Thanks to all who participated in the 26th Annual Drunk Monk Challenge.
There were 669 entries judged and 305 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1stJoe Kotvan Yes, This Is A Belgian Single 26A: Trappist Single 2ndRoss Druckenmiller Geräucherten Helles Bier 32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer Boston Wort Processors 3rdAmey Patwardhan Sweet Nector 34A: Clone Beer Lincoln Lagers
Best of Show – Cider
Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
2ndRick Lawrence Gordon's Gold Cider C1A: New World Cider PALE
Best of Show – Mead
Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1stPaul Sorice C Is For Cherry M2D: Stone Fruit Mead Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild 3rdPatrick Duby Jimmy Buffett's Wet Dream M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead Babble
Best of Show – Menace Of The Monastery (MoM)
Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1stPaul Sorice C Is For Cherry M2D: Stone Fruit Mead Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild 2ndRick Lawrence Gordon's Gold Cider C1A: New World Cider PALE 3rdPatrick Duby Jimmy Buffett's Wet Dream M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead Babble
Winning Entries
Table 1: Light Lager (23 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stAdam Young Zwickeldeedoodah 7C: Kellerbier Oak Park Homebrewers 2ndMetts Potter Under Shot 5A: German Leichtbier Battleground Brewers Guild 3rdMetts Potter Hot Schnitzel 4A: Munich Helles Battleground Brewers Guild
Table 2: Pilsner (18 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJay Kash Czech Pilsner 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager Urban Knaves of Grain 2ndLaurel Canan Laurelstein Lincoln Lager 5D: German Pils 3rdJames Faircloth Yo, Czech Out This Pilz! 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager Chicago Home Brewers Group / C.H.A.O.S.
Table 3: Amber Lager (15 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stGene Sladek Marzen 6A: Marzen UKG 2ndDarrell Proksa ` 3C: Czech Amber Lager Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG) 3rdKen Schultz Marzen Playground- Sex And Candy 6A: Marzen
Table 4: Dark Lager (16 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stEric Hammel Schattenwerfer Dunkel 8A: Munich Dunkel 2ndJim Silverstein Schwarz Beerd 8B: Schwarzbier NUBS 3rdJosh Hartman Dunkel V2 8A: Munich Dunkel Brixie’s Brewers
Table 5: Bock (21 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJay Bakula He's Fallen On The Ice......... It Cracks 9B: Eisbock 2ndDoug Brown Goats In A Tree 6C: Dunkels Bock QUAFF 3rdJosh Strupp #WAYGDWIRGC The Lesser 9A: Doppelbock Beer Barons of Milwaukee HMRyan Stack Maibock 4C: Helles Bock Cloudy Town Brewers
Table 6: Hybrid Beer (37 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stMetts Potter Iceberg! 5B: Kolsch Battleground Brewers Guild 2ndEric Dringenberg Ein Alt 7B: Altbier 3rdBrian Phad Blinded By The Light 1C: Cream Ale PALE Homebrew Club
Table 7: American Sour (30 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stMichael Shea Key Lime Pie 28C: Wild Specialty Beer CHBG 2ndJay Kash Raspberry Berliner Weisse 28C: Wild Specialty Beer Urban Knaves of Grain 3rdAndy Day Apricot Sour 28C: Wild Specialty Beer Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG)
Table 8: English Pale Ales (18 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stKevin Bencz TB 11B: Best Bitter 2ndJay Kash Ordinary Bitter 11A: Ordinary Bitter Urban Knaves of Grain 3rdBrian Phad Up The Junction 11C: Strong Bitter PALE Homebrew Club HMDennis Ulander Co-Brewer: Mary Ulander Ordinary Bitter 1-11a 11A: Ordinary Bitter Beer Barons of Milwaukee
Table 9: Scottish & Irish (25 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stSean McTighe Co-Brewer: Archer Krugman Leprechaun On The Lash 15A: Irish Red Ale Joliet Brewers Guild 2ndDavid Fetty Wee Heavy 17C: Wee Heavy Brixie's Brewers 3rdZacc Hutchings Off Kilter 14B: Scottish Heavy Dead Goat Society
Table 10: American Amber/Brown (15 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stSteve Newman Chimp Monk Brown Ale 19C: American Brown Ale Urban Knaves of Grain 2ndAlex Sliz Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang 19A: American Amber Ale Club Wort / UKG 3rdKevin Bencz FOMNBA 19C: American Brown Ale
Table 11: English Brown Ale (15 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJames Todd Gone For A Burton 13B: English Brown Ale Brewers of South Suburbia 2ndTyler Miller British Shorthair 13A: Dark Mild Northern Brewer Fermentation Brigade 3rdCarolyn Stephens 3rd Time's A Charm 13B: English Brown Ale
Table 12: Porter (19 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stDavid Dodge Robust Porter 20A: American Porter Midnight Carboys 2ndAllen Smith Waking The Line 20A: American Porter HOPS - High Point Observers of Pint Science 3rdDavid Casper Co-Brewer: Sean Clark Proszę 9C: Baltic Porter
Table 13: Small Stouts (35 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stMark Keck I Keep Banging My Head Against This Wall 20B: American Stout Boston Wort Processors 2ndJay Kash Tropical Stout 16C: Tropical Stout Urban Knaves of Grain 3rdLaurel Canan Laurelstein Dark Ages Stout 16A: Sweet Stout HMMichael Jacobs Lazy Dog Stout 15B: Irish Stout PALE
Table 14: IPA (29 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stAlex Sliz Citrazilla IPA 21A: American IPA Club Wort / UKG 2ndEric Dringenberg Dank Sally's Sister 21A: American IPA 3rdSteve Thanos Den On Iniquity 21A: American IPA Pale
Table 15: German Ales (20 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stDoug Brown Ask Me About My Weizenbock 10C: Weizenbock QUAFF 2ndRoss Druckenmiller Boston Calling 10A: Weissbier Boston Wort Processors 3rdJoe Kotvan Lumberwagon Hefe 10A: Weissbier
Table 16: Belgian/French (10 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJoe Kotvan Yes, This Is A Belgian Single 26A: Trappist Single 2ndDavid Fetty Belgian Single 26A: Trappist Single Brixie's Brewers 3rdKevin Bencz NW 24A: Witbier
Table 17: European Sour Ale (13 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJay Kash Berliner Weisee 23A: Berliner Weisse Urban Knaves of Grain 2ndRenee Weinberger Co-Brewer: John D. Blythin Flanders Red 23B: Flanders Red Ale Beer Barons of Milwaukee 3rdDaniel Morales Tart For Tart's Sake 23B: Flanders Red Ale Chicago Homebrewer's Group
Table 18: Pale Belgian Strong (31 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJason Chang Saison DuChang 25B: Saison 2ndDavid Fetty Saison #10 25B: Saison Brixie's Brewers 3rdZach Sowada Tripel H 26C: Belgian Tripel
Table 19: Strong Ale (10 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stNick Stephens What Is This? 17A: English Strong Ale Special Hoperations 2ndRyan Stack American Barleywine 22C: American Barleywine Cloudy Town Brewers 3rdKevin Wojdak Ugly Christmas Sweater 2016 17D: English Barleywine Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG)
Table 20: Fruit Beer (8 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stAlan Deibel Guava Berliner Weisse 29A: Fruit Beer 2ndJosh Aune Golden Eagle 29A: Fruit Beer St. Louis Brews 3rdTyson Shroyer God Hates Figs 29A: Fruit Beer ABNormal
Table 21: Spice/Herb/Veg (24 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stThomas Fuentes Co-Brewer: Lauren & Joe Fuentes Caution: Contains Chocolate 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer 2ndEric Smith Stl Mexican Chocolate Stout 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer St. Louis Brews 3rdMike Stevenson The Black Lagoon Ate The Creature 30C: Winter Seasonal Beer Joliet Brewers Guild
Table 22: Smoke & Wood (42 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stRoss Druckenmiller Geräucherten Helles Bier 32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer Boston Wort Processors 2ndAlex Chambers Co-Brewer: Paul Holder No Smoking Jacket Required 6B: Rauchbier UKG 3rdJim Hoeniges 4 Farmers Bourbon Barrel Aged Old Ale 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer Abnormal Brewers
Table 23: Dark Belgian Strong (22 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stMark Keck Looking Good, Billy Ray 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale Boston Wort Processors 2ndJohn McGuire Belgian Dubbel 26B: Belgian Dubbel Club Wort 3rdAlex Chambers The 13th Degree 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale UKG
Table 24: Big Stouts (14 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stAndrew Herrera Co-Brewer: Matt Konieczka Imperial Dan 20C: Imperial Stout Wingnut Brew Club 2ndGlynn Brown Baby RIS 20C: Imperial Stout Chicago Home Brewers Group 3rdJoe Formanek Four Tsarinas Imperial Stout 20C: Imperial Stout Urban Knaves of Grain
Table 25: Traditional Mead (7 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stKevin Wojdak If You've Got The Thyme, I've Got The Honey M1C: Sweet Mead Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG) 2ndAndy Day OB Mead 2017 M1A: Dry Mead Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG) 3rdBrian Beatty Trappist Mead M1C: Sweet Mead UKG
Table 26: Fruit Mead (16 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stPaul Sorice C Is For Cherry M2D: Stone Fruit Mead Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild 2ndBrian Davids Is It Mead You're Looking For? M2E: Melomel 3rdJoe Formanek Cathy's Cyser M2A: Cyser Urban Knaves of Grain
Table 27: Spiced/Specialty Mead (13 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stPatrick Duby Jimmy Buffett's Wet Dream M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead Babble 2ndJeremy Goehring Co-Brewer: Dustin Deisher This Is Just A Tribute M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead Lincoln Lagers 3rdPaul Sorice Breakfast For Dessert (BFD) M4C: Experimental Mead Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild
Table 28: Standard Cider & Perry (16 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stRick Lawrence Gordon's Gold Cider C1A: New World Cider PALE 2ndMichael Jacobs $20 PEAR TREE C1E: Traditional Perry PALE 3rdJames Faircloth 2016 Cote De Blanc C1C: French Cider Chicago Home Brewers Group / C.H.A.O.S.
Table 29: Specialty Cider/Perry (10 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJim Anderson Jimbo's Pretty Good Hard Cider - With Blood Orange C2B: Cider with Other Fruit UKG 2ndAndrew Wyshnytzky Pirate Cider C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry NUBS 3rdJay Kash Applewine C2C: Applewine Urban Knaves of Grain
Table 30: APA (21 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stMetts Potter Ale Pale 18B: American Pale Ale Battleground Brewers Guild 2ndTyson Shroyer American Pale Ale 18B: American Pale Ale ABNormal 3rdNicholas Slay Angie's Bursting Citra 18B: American Pale Ale St Louis Brews HMDan Schlosser Cryo Pale 18B: American Pale Ale Beer Barons of Milwaukee
Table 31: Imperial IPA & American Strong (15 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stJohn Maloney Mira Imperial Red Ale 22B: American Strong Ale 2ndJay Kash Co-Brewer: Dave Collinge Double IPA 22A: Double IPA Urban Knaves of Grain 3rdMike Stevenson The Attitude Adjuster 22B: American Strong Ale Joliet Brewers Guild
Table 32: Specialty Beer (28 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stAmey Patwardhan Sweet Nector 34A: Clone Beer Lincoln Lagers 2ndDavid Mertz Deena's Valentine Beer 29B: Fruit and Spice Beer Aurora Brew Crew 3rdThomas Fuentes Co-Brewer: Lauren & Joe Fuentes Caution: Contains Coconut 29B: Fruit and Spice Beer
Table 34: Specialty IPA (19 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club 1stDoug Brown Supermolly Black 21B: Specialty IPA QUAFF 2ndMike Kimble No Haze NE IPA 21B: Specialty IPA UKG 3rdDavid Duff Night Owl IPA 21B: Specialty IPA Pour Boys Homebrew Club
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