Thanks to all who participated in the 26th Annual Drunk Monk Challenge.
There were 798 entries judged and 364 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1stTim Thomssen Mild Obsession 11A: Mild Lincoln Lagers 2ndRodney Kibzey MCC Stout 13E: American Stout Urban Knaves of Grain 3rdGene Sladek California Common 7B: California Common Beer Ukg
Best of Show – Cider
Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
2ndRodney Kibzey Commoner Cider 27A: Common Cider Urban Knaves of Grain 3rdDarrell Proksa 28B: Fruit Cider UKG
Best of Show – Mead
Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1stJoe Formanek Cathy’s Sweet Cyser 25A: Cyser UKG
Winning Entries
Table 1: Traditional Mead (11 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stBrian Eichhorn Co-Brewer: Jennifer Mende-Eichhorn Cold Hard Facts 24C: Sweet Mead HOPS! Homebrewers' Pride of the Southside 2ndJames Stonestreet Co-Brewer: n/a Mackinaw Valley Mead 24C: Sweet Mead 3rdScot Schaar Havana Daydreamin’ Verse 3 24C: Sweet Mead MUGZ
Table 2: Melomlel (20 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJoe Formanek Cathy’s Sweet Cyser 25A: Cyser UKG 2ndNathan Baker Kind Of Blue 25C: Other Fruit Melomel HOPS! Homebrewers' Pride of the Southside 3rdRobert Kay Cyser 25A: Cyser Urban Knaver Of Grain
Table 3: Other Mead (12 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stDavid Oram Co-Brewer: Karlene Oram OGM (Oaked Ginger Mead) 26C: Open Category Mead BOSS 2ndScot Schaar Apocalypso 26C: Open Category Mead MUGZ 3rdClint Cissell Winter Diesel Blend 26C: Open Category Mead
Table 4: Standard Cider and Perry (13 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stRodney Kibzey Commoner Cider 27A: Common Cider Urban Knaves of Grain 2ndAdam Bogac OMAKA 27A: Common Cider BABBLE 3rdThomas Fitzpatrick Michigan Cider 10 27B: English Cider UKG
Table 5: Specialty Cider and Perry (14 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stDarrell Proksa 28B: Fruit Cider UKG 2ndKevin Wojdak Wacky Squirrel 28D: Other Specialty Cider or Perry Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG) 3rdAndrew Laidlaw Batch C5F 28D: Other Specialty Cider or Perry St. Louis Brews
Table 6: Light Lager (19 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stKevin Kearney Dortmunder 1E: Dortmunder Export 2ndMichael Beckett FishEye Premium Lager 1C: Premium American Lager UKG 3rdJoe Kotvan Karonya 1A: Lite American Lager IMF
Table 7: Pilsner (11 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stRobert Barrett Mike’s Pilsner 2A: German Pilsner (Pils) Ann Arbor Brewers Guild 2ndChuck Fort Chuck’s Pilsner 2B: Bohemian Pilsener UKG 3rdNick Lind Co-Brewer: Miriam Lind Gold Rush 2C: Classic American Pilsner
Table 8: European Amber Lager (10 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stCalvin Rowland Hang One Of Those Sweet Ass Medals On Me 3A: Vienna Lager Urban Knaves of Grain 2ndMatt Klausner Klaustoberfest 3B: Oktoberfest/Marzen Urban Knaves of Grain 3rdBruce Kapraun Octoberfest 3B: Oktoberfest/Marzen Brixies Brewers
Table 9: Dark Lager (12 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stNick Lind I Hate It When I Get My Schwartz Twisted! 4C: Schwarzbier 2ndBrandon Daly East Coast Schwarzbier 4C: Schwarzbier 3rdBob Manke Bohemian Dunkel 4B: Munich Dunkel Beer Barons of Milwaukee
Table 10: Cream Ale & Kolsch (25 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stWilliam Goetz Heather’s Kolsch 6C: Kolsch BOSS 2ndRobert Burger I’s Cream 6A: Cream Ale 3rdMichael Beckett FishEye Cream Ale 6A: Cream Ale UKG
Table 11: Blonde & American Wheat/Rye (25 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJohn Primozic Son Of Wookiefoot 6D: American Wheat or Rye Beer 2ndRobert Barrett Brucestreet Wheat 6D: American Wheat or Rye Beer Ann Arbor Brewers Guild 3rdJoe Formanek Goldy’s Blond Ale 6B: Blonde Ale UKG
Table 12: Amber Hybrid (14 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stGene Sladek California Common 7B: California Common Beer Ukg 2ndPeter Cowles Aspetuck ALTered States 7C: Dusseldorf Altbier The Brewing Network 3rdSteve Kamp Evilhorse Steam 7B: California Common Beer Brewers Of South Suburbia
Table 13: English Pale Ale (30 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJohn Peed Cheeky 8A: Standard/Ordinary Bitter Tennessee Valley Homebrewers 2ndShane Brooks Black Sheep Bitter 8B: Special/Best/Premium Bitter North Florida Brewers League 3rdJay Kash ESB 8C: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) Urban Knaves of Grain
Table 14: Scottish & Irish Ale (24 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stBrett Semenske Willie’s Wee Heavy 9E: Strong Scotch Ale Brixies Brewers 2ndMark Hedrick Co-Brewer: Mark, Craig, Bob Black Watch 9E: Strong Scotch Ale The Brew Shed 3rdJames Addis Belter Diddie 9E: Strong Scotch Ale Ironic Brewing
Table 15: American Pale Ale (25 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stAndrew Laidlaw Batch 33-C 10A: American Pale Ale St. Louis Brews 2ndRIchard Jarman Co-Brewer: Mary Bleakmore Sunday Bitter Sunday 10A: American Pale Ale 3rdJim Hudson Co-Brewer: D. Hudson Shekhar APA 10A: American Pale Ale Urban Knaves of Grain
Table 16: American Amber & Brown Ale (25 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stMark Pannell Ed’s Best Brown 10C: American Brown Ale Woodstock Malt Monkeys 2ndChristopher Hay Bella’s Brown 10C: American Brown Ale The Brewing Network 3rdBrandon Wright Big Bad Red 10B: American Amber Ale PALE
Table 17: English Brown Ale (18 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stTim Thomssen Mild Obsession 11A: Mild Lincoln Lagers 2ndWade Schneck Snail Ale 11C: Northern English Brown Ale 3rdKevin Kearney South English Brown 11B: Southern English Brown Ale
Table 18: Porter (29 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stDan Lechner Dirty Creek Porter 12B: Robust Porter 2ndDoug Ranney Co-Brewer: Melissa Paulus Grandpa Teds Porter 12B: Robust Porter UKG 3rdJeremy Steinberg Co-Brewer: Jordan von Kluck Robust Porter (AG - Classic Styles) 12B: Robust Porter Square Kegs
Table 19: Small Stout (25 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stAnthony Vester Co-Brewer: Kyle Vester Milk Stout 13B: Sweet Stout 2ndMichael Tangen Toasted Oatmeal Stout 13C: Oatmeal Stout Saint Paul Home Brewers 3rdWade Schneck Chocolate Oatmeal Stout 13C: Oatmeal Stout
Table 20: German Wheat & Rye (23 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stRodney Kibzey Bitezenbock 15C: Weizenbock Urban Knaves of Grain 2ndNick Wand Hampshire Weiss 15A: Weizen/Weissbier N/A 3rdCesar Marron Ryezenbier 15D: Roggenbier (German Rye Beer) Evanston Homebrew Club
Table 21: Small Belgian & French (26 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stChristopher Wille Saison 16C: Saison Abnormal Brewers 2ndThomas Fitzpatrick Saison12 16C: Saison UKG 3rdJoe Rezendes French Farmhouse Ale 16C: Saison the brewing network
Table 22: Sour Ale (18 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stBrett Semenske Dom Beerignon 17A: Berliner Weisse Brixies Brewers 2ndDan Schlosser Flanders Red 2.75 17B: Flanders Red Ale Beer Barons of Milwaukee 3rdMichael Marino Kriek 17F: Fruit Lambic The Brewing Network
Table 23: Fruit Beer (10 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stChris Pisney Peach Wheat 20A: Fruit Beer Chicago Beer Society 2ndStephen Tomory Merry Cranbeery 20A: Fruit Beer Midnight Carboys 3rdDan Lechner Belgian Bliss 20A: Fruit Beer
Table 24: Bock (18 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stNick Lind Dubuquator 5C: Doppelbock 2ndBrian Phad The Drinking Dead 5A: Maibock/Helles Bock PALE 3rdBrett Semenske Intoxicator 5C: Doppelbock Brixies Brewers
Table 25: Large Stout (29 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stRodney Kibzey MCC Stout 13E: American Stout Urban Knaves of Grain 2ndJoe Formanek Three Tsarina’s Imperial Stout 13F: Imperial Stout UKG 3rdJoe Kotvan Pool Of Ink 13F: Imperial Stout IMF
Table 26: American IPA (33 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stPhillip Inserra Co-Brewer: Rachel Inserra 221 Breakdown 14B: American IPA 2ndKen Pegram CitraZen Kane IPA 14B: American IPA 3rdStephen Kendall Cosmic Owl IPA 14B: American IPA
Table 27: English & Imperial IPA (24 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJeff Muse Princess Cleo’s Imperial Ale 14C: Imperial IPA St. Louis Brews 2ndMichael Beckett FishEye English IPA 14A: English IPA UKG 3rdJay Kash American Imperial IPA 14C: Imperial IPA Urban Knaves of Grain
Table 28: Biere de Garde & Belgian Specialty (28 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stMichael Marino Biere De Garde 16D: Biere de Garde The Brewing Network 2ndDan Lechner Something Belgian 16E: Belgian Specialty Ale 3rdBlake Williams 1882 Bible Thumper Farmhouse Ale 16E: Belgian Specialty Ale UKG
Table 29: Pale Belgian Strong Ale (28 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stBrian Kittle Co-Brewer: Victor Bogosh Grand Cru 18A: Belgian Blond Ale Sunset Brew Club 2ndDoug Newberry Fox Valley Golden Ale 18D: Belgian Golden Strong Ale UKG 3rdAndrew Day Devilish Day 18C: Belgian Tripel Urban Knaves of Grain
Table 30: Belgian Dubbel & Belgian Dark Strong (24 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stCezary Ciszewski BD2012 18B: Belgian Dubbel 2ndDan Lechner Four Eyed Belgian 18E: Belgian Dark Strong Ale 3rdJay Bakula Dark Strong 18E: Belgian Dark Strong Ale Urban knaves of Grain
Table 31: Strong Ale (30 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stPeter Cowles Aspetuck Barleyhopper 19C: American Barleywine The Brewing Network 2ndDavid Fetty American Barley Wine 19C: American Barleywine Brixie's Brewers 3rdAndrew Laidlaw Batch 32 19C: American Barleywine St. Louis Brews
Table 32: Spice, Herb, & Vegetable (35 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stBrett Semenske Yo Lo Debo Romper 21A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Brixies Brewers 2ndCurt Dettmann Dirty’s Christmas Ale 21B: Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer 3rdMark Pierret Hola Jalapeno 21A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Table 33: Smoked Beer (16 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJody Grenert Good King Wenceslas 22B: Other Smoked Beer Athens Homebrew Club 2ndMark Pannell Three Cats Smoked Porter 22B: Other Smoked Beer Woodstock Malt Monkeys 3rdJeff Muse Holy Smoke 22B: Other Smoked Beer St. Louis Brews
Table 34: Wood-aged Beer (31 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stAndrew Day Winter Knight 22C: Wood-Aged Beer Urban Knaves of Grain 2ndMatt Koval Jabberwock 22C: Wood-Aged Beer
Table 35: Specialty Beer (47 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stFred Warner Co-Brewer: Patrick Duggan Rye IPA 23A: Specialty Beer 2ndKen Pegram Lights Out IPA 23A: Specialty Beer 3rdKen Todd Mocha Stout 23A: Specialty Beer UKG
Table 36: Menace of the Monastery (2 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stDoug Newberry Fox Valley Golden Ale 29A: Menace of the Monastery UKG 2ndJoe Rezendes Ruby Dubb 29A: Menace of the Monastery the brewing network 3rdAndrew Day Elixir Of Secrets 29A: Menace of the Monastery Urban Knaves of Grain
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