Thanks to all who participated in the 26th Annual Drunk Monk Challenge.
There were 673 entries judged and 302 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1stTimothy Elder Bricklayer Red 15A: Irish Red Ale KC BierMeisters 2ndJohn Sanderson Co-Brewer: Christen Sanderson Lactose Tolerant 16A: Sweet Stout 3rdKevin Kearney Luna 3D: Czech Dark Lager
Best of Show – Cider
Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
2ndJeff Landers Show Me Your Kitties C1A: New World Cider UGK/Chicago Home Brewers Group/Club Wort
Best of Show – Mead
Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1stKevin Wojdak Kilted Hop Apple Bomb Cinnamon Cyser M4C: Experimental Mead Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG) 3rdDwight McCoy Peach Me M2D: Stone Fruit Mead
Winning Entries
Table 1: Light Lager (14 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stDerrick Flippin Pinky Restraint 1B: American Lager Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club 2ndWilliam Westfall Helles And Back 4A: Munich Helles Babble 3rdDerrick Flippin Barstool Blues 1A: American Light Lager Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club
Table 2: Pilsner (12 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stNicholas Slay Pilsner III 2 5D: German Pils 2ndMatthew Del Fiaco Na Zdravi 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager ABNormal Brewers 3rdMatthew Del Fiaco Czech Soul 3A: Czech Pale Lager ABNormal Brewers
Table 3: Amber Lager (14 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJeff Landers Hasselhoffen Vienna Lager 7A: Vienna Lager UGK/Chicago Home Brewers Group/Club Wort 2ndJoe Kotvan Kotoberfest 6A: Marzen IMF 3rdDerrick Flippin Thanks For The (Decoction) Pot, Dan 7A: Vienna Lager Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club
Table 4: Dark Lager (16 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stKevin Kearney Luna 3D: Czech Dark Lager 2ndGreg Niksch Barf Ate My Brewlog 8B: Schwarzbier UKG 3rdBrad Pausha DNA 8A: Munich Dunkel Square Kegs
Table 5: Bock (28 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stCharles Fort Chuck’s Bock 6C: Dunkels Bock Urban Knaves of Grain 2ndKen Kaczmarek Dortmunder Fool’s Gold 5C: German Exportbier CHBG 3rdBill Goetz Billy Goetz Bock 6C: Dunkels Bock BOSS
Table 6: Hybrid (24 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stKevin Kearney Murican Blonde 18A: Blonde Ale 2ndAndrew King Vierundvierzig 7B: Altbier Missouri mashers 3rdGreg Niksch Sadie Pants 18A: Blonde Ale UKG
Table 7: American Sour (37 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stSean Leheney Wisconsin Wild Ale 28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer M*A*S*H (Marseilles Area Society for Homebrewers) 2ndBrad Sayers Electric Boogaloo (Giron Cherry) 28C: Wild Specialty Beer Logan Brewlevard Society 3rdJared Mills Portentous Brain Schwarz Sauer Bier 28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer Lincoln Lagers HMRobert Kay Peach Berlinerweisse 28C: Wild Specialty Beer UKG
Table 8: English Pale (21 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stKevin Kearney The Barkeep 11A: Ordinary Bitter 2ndRyan Stack ESB 11C: Strong Bitter 3rdCharles Fort Chuck’s Special Bitter 11B: Best Bitter Urban Knaves of Grain
Table 9: Scottish & Irish (20 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stTimothy Elder Bricklayer Red 15A: Irish Red Ale KC BierMeisters 2ndRyan Taves Second Sight 14A: Scottish Light 3rdJay Bakula What Happened To 70 Schilling? 14B: Scottish Heavy
Table 10: American Amber & Brown (16 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stChristopher Kaszuba Murica F Yah 19C: American Brown Ale Midnight Carboys 2ndEric Wood Co-Brewer: Michael Bogolia Waves Of Grain Amber 19A: American Amber Ale 3rdSteven Rapko Brown Ale 19C: American Brown Ale Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers (SNOB)
Table 11: English Brown (18 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stDerrick Flippin I’m The Ocean 13A: Dark Mild Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club 2ndBrad Pausha Bar Buddy 13B: English Brown Ale Square Kegs 3rdSteven Rapko Dark Mild 13A: Dark Mild Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers (SNOB) HMBob Alvord Fanncy A Mild? 13A: Dark Mild
Table 12: Porter (25 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stMike Seaman New Order Porter 13C: English Porter UKG 2ndJohn Fern Baltic Porter 9C: Baltic Porter Wingnut Brew Club 3rdKevin Kearney Fat Porter 20A: American Porter
Table 13: Small Stouts (34 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJohn Sanderson Co-Brewer: Christen Sanderson Lactose Tolerant 16A: Sweet Stout 2ndAndrew King Pistols And Petticoats 20B: American Stout Missouri mashers 3rdJoe Kotvan Right Hand Milk Stout 16A: Sweet Stout IMF
Table 14: IPA (31 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stFrancisco Talley Sharp Bite 12C: English IPA SNAFU 2ndDrew Herrera Co-Brewer: Reed Herrera IPAdam 21A: American IPA Wingnut 3rdAndrew Day Trop IPA 21A: American IPA Urban Knaves of Grain
Table 15: German Wheat (12 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stFabrice Bouet Don’t Get Bored 10B: Dunkels Weissbier 2ndDavid Fetty Weizenbock 10C: Weizenbock Brixie's Brewers 3rdDrew Herrera Rob’s Hefe 10A: Weissbier Wingnut
Table 16: Belgian & French (14 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJoe Kotvan What The Hell Is A Trappist Single? 26A: Trappist Single IMF 2ndNick Wand Hampshire B.P.A. 24B: Belgian Pale Ale 3rdKevin Holt Undefended 24B: Belgian Pale Ale Wingnut Brew Club
Table 17: European Sour Ale (27 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stErik Howell Circle City Zymurgy Lambic 23D: Lambic Circle City Zymurgy 2ndAMOS BROWNE Co-Brewer: Jessica Tizzard This Is Not A Gueuze 23E: Gueuze CHBG 3rdScott Miles Co-Brewer: Jesse Howard Wild Ned Flanders 23B: Flanders Red Ale PALE
Table 18: Pale Belgian Strong (38 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJoe Kotvan We Miss Fitz 25B: Saison IMF 2ndMark Staelgraeve Fair Blayer 25A: Belgian Blond Ale Brixie's Brewers 3rdJon Weaver Victoria 25B: Saison
Table 19: Strong Ale (12 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stKen Pegram Drifting Ember Barleywine 17D: English Barleywine Chicago Homebrewers Group 2ndBob Alvord Co-Brewer: Don Fragakasis Don’s Barleywine 17D: English Barleywine 3rdJames Todd Arctic Ale 17D: English Barleywine BOSS
Table 20: Fruit Beer (14 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stPaul Sorice Strawberry Sunset - Florida Weisse 29A: Fruit Beer Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild 2ndJames Faircloth Irving Park Cherry Stout 29A: Fruit Beer CHAOS / CHBG 3rdDaniel Rowland Key Lime Valdosta Weisse 29A: Fruit Beer Valdosta Order of Real Lagers, Ales, and Unique Fermentables (VORLAUF)
Table 21: Spice/Herb/Vegetable (26 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stChristopher Hay Immaculate Confluence 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer The Brewing Network 2ndPhilip Wende Lemon Tea 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Knaves 3rdGregory Booth La Reposada 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Urban Knaves of Grain
Table 22: Smoke & Wood (29 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stSean Leheney Bourbon Maple Stout 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer M*A*S*H (Marseilles Area Society for Homebrewers) 2ndHarry Bielawski Harry Porter Smoked 32B: Specialty Smoked Beer B.O.S.S. 3rdAndrew Steinbach Co-Brewer: Andrew Foote Heart Of Winter - English Old Ale 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer Basement Brew Crew HMGene Sladek Co-Brewer: Jay, Woj, Matt, & Jeff Wee Heavy 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer UKG
Table 23: Dark Belgian Strong (18 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stShawn Reardon Perserverance 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale Prairie Schooners 2ndGlenn Freitag Co-Brewer: Kurt Goslovich Desecration 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale Joliet Brewers Guild 3rdMichael Marino Dubbel Kismet 26B: Belgian Dubbel The Brewing Network
Table 24: Large Stouts (20 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJoe Formanek Three Tsarina’s Imperial Stout 20C: Imperial Stout Urban Knaves of Grain 2ndJusten Parris Co-Brewer: Jason Parris OHM 20C: Imperial Stout REFS, MUGZ 3rdJared Mills The Datsyuk Imperial Russian Stout 20C: Imperial Stout Lincoln Lagers
Table 25: Traditional Mead (10 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stEileen Uchima Co-Brewer: Heather Uchima Butter Bean Honey Mead M1A: Dry Mead Urban Knaves of Grain 2ndDavid Warner Orange Blossom Mead M1C: Sweet Mead 3rdMichael Courtin Sweet Oude Bee Hind M1C: Sweet Mead HMScott Cairncross Scott’s Sack Sweet Mead M1C: Sweet Mead
Table 26: Melomel (10 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stDwight McCoy Peach Me M2D: Stone Fruit Mead 2ndHarry Bielawski Cherri Bomb M2D: Stone Fruit Mead B.O.S.S. 3rdJoe Formanek Cathy’s Sweeeet Cyser M2A: Cyser Urban Knaves of Grain
Table 27: Spiced & Specialty Mead (13 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stKevin Wojdak Kilted Hop Apple Bomb Cinnamon Cyser M4C: Experimental Mead Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG) 2ndMike Seaman JooseBox M4C: Experimental Mead UKG 3rdKarlene Oram Co-Brewer: Dave Oram Barrel Aged OGM M4C: Experimental Mead BOSS
Table 28: Standard Cider & Perry (17 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJeff Landers Show Me Your Kitties C1A: New World Cider UGK/Chicago Home Brewers Group/Club Wort 2ndAndrew Day Produce Section Cider C1B: English Cider Urban Knaves of Grain 3rdGeoff Groff Honeycider C1B: English Cider KLOB
Table 29: Specialty Cider & Perry (13 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stPatrick Riley Ringo Hanami C2B: Cider with Other Fruit UKG 2ndJim Anderson Jimbo’s 2015 Cider Nouveau C2A: New England Cider UKG 3rdNathan Shackelford Picker Penny (3b) C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry
Table 30: American Pale (15 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJay Kash American Pale Ale 18B: American Pale Ale Urban Knaves of Grain 2ndMatthew Lakota Pale Ale 18B: American Pale Ale 3rdJoe Conti Joe Conti’s Pale Ale 18B: American Pale Ale HMDaniel Rowland Golden Mosaic 18B: American Pale Ale Valdosta Order of Real Lagers, Ales, and Unique Fermentables (VORLAUF)
Table 31: Imperial IPA & American Strong (13 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stMatthew Kuehn Untamed Alpha 22B: American Strong Ale UKG 2ndPaul Kelly Co-Brewer: Adan Munoz In The Name Of Harry 22A: Double IPA UKG 3rdJoe Conti Joe Conti’s DIPA 22A: Double IPA HMRyan Stack Double IPA 22A: Double IPA
Table 32: Specialty Beer (13 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stRyan Andre Sammy The Goat 34B: Mixed-Style Beer 2ndSteve Thanos Ryevals Porter 34C: Experimental Beer P.A.L.E. 3rdGeoff Groff Azathoth 34C: Experimental Beer KLOB
Table 34: Specialty IPA (18 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJoe Formanek Good Ol’ Texas Brown 21B: Specialty IPA Urban Knaves of Grain 2ndMICHAEL BECKETT Co-Brewer: MATT Klausner-Pot Scrubber BITTER BUNGHOLE 21B: Specialty IPA 3rdFrancisco Talley RYE PA 21B: Specialty IPA SNAFU
Table 35: Historical Beer (14 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJames Todd 1859 BP Export India Porter 27A: Historical Beer BOSS 2ndDavid Fetty Piwo Grodziskie 27A: Historical Beer Brixie's Brewers 3rdKyle Vester It Gose Down Smooth 27A: Historical Beer BOSS
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