Thanks to all who participated in the 26th Annual Drunk Monk Challenge.
There were 611 entries judged and 278 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
Dan Acheson Piwo Winfieldizkie 27A5: Piwo Grodziskie Urban Knaves of Grain Josh Strupp Love You Long Time 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer Beer Barons of Milwaukee Todd Cogswell Passionfruit Gose 29A: Fruit Beer Tippecanoe Homebrewers Circle Dmitri Tymos Fudge Fest 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Club Wort
Best of Show – Mead/Cider
Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
Matthew Mead Blueberry Maple Whiskey Mornings! M4C: Experimental Mead Michigan Mead Coalition Eric Martin Gromit M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead Kansas City Bier Meisters Jack Cantle Early Foxes C1A: New World Cider North Urban Brewing Society (NUBS)
Winning Entries
Table 1: Pale American and International Lager (16 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Metts Potter Little Buddy 1B: American Lager Bloatarian Brewing League Andy Cox Corn Dog 1B: American Lager Underground Brewers of Connecticut Caleb Meinke Segouin 2A: International Pale Lager Madison Homebrewers & Tasters
Table 2: American Wheat, Blonde, Cream Ales (14 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Branden Carlson Golden Spike 18A: Blonde Ale Alex Williams Bloody Butcher Cream Ale 1C: Cream Ale Big Easy Homebrewers Ben Sookying That's Not D M S You're Tasting 1C: Cream Ale Brew Knights
Table 3: Pale Malty Lager (16 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Scott Steenburg Helles #3 4A: Munich Helles Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI) Metts Potter Hot Schnitzel 4A: Munich Helles Bloatarian Brewing League James Faircloth James & Jon's Novemberfest 4B: Festbier C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club
Table 4: Pale Bitter European Beer (15 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Thomas McGloine Goebelbrau Kellerbier 27A1: Kellerbier Saratoga Thoroughbrews Andy Cox Hellerbier 27A1: Kellerbier Underground Brewers of Connecticut Kevin Haeffner Haeffner Leictbier 5A: German Leichtbier Garage Brewers Society
Table 5: Pilsner (28 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Richard Rawlings Prohibitchin 27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club David James Forward Unto Dawn LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner Cascade Brewers Society Jed Lengerich Prost 5D: German Pils MASH Fort Wayne Homebrew Club
Table 6: Amber European Beer (24 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Jon Phillips Lalo's Lager 7A: Vienna Lager C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club David James In Amber Clad 3C: Czech Amber Lager Cascade Brewers Society Joseph Froehlich Mexican Lager Yeast Is International 2B: International Amber Lager Joliet Brewers Guild
Table 7: Dark Lager (27 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Dan Acheson Keines Deutches Porter 8B: Schwarzbier Urban Knaves of Grain Raymond Nonnie Tmarve Pivo 3D: Czech Dark Lager Urban Knaves of Grain Brady Smith Dark Star Lager 8B: Schwarzbier Circle City Zymurgy
Table 8: Bocks (16 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Jeff Case Clairemonator 9A: Doppelbock QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) Kevin Wojdak Cluster Bock 6C: Dunkels Bock Urban Knaves of Grain Joe Skiles Clever Name 9B: Eisbock
Table 9: German Wheat & Rye (13 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Doug Bulthuis You Just Try Me 10C: Weizenbock KGB Jeremy Anderson Octeus Dunkelweizen 10B: Dunkels Weissbier Jeremiah Baer Dunkles Weissbaer 10B: Dunkels Weissbier East Side Brewers [IL]
Table 10: Pale British and Commonwealth (22 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Wesley Kulcak British Better Bitter 11B: Best Bitter Bay Area Mashtronauts Kevin Bencz Heritage 11B: Best Bitter Colby Reineke Native Born 12B: Australian Sparkling Ale Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Table 11: Brown British Ales (13 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Matthew Herrold Meanbrews English Brown 13B: British Brown Ale Cane Island Alers (CIA) Jeffrey G Oberlin Lap Dog 13A: Dark Mild Ninja Homebrewers Sean Hanna The Mild Side 13A: Dark Mild Square Kegs Jeremiah Baer Brown Baer 13B: British Brown Ale East Side Brewers [IL]
Table 12: Irish and Scottish Ales (13 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Renee Bruzual Nanored 15A: Irish Red Ale STLBrewhogs Alex Chambers Don't Tickle Your Shorts 14C: Scottish Export Rick Felser Bagpipes And Kilts 14C: Scottish Export
Table 13: Small Stouts (20 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Sam Hoopes Golden Sweetness 16A: Sweet Stout Ninja Homebrewers Marc Riordan Cowtastic Christmas 16B: Oatmeal Stout Sam Hoopes Toast My Oats 16B: Oatmeal Stout Ninja Homebrewers
Table 14: Strong Stouts (12 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Marc Riordan Long Winter 20C: Imperial Stout Wesley Kulcak Emerald Isle Seashore Stout 16C: Tropical Stout Bay Area Mashtronauts Art Kim Siberian Antifreeze 20C: Imperial Stout Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU)
Table 15: Porters (22 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Ben Resch Rusty Anchor Porter 20A: American Porter C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club Jim Silverstein Baltic Holiday 9C: Baltic Porter Club Wort Megan Sawa Doctors Without Porters 20A: American Porter Brixie's Brewers
Table 16: Strong Ales (15 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Daniel Yount Two-Fools Barleywine 22C: American Barleywine Scott Pointon Olde Fat Guy 17B: Old Ale Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS) Michael Beck Caligula's Arrogance 22B: American Strong Ale Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU)
Table 17: American Pale Ale (11 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Ben Gaylord Citra Summit 18B: American Pale Ale Greg Wegiel Intimidator 18B: American Pale Ale Artesian Homebrewers Chris Hunter Apa 18B: American Pale Ale Artesian Homebrewers
Table 18: American Amber and Brown Beer (23 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Eddie Belter Bootleggin' Brown 19C: American Brown Ale STLBrewhogs Shawn Montgomery Uncommon Ken 27A2: Kentucky Common Iowa Brewers Union Chris Hunter Amber 19A: American Amber Ale Artesian Homebrewers
Table 19: American IPA (16 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Jim Silverstein Ag Stein Hopwall 21A: American IPA Club Wort Mark Niemczewski Hops In Mouth 21A: American IPA Urban Knaves of Grain Colby Reineke Power Nine 21A: American IPA Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Table 20: Specialty and Double IPA (15 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Steve Ristau Zamba Wit II 21B6: White IPA Dan Acheson Double Phantasmagoria 22A: Double IPA Urban Knaves of Grain Steve Roth NEIPA 21B: Specialty IPA Green Bay Rackers
Table 21: Hazy IPA (16 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Greg Ellwanger Definitely Not Fosters 21C: Hazy IPA Club Wort Gerad Miller The Smell Of Napalm In The Morning 21C: Hazy IPA Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists Ethan Boehm Watching Bees 21C: Hazy IPA Northern Brewer Fermentation Brigade
Table 22: Smoked Beer (8 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Dan Acheson Piwo Winfieldizkie 27A5: Piwo Grodziskie Urban Knaves of Grain James Faircloth Smoked Beers On The Solo 32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club Joe D'Auria Smokey The Beer 32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer Metro South Homebrew League (MASH HOLES) Deborah And Marc Prichard Professor Pickles The Destroyer #mhp 27A3: Lichtenhainer Kansas City Bier Meisters
Table 23: Sour Ales (21 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Jeremiah Baer Sour Salty Baer 23G: Gose East Side Brewers [IL] Wesley Kulcak Gose 23G: Gose Bay Area Mashtronauts Jim Silverstein Ag Stein Flanders 23B: Flanders Red Ale Club Wort
Table 24: Belgian and French Ale (18 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Taylor Norland French For "the Guard" 24C: Bière de Garde Iowa Brewers Union Kevin Olson Slowest Yeast Ever 24C: Bière de Garde ZZHops Homebrewing Club Daniel Kukuk Shoreline 24A: Witbier Motor City Mashers
Table 25: Strong Belgian Ale (20 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Mark Westmeyer The Creeper 25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS) Kevin Bencz No Nap 25A: Belgian Blond Ale Patrick Williams Saison Straight Up 25B: Saison
Table 26: Monastic Ale (22 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Jeremiah Baer Baer Trapp 26A: Belgian Single East Side Brewers [IL] Duke Austerberry Freudian Slip 26A: Belgian Single Jim Silverstein St. James The Strong 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale Club Wort
Table 27: Fruit Beer (16 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Todd Cogswell Passionfruit Gose 29A: Fruit Beer Tippecanoe Homebrewers Circle Jeffrey Whelpley Grover From All Over 29A: Fruit Beer C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club Chris Daily Nothing But A G-Thang 29A: Fruit Beer San Antonio Cerveceros Fritz Schanz Stearman's Italian Grape Ale LSX3: Italian Grape Ale Denton County Homebrewers Guild
Table 28: Spiced Beer (23 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Dmitri Tymos Fudge Fest 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Club Wort Adam Skjefstad Ember Stout 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer River City Brewers [MN] John Palanchar Pepper Wheat 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Joliet Brewers Guild
Table 29: Wood Beer (20 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Josh Strupp Love You Long Time 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer Beer Barons of Milwaukee Darren Vaughn Bourbon County Quad 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) Travis Kirby Rye Wee Heavy 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM)
Table 30: Speciality Beer (16 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Mark Westmeyer Consternation 34A: Commercial Specialty Beer Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS) Amey Patwardhan I Am The Winner 34A: Commercial Specialty Beer Jason Rohloff Ass So Fat You Can See It From The Front 34A: Commercial Specialty Beer Beer Barons of Milwaukee
Table 31: Standard Cider and Perry (13 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Jack Cantle Early Foxes C1A: New World Cider North Urban Brewing Society (NUBS) Amey Patwardhan Gold Juice C1A: New World Cider Eric Martin The Whole Crew C1A: New World Cider Kansas City Bier Meisters
Table 32: Speciality Cider and Perry (14 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Jay Kash Ice Cider C2D: Ice Cider Urban Knaves of Grain Timothy Minger Grandma's Apple Pie C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices Beer Barons of Milwaukee Bill Boyer Amburana C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Table 33: Traditional Mead (6 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Eric Martin Gromit M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead Kansas City Bier Meisters Bill Boyer Book Of Armaments - Ulei M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead North Georgia Malt Monkeys Matthew Mead Midwest Clover Blossom M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead Michigan Mead Coalition
Table 34: Fruit Mead (12 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Kyle Kiely Mr. Blue Sky M2C: Berry Mead Amy Olsen 27 Trees Morat M2C: Berry Mead Michigan Mead Coalition Ryan Vigne Peace Through Meaditation (Jubileum) M2D: Stone Fruit Mead
Table 35: Spiced and Experimental Mead (10 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Matthew Mead Blueberry Maple Whiskey Mornings! M4C: Experimental Mead Michigan Mead Coalition Bill Boyer A Mead Inspired By A Mead By Matthew Mead M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead North Georgia Malt Monkeys Amy Olsen Ba Rum Raisin M4C: Experimental Mead Michigan Mead Coalition
Table 99: Menace of the Monastery (25 entries) Place Brewer Entry NameStyle Club Mark Westmeyer The Creeper 48A: MoM Belgian Golden Strong Ale (25C) Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS) Josh Strupp Quad City Belgian 51A: MoM Belgian Dark Strong Ale (26D) Beer Barons of Milwaukee Ryan Vigne Mom - Strong Dark Tripel? 51A: MoM Belgian Dark Strong Ale (26D)
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