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Thanks to all who participated in the 26th Annual Drunk Monk Challenge.

There were 695 entries judged and 301 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Kotvan	Jamoke Pale Ale Brew-Off	18B: American Pale Ale
2nd	Josh Zylstra	Mister Mild	13A: Dark Mild	Oak Park Homebrewers
3rd	Jeff Landers Co-Brewer: Tom And Daniel Hayosh	That Ain't No Lager	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain

Best of Show – Mead/Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Maggie Wachter	Goatherd's Delight	M1C: Sweet Mead	BUZZ Boneyard Union Of Zymurgical Zealots
2nd	Maggie Wachter	Cherry Trojniak	M4B: Historical Mead	BUZZ Boneyard Union Of Zymurgical Zealots
3rd	Kevin Wojdak Co-Brewer: Noah Wojdak, Rebecca Lau	Violet Beauregarde Blueberry Melomel	M2C: Berry Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain

Two Brothers Brewing Co. Pro-Am Winner

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
N/A	Nancy Fanta	James Brown	19C: American Brown Ale	Club Wort

Winning Entries

Table 1: Light American Lagers and Cream Ales (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ian Anderson	Cereal Keller	2A: International Pale Lager	Boston Wort Processors
2nd	Allen Smith	Corn Makes For Good Beer	1A: American Light Lager	High Point Observers of Pint Science - HOPS
3rd	Andy Denton	Lawson Light Lager	1A: American Light Lager	North Urban Brewing Society (NUBS)

Table 2: Pale American and German Ales (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eric Dringenberg	Wheat the Hell	1D: American Wheat Beer	Homebrewers of Peoria
2nd	David Dodge	Kolsch	5B: Kolsch	Midnight Carboys
3rd	Brian Hampel Co-Brewer: Connor Crane	Cruise Control	5B: Kolsch	Plainfield Ale and Lager Enthusiasts (PALE)

Table 3: Pale Malty European Lager (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sean Hanna	#stolencreds	4A: Munich Helles	Square Kegs
2nd	Jay Kash	Fest Beer	4B: Festbier	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Ryan Gardner	Dasein	4A: Munich Helles

Table 4: Pale Bitter Lager (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Landers	The Anti-Neipa - Cause Haze Kills	5A: German Leichtbier	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Bjørn Erik Enki Gjesdal	Bjørn Simple	5D: German Pils
3rd	Metts Potter	Cuz Big Dan Said So	5D: German Pils	Battleground Brewers Guild

Table 5: Amber European Beer (29 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Druckenmiller	Shake The Keg	7C: Kellerbier	Boston Wort Processors
2nd	David Heisel	Altbier V1	7B: Altbier
3rd	Ryan Waughon	Alt-Right, Man!	7B: Altbier

Table 6: Dark European Lager (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Walker	Dunkel Roose	8A: Munich Dunkel	North Urban Brewing Society (NUBS)
2nd	Mark Agostino	Bock Around The Clock	6C: Dunkels Bock	Chicago Beer Society
3rd	Doug Hills Co-Brewer: David Wachtel	Cap'm Iggy Dunkles Bock	6C: Dunkels Bock	Oak Park Homebrewers
HM	Scott Frank	Lil Bo Dark	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Evanston Homebrew Club

Table 7: Bock (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Fetty	Helles Bock	4C: Helles Bock	Brixie's Brewers
2nd	Jeremy Young	Monk's Luck	9A: Doppelbock	Chicago Home Brewers Group
3rd	Nathan Levengood	Big Floppy Doppelbock	9A: Doppelbock	Society of Akron Area Zymurgists (SAAZ)

Table 8: German Wheat (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Kotvan	Huge Heffner	10A: Weissbier
2nd	Jeff Landers	Brewed For The Wife... And For A Medal	10A: Weissbier	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Philip Taylor Co-Brewer: Andrew Bohman, Ashley Bohman	Ein Weizen	10A: Weissbier

Table 9: Pale British Ale (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Noah Wojdak	Maiden Voyage	11A: Ordinary Bitter	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Timothy Marks Co-Brewer: Max	Dadbod	11C: Strong Bitter	Chicago Home Brewers Group
3rd	Ryan Stack	Strong Bitter	11C: Strong Bitter	Cloudy Town Brewers

Table 10: Scottish & Irish Ale (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andrew Bassett	Irish Red Ale #1	15A: Irish Red Ale	North Urban Brewing Society (NUBS)
2nd	Francisco Talley	Scottish Kilt	14C: Scottish Export	Southern Nevada Ale Fermenters Union (SNAFU)
3rd	James Todd	Clan Campbell	14C: Scottish Export	Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS)

Table 11: American Pale Ale (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Kotvan	Jamoke Pale Ale Brew-Off	18B: American Pale Ale
2nd	Ross Druckenmiller	Revere Kid	18B: American Pale Ale	Boston Wort Processors
3rd	Bjørn Erik Enki Gjesdal	Highbjørn	18B: American Pale Ale

Table 12: Amber & Brown American Ale (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nancy Fanta	James Brown	19C: American Brown Ale	Club Wort
2nd	Nick Wand	Hampshire Amber	19A: American Amber Ale
3rd	Ryan Stack	American Amber	19A: American Amber Ale	Cloudy Town Brewers

Table 13: Brown British Ale (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josh Zylstra	Mister Mild	13A: Dark Mild	Oak Park Homebrewers
2nd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's English Brown Ale	13B: English Brown Ale	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
3rd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's English Porter	13C: English Porter	Denton County Homebrewers Guild

Table 14: UK Stout (29 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Kotvan	It's the Milky Way of Stouts	16A: Sweet Stout
2nd	Larry Leinberger	Dissident	16D: Foreign Extra Stout	Beer Barons of Milwaukee
3rd	Stu Buchbinder	Something Unknown	16A: Sweet Stout

Table 15: American Porter and Stout (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Stu Buchbinder	S.W.M.B.O	20A: American Porter
2nd	Jonathan Lee Co-Brewer: Raymond Lee	Absent Minded Professor Porter	20A: American Porter
3rd	Matt Del Fiacco	Fight!	20A: American Porter	The Bru Club

Table 16: American IPA (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bjørn Erik Enki Gjesdal	The Bjørn Identity	21A: American IPA
2nd	Connor Crane Co-Brewer: Brian Hampel	Better Late Than Never	21A: American IPA	Plainfield Ale and Lager Enthusiasts (PALE)
3rd	James Faircloth	Dusted A.F.	21A: American IPA	C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club
HM	Jay Kash	American IPA	21A: American IPA	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 17: Specialty IPA (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Hintt	Black Rye P A	21B: Specialty IPA
2nd	Sean Hanna	Nevagetouttathishaze	21B7: New England IPA	Square Kegs
3rd	David Duff	Level Up	21B7: New England IPA	Club Wort

Table 18: Strong American Ale (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bjørn Erik Enki Gjesdal	The Bjørn Supremacy	22A: Double IPA
2nd	Joe Kotvan	Whill Wheaton Wheat Whine	22D: Wheatwine
3rd	Ryan Stack	American Barleywine	22C: American Barleywine	Cloudy Town Brewers

Table 19: Strong UK Ale (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Fetty	Ol' 56	17D: English Barleywine	Brixie's Brewers
2nd	Scott Middleton	Scotty's A Wee Heavy	17C: Wee Heavy	North Urban Brewing Society (NUBS)
3rd	Metts Potter	Londoner	17D: English Barleywine	Battleground Brewers Guild
HM	Michael Langer	Head! Pants! Now!	17C: Wee Heavy	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 20: Saison (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle Nordquist	Omega Saison II Is Underrated	25B: Saison	C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club
2nd	Joe Kotvan	A Toast To Fitz!	25B: Saison
3rd	Ryan Stack	Saison	25B: Saison	Cloudy Town Brewers

Table 21: Belgian Ale (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nathan Vanwert	Vanwit	24A: Witbier	MUGZ [IL]
2nd	Tony Daniels	Thirsty Abbot	26A: Trappist Single	Plainfield Ale and Lager Enthusiasts (PALE)
3rd	Christopher Kaszuba	Not As Good As Kotvans	26A: Trappist Single	Midnight Carboys

Table 22: Strong Pale Belgian (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Woodcock Co-Brewer: Josharoux	Three Dry Sheets	26C: Belgian Tripel	Chop & Brew
2nd	Michael Jablonski	Stinging Bees	25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale
3rd	Tony Daniels	The Devil Is In the Details	25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Plainfield Ale and Lager Enthusiasts (PALE)

Table 23: Strong Dark Belgian (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John McGuire	Abbey Dark Strong Ale	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Club Wort
2nd	John Guilfoil	1st Time Quad	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Club Wort
3rd	David Majewski	Demon's Blade Belgian Dark Strong Ale	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Oak Park Homebrewers

Table 24: European and Catharina Sour (28 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Lekovish	Here Gose Nothing	27A1: Gose	Joliet Brewers Guild
2nd	Christopher Van Eynde	Guavatopia	PRX4: Catharina Sour
3rd	Doug Schmidt	Brett The Berliner V	23A: Berliner Weisse	Boston Wort Processors

Table 25: Fruit Beer (24 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Christopher Kaszuba	Jalapenyo Face	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer	Midnight Carboys
2nd	Josh Hartman	Very Cherry Monk	29A: Fruit Beer	Brixie's Brewers
3rd	Andrew Weaver	Strawberry Gose	29A: Fruit Beer
HM	Joe Kotvan	Sweet Stout With Raspberries and Cocoa Nibs	29A: Fruit Beer

Table 26: Spice Beer (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Casko Co-Brewer: Matt Vanzile	Creepy Neighbor #3	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Boston Wort Processors
2nd	David Fetty	Pumpkin Ale	30B: Autumn Seasonal Beer	Brixie's Brewers
3rd	Art Kim	Kessel Run Spiced Old Ale	30C: Winter Seasonal Beer	Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU)

Table 27: American Wild (26 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Landers Co-Brewer: Tom And Daniel Hayosh	That Ain't No Lager	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Josh Hartman	Balaton Cherry Sour	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Brixie's Brewers
3rd	Jeremiah Baer	Baerzerker	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer

Table 28: Smoke and Wood (31 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Frank	Bamberg Special	6B: Rauchbier	Evanston Homebrew Club
2nd	Andrew Day	Opidan Russian Stout	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Steve Thanos	Pandora's Box	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Plainfield Ale and Lager Enthusiasts (PALE)

Table 29: Specialty Beer (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Amey Patwardhan	I Am The Winner	34A: Clone Beer	Lincoln Lagers
2nd	Scott Middleton	Christmas Ale	34C: Experimental Beer	North Urban Brewing Society (NUBS)
3rd	David Majewski	Rockhead German Rye Ale	34C: Experimental Beer	Oak Park Homebrewers

Table 30: Cider (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ed Bove	Bruer's Friend Hard Cider	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS)
2nd	James Faircloth	2018 Bright Star Cider	C1A: New World Cider	C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club
3rd	Felipe Carmona	Grandma's Christmas Cider	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Urban Knaves of Grain
HM	James Faircloth	2018 Joel's Wild Fermentation Cider	C1A: New World Cider	C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club

Table 31: Traditional Mead (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Maggie Wachter	Goatherd's Delight	M1C: Sweet Mead	BUZZ Boneyard Union Of Zymurgical Zealots
2nd	Jeremy Goehring Co-Brewer: Dustin Deisher	Jiggly Puff and Stuff	M1C: Sweet Mead	Lincoln Lagers
3rd	Amy Olsen	Meadowfoam Traditional	M1C: Sweet Mead	Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers (KGB)

Table 32: Fruit Mead (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Wojdak Co-Brewer: Noah Wojdak, Rebecca Lau	Violet Beauregarde Blueberry Melomel	M2C: Berry Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Marek Leczycki	Trojniak 133	M2E: Melomel
3rd	Joe Formanek	Cathy's Cyser	M2A: Cyser	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 33: Other Mead (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Maggie Wachter	Cherry Trojniak	M4B: Historical Mead	BUZZ Boneyard Union Of Zymurgical Zealots
2nd	Mark Westmeyer	Liquid Cherry Cordial	M4C: Experimental Mead	Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS)
3rd	Kevin Wojdak	Apple Bomb 2017	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain
HM	Eileen Uchima Co-Brewer: Heather Uchima	Pineapple Upside-Down Cake	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain

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