | 19A: American Amber Ale | |
3rd | Travis Cherry MHP | Esprit De Corps | 19C: American Brown Ale | Bay Area Mashtronauts |
Table 19: American IPA (19 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Mark Niemczewski | I've Got 99 Problems But This IPA Ain't One Of Them | 21A: American IPA | Urban Knaves of Grain |
2nd | Mica Zaragoza | Seeing Double IPA Redux | 21A: American IPA | Urban Knaves of Grain |
3rd | Mark Agostino | IPA's Are Overrated | 21A: American IPA | Chicago Beer Society |
HM | Nick McCoy Co-Brewer: Jeff Poirot | Dust | 21A: American IPA | Draft Punk |
Table 20: Specialty and Double IPA (17 entries)
Table 21: Hazy IPA (13 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | David Basile | Cartoosh | 21C: Hazy IPA | Joliet Brewers Guild |
2nd | Stephen Schmitt MHP | Boston Rob | 21C: Hazy IPA | Evanston Homebrew Club |
3rd | Brian Stephens MHP | In My Hazy Phase | 21C: Hazy IPA | Keepers of Craft |
Table 22: Smoked Beer (7 entries)
Table 23: Sour Ales (7 entries)
Table 24: Belgian and French Ale (10 entries)
Table 25: Strong Belgian Ale (18 entries)
Table 26: Monastic Ale (25 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Joe Koritko Co-Brewer: Craig Ranshaw | Let's Brew Two! | 26B: Belgian Dubbel | Club Wort |
2nd | Tom Hayosh | Tripel | 26C: Belgian Tripel | Club Wort |
3rd | Dave Dress Co-Brewer: Rob Zograph Doug Bulthuis | Dubbel | 26B: Belgian Dubbel | Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers (KGB) |
Table 27: Fruit Beer (11 entries)
Table 28: Spiced Beer (14 entries)
Table 29: Specialty Beer (8 entries)
Table 30: Wood Beer (10 entries)
Table 31: Standard Cider and Perry (6 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Joe Skiles MHP | Worst Kept Secret Cider | C1A: New World Cider | Urban Knaves of Grain |
2nd | Dan Acheson MHP | Something From The Fall Of '24 | C1A: New World Cider | Urban Knaves of Grain |
3rd | Richard Mueggenberg MHP | Cider | C1B: English Cider | Iowa Brewers Union |
Table 32: Speciality Cider and Perry (18 entries)
Table 33: Traditional and Specialty Mead (8 entries)
Table 34: Fruit Mead (23 entries)
Table 35: Spiced Mead (8 entries)
Table 99: Menace of the Monastery (28 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Scott Patrick MHP | Every Day I'm Brussels'n | 48A: MoM Belgian Golden Strong Ale (25C) | Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters (MALT) |
2nd | Kevin Wojdak MHP | Elk Grove Village Zot | 47A: MoM Belgian Blond Ale (25A) | Urban Knaves of Grain |
3rd | Alex & Patrick Williams | Regina Monasterii | 47A: MoM Belgian Blond Ale (25A) | Kansas City Bier Meisters |