Thanks to all who participated in the 26th Annual Drunk Monk Challenge.
There were 570 entries judged and 427 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1stJoe Formanek Four Tsarina's Imperial Stout 20C: Imperial Stout Urban Knaves of Grain 2ndDerrick Flippin Nichts Wie Es Scheint 1A: American Light Lager Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club 3rdBrad Sayers How To Survive Costco 28C: Wild Specialty Beer Logan Brewlevard Society
Best of Show – Cider
Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1stJim Anderson Jimbo's Good Old Fashioned Hard Cider C2A: New England Cider UKG 2ndPatrick Riley Big McLargeHuge C1A: New World Cider UKG
Best of Show – Mead
Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
3rdEileen Uchima Co-Brewer: Heather Uchima The Hardest Rain M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead Urban Knaves of Grain
Best of Show – Menace Of The Monastery (MoM)
Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1stJim Anderson Jimbo's Good Old Fashioned Hard Cider C2A: New England Cider UKG 2ndPatrick Riley Big McLargeHuge C1A: New World Cider UKG 3rdEileen Uchima Co-Brewer: Heather Uchima The Hardest Rain M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead Urban Knaves of Grain
Winning Entries
Table 1: Light Lager (19 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stDerrick Flippin Nichts Wie Es Scheint 1A: American Light Lager Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club 2ndDerrick Flippin It's The Same, It's The Same, It's The Same Old Lie [Same Lie] 2A: International Pale Lager Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club 3rdAnthony Cellini Oktoberfest 4B: Festbier ABNormal Brewers
Table 2: Pilsner (17 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJoe Kotvan When The German Bombed Pearl Harbor 5D: German Pils 2ndBrian Phad Fizzy Yellow Beer 1B: American Lager Pale 3rdCharles Fort Chuck's Czech Pilsner 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager Urban Knaves of Grain
Table 3: Amber Lager (13 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stMalcolm Frazer This Was Not Made In Vienna 7A: Vienna Lager TRASH 2ndDerrick Flippin The Losing End (When You're On) 7A: Vienna Lager Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club 3rdJeff Landers Co-Brewer: Tommy And Emily Landers Hasselhoffen II 7A: Vienna Lager UKG/Chicago Home Brewers Group/Club Wort HMDexter Garner Bieslbub 7A: Vienna Lager Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated
Table 4: Dark Lager (14 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stBob Fernandez Vonn Roller Mariah 8B: Schwarzbier Marseilles Area Society for Homebrewers 2ndDexter Garner The Sound And The Fuhrer 8A: Munich Dunkel Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated 3rdGerald Hodge U Flecku T'mave 3D: Czech Dark Lager Urban Knaves of Grain
Table 5: Bock (13 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stMatthew White Eis Eis Bock Bock 9B: Eisbock Lincoln Lagers 2ndNick Konwerski GoldenEye 5C: German Exportbier 3rdJeff Landers Co-Brewer: Tommy And Emily Landers You Bock Me All Night Long 6C: Dunkels Bock UKG/Chicago Home Brewers Group/Club Wort HMTom Hayosh Co-Brewer: Gene Barth, Tom Wright, Jack Wakeland No More Billy Goat Maibock 4C: Helles Bock UKG / Club Wort
Table 6: Hybrid Beer (31 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stDerrick Flippin Menace Of The Well Attenuated Light Beer (With Adjuncts) 1C: Cream Ale Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club 2ndChris Pisney American Wheat! 1D: American Wheat Beer 3rdTrey Lovelace Trey's Alt 7B: Altbier Fermentation Nation Brew Club
Table 7: American Sour (26 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stBrad Sayers How To Survive Costco 28C: Wild Specialty Beer Logan Brewlevard Society 2ndJay Kash Raspberry Berliner Weisse 28C: Wild Specialty Beer Urban Knaves of Grain 3rdJustin Bickus Unlabeled Caulk 28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer
Table 8: English Pale (17 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stAndrew Day Summery Bitter 12A: British Golden Ale Urban Knaves of Grain 2ndRyan Stack Strong Bitter 11C: Strong Bitter Cloudy Town Brewers 3rdDennis Ulander Co-Brewer: Mary Ulander Ordinary Bitter 11A: Ordinary Bitter Beer Barons of Milwaukee
Table 9: Scottish and Irish (11 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stKevin Wojdak Co-Brewer: Noah Wojdak Kilted Hop Party Kilt Wee Heavy 17C: Wee Heavy Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG) 2ndJohn Blythin Co-Brewer: Renee Weinberger Wee Heavy 17C: Wee Heavy Beer Barons of Milwaukee 3rdKevin Kearney The Scottsman 14A: Scottish Light
Table 10: American Amber/Brown (11 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stDerrick Flippin Maybe Marlon Brando Will Be There By The Fire 19A: American Amber Ale Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club 2ndJeff Landers Co-Brewer: Tommy And Emily Landers Red Dankness 19A: American Amber Ale UKG/Chicago Home Brewers Group/Club Wort 3rdEric Wood Amber Waves 19A: American Amber Ale
Table 11: English Brown (11 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stPhilip Wende Brown Bomber 13B: English Brown Ale Knaves 2ndAdam Young Vader Light 13A: Dark Mild Oak Park Homebrewers 3rdAndrew Day Brown Mocha Mild 13A: Dark Mild Urban Knaves of Grain
Table 12: Porter (18 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stRyan Stack English Porter 13C: English Porter Cloudy Town Brewers 2ndNick Wand Trump's A Chump 13C: English Porter 3rdBryan Mackenzie Co-Brewer: Brian Fetterolf Suckerpunch Porter 20A: American Porter UKG
Table 13: Small Stouts (27 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stTom Russo Mr. Snook Extra 15C: Irish Extra Stout Urban Knaves of Grain 2ndDarin Krol White Russian 16A: Sweet Stout 3rdTimothy Daugherty Breakfast Stout 16C: Tropical Stout The Worts of Columbia
Table 14: IPA (20 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stAdam Young An English Werewolf In Chicago 21A: American IPA Oak Park Homebrewers 2ndSean Leheney Crunk Juice 21A: American IPA M*A*S*H (Marseilles Area Society for Homebrewers) 3rdZachary Fritts Bongripper 21A: American IPA Midnight Carboys
Table 15: German Ale (10 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stGary Lockwood Hefe-Weiz Day 10A: Weissbier MHTG 2ndJoe Kotvan Spiece Girls 10A: Weissbier 3rdMatt Bizjack In Darkness There Is Weisse 10B: Dunkels Weissbier
Table 16: Belgian/French (31 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stDavid Fetty Saison #9 25B: Saison Brixie's Brewers 2ndJon Weaver One 26A: Trappist Single 3rdTony Daniels Brune Hilda Garde 24C: Biere de Garde Plainfield Ale & Lager Enthusiasts
Table 17: European Sour (16 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stMark Westmeyer Berry Bomb 23F: Fruit Lambic Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS) 2ndJay Bakula Co-Brewer: Bob Kay Currants 23F: Fruit Lambic 3rdGerald Hodge Flanders Solera 23B: Flanders Red Ale Urban Knaves of Grain
Table 18: Pale Belgian Strong (25 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stDoug Newberry Standup Tripel 26C: Belgian Tripel UKG 2ndJames Faircloth The Wedding Crasher 25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale Chicago Homebrewers Group / C.H.A.O.S. 3rdGlenn Freitag Co-Brewer: Kurt Goslovich Hulk Smash 26C: Belgian Tripel Joliet Brewers Guild HMZachary Sowada Tripel H 26C: Belgian Tripel
Table 19: Strong Ale (15 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stMike Stevenson The Attitude Adjuster 22B: American Strong Ale 2ndDrew Herrera Co-Brewer: Paul Herrera Bears Barleywine/Bumpa's Barleywine (Drew Edition) 17D: English Barleywine Wingnut 3rdNick Wand I Got 99 Problems, But My Pitch Ain't One! 17B: Old Ale
Table 20: Fruit Beer (13 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stGlenn Freitag Co-Brewer: Kurt Goslovich You're My Boy Blue 29A: Fruit Beer Joliet Brewers Guild 2ndJames Faircloth Adi's Margarita Gose 29A: Fruit Beer Chicago Homebrewers Group / C.H.A.O.S. 3rdMatthew White Blackberry Weisse 29A: Fruit Beer Lincoln Lagers
Table 21: S/H/V (19 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stNick Wand Gilligan Left, And He Took Ginger Wit 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer 2ndGregory Booth La Reposada II 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Urban Knaves of Grain 3rdZachary Fritts Coffee Season In The Abyss 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Midnight Carboys
Table 22: Smoke and Wood (35 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stMatthew White Oak Juice 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer Lincoln Lagers 2ndChad Bevers Bourbon Vanilla Big Hairy Beaver 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer Association of Bloomington Normal Brewers 3rdZachary Fritts Season In The Abyss 33A: Wood-Aged Beer Midnight Carboys
Table 23: Dark Strong Belgian (17 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stMichael Chinderle Belgian Style Darkish Stronger Ale 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale 2ndAlex Chambers West The 12th 26B: Belgian Dubbel UKG 3rdMatthew White Pulled A Quad 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale Lincoln Lagers
Table 24: Large Stouts (17 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJoe Formanek Four Tsarina's Imperial Stout 20C: Imperial Stout Urban Knaves of Grain 2ndDrew Herrera Co-Brewer: Reed Herrera Imperial Dan 20C: Imperial Stout Wingnut 3rdGlynn Brown Russian Blue 20C: Imperial Stout Chicago home brewers group
Table 25: Traditional Mead (10 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stEileen Uchima Co-Brewer: Heather Uchima The Hardest Rain M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead Urban Knaves of Grain 2ndDavid Warner "Barrel-Aged" Mesquite M1C: Sweet Mead 3rdPaul Herrera It's Made From Honey! M1C: Sweet Mead Wingnut Brew Club
Table 26: Fruit Mead (14 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stScot Schaar Orange Blossom Honey & Gewurztraminer Grape Pyment M2B: Pyment Rivers Edge Fermentation Society 2ndDavid Hansen Cherry Pie Mead M2E: Melomel 3rdScot Schaar Little Dark Heart M2E: Melomel Rivers Edge Fermentation Society
Table 27: Spiced/Specialty Mead (10 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stKevin Wojdak Kilted Hop Honey Pomme Lou Blonde Ale Cyser-Braggot M4C: Experimental Mead Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG) 2ndPatrick Duby Jimmy Buffett's Wet Dream - Margarita Mead M4C: Experimental Mead BABBLE 3rdKevin Wojdak Co-Brewer: Noah Wojdak Kilted Hop The Chief Honey Blonde Ale Braggot M4A: Braggot Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG) HMPaul Herrera Cherry Mead M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead Wingnut Brew Club
Table 28: Standard Cider/Perry (12 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stPatrick Riley Big McLargeHuge C1A: New World Cider UKG 2ndJoe Formanek Peanut's Cider C1B: English Cider Urban Knaves of Grain 3rdMichael Jacobs $20 Pear Tree C1E: Traditional Perry PALE
Table 29: Specialty Cider/Perry (9 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJim Anderson Jimbo's Good Old Fashioned Hard Cider C2A: New England Cider UKG 2ndSteve Bailey It Was A Very Good Year C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry UKG 3rdRaymond Nonnie Love Bites C2B: Cider with Other Fruit Urban Knaves of Grain
Table 30: APA (14 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stNathan Batdorf Hop Blast Wonder 18B: American Pale Ale Clouldy Town Brewers 2ndRyan Turner Good Afternoon 18B: American Pale Ale Northwest Indiana Brewers Society 3rdJohn Newton Co-Brewer: Mark Newton Mysterious Forces 18B: American Pale Ale None
Table 31: Imperial+Specialty IPA (16 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stDavid Duff Hey-Z IPA 21B: Specialty IPA Pour Boys Brew Club 2ndJoe Formanek Veronica's All American Brown IPA 21B: Specialty IPA Urban Knaves of Grain 3rdChris Pisney Session Belgian IPA! 21B: Specialty IPA HMKyle Vester Deutscher Leicht Indien Blass Bier 21B: Specialty IPA BOSS
Table 32: Specialty Beer (16 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stPaul Herrera Cherry Oudbruin 34C: Experimental Beer Wingnut Brew Club 2ndAnthony Cellini Wędzone Polski 27A: Historical Beer ABNormal Brewers 3rdSteve Thanos Semper Fi 34B: Mixed-Style Beer P.A.L.E.
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