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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
1st	Timothy Elder	Bricklayer Red	15A: Irish Red Ale	KC BierMeisters
2nd	John Sanderson Co-Brewer: Christen Sanderson	Lactose Tolerant	16A: Sweet Stout
3rd	Kevin Kearney	Luna	3D: Czech Dark Lager

Best of Show – Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
2nd	Jeff 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
1st	Kevin Wojdak	Kilted Hop Apple Bomb Cinnamon Cyser	M4C: Experimental Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG)
3rd	Dwight McCoy	Peach Me	M2D: Stone Fruit Mead

Winning Entries

Table 1: Light Lager (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Derrick Flippin	Pinky Restraint	1B: American Lager	Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club
2nd	William Westfall	Helles And Back	4A: Munich Helles	Babble
3rd	Derrick Flippin	Barstool Blues	1A: American Light Lager	Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club

Table 2: Pilsner (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nicholas Slay	Pilsner III 2	5D: German Pils
2nd	Matthew Del Fiaco	Na Zdravi	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	ABNormal Brewers
3rd	Matthew Del Fiaco	Czech Soul	3A: Czech Pale Lager	ABNormal Brewers

Table 3: Amber Lager (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Landers	Hasselhoffen Vienna Lager	7A: Vienna Lager	UGK/Chicago Home Brewers Group/Club Wort
2nd	Joe Kotvan	Kotoberfest	6A: Marzen	IMF
3rd	Derrick 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 Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Kearney	Luna	3D: Czech Dark Lager
2nd	Greg Niksch	Barf Ate My Brewlog	8B: Schwarzbier	UKG
3rd	Brad Pausha	DNA	8A: Munich Dunkel	Square Kegs

Table 5: Bock (28 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Charles Fort	Chuck’s Bock	6C: Dunkels Bock	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Ken Kaczmarek	Dortmunder Fool’s Gold	5C: German Exportbier	CHBG
3rd	Bill Goetz	Billy Goetz Bock	6C: Dunkels Bock	BOSS

Table 6: Hybrid (24 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Kearney	Murican Blonde	18A: Blonde Ale
2nd	Andrew King	Vierundvierzig	7B: Altbier	Missouri mashers
3rd	Greg Niksch	Sadie Pants	18A: Blonde Ale	UKG

Table 7: American Sour (37 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sean Leheney	Wisconsin Wild Ale	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	MAS*H (Marseilles Area Society for Homebrewers)
2nd	Brad Sayers	Electric Boogaloo (Giron Cherry)	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Logan Brewlevard Society
3rd	Jared Mills	Portentous Brain Schwarz Sauer Bier	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	Lincoln Lagers
HM	Robert Kay	Peach Berlinerweisse	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	UKG

Table 8: English Pale (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Kearney	The Barkeep	11A: Ordinary Bitter
2nd	Ryan Stack	ESB	11C: Strong Bitter
3rd	Charles Fort	Chuck’s Special Bitter	11B: Best Bitter	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 9: Scottish & Irish (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Timothy Elder	Bricklayer Red	15A: Irish Red Ale	KC BierMeisters
2nd	Ryan Taves	Second Sight	14A: Scottish Light
3rd	Jay Bakula	What Happened To 70 Schilling?	14B: Scottish Heavy

Table 10: American Amber & Brown (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Christopher Kaszuba	Murica F Yah	19C: American Brown Ale	Midnight Carboys
2nd	Eric Wood Co-Brewer: Michael Bogolia	Waves Of Grain Amber	19A: American Amber Ale
3rd	Steven Rapko	Brown Ale	19C: American Brown Ale	Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers (SNOB)

Table 11: English Brown (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Derrick Flippin	I’m The Ocean	13A: Dark Mild	Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club
2nd	Brad Pausha	Bar Buddy	13B: English Brown Ale	Square Kegs
3rd	Steven Rapko	Dark Mild	13A: Dark Mild	Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers (SNOB)
HM	Bob Alvord	Fanncy A Mild?	13A: Dark Mild

Table 12: Porter (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Seaman	New Order Porter	13C: English Porter	UKG
2nd	John Fern	Baltic Porter	9C: Baltic Porter	Wingnut Brew Club
3rd	Kevin Kearney	Fat Porter	20A: American Porter

Table 13: Small Stouts (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Sanderson Co-Brewer: Christen Sanderson	Lactose Tolerant	16A: Sweet Stout
2nd	Andrew King	Pistols And Petticoats	20B: American Stout	Missouri mashers
3rd	Joe Kotvan	Right Hand Milk Stout	16A: Sweet Stout	IMF

Table 14: IPA (31 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Francisco Talley	Sharp Bite	12C: English IPA	SNAFU
2nd	Drew Herrera Co-Brewer: Reed Herrera	IPAdam	21A: American IPA	Wingnut
3rd	Andrew Day	Trop IPA	21A: American IPA	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 15: German Wheat (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fabrice Bouet	Don’t Get Bored	10B: Dunkels Weissbier
2nd	David Fetty	Weizenbock	10C: Weizenbock	Brixie's Brewers
3rd	Drew Herrera	Rob’s Hefe	10A: Weissbier	Wingnut

Table 16: Belgian & French (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Kotvan	What The Hell Is A Trappist Single?	26A: Trappist Single	IMF
2nd	Nick Wand	Hampshire B.P.A.	24B: Belgian Pale Ale
3rd	Kevin Holt	Undefended	24B: Belgian Pale Ale	Wingnut Brew Club

Table 17: European Sour Ale (27 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Erik Howell	Circle City Zymurgy Lambic	23D: Lambic	Circle City Zymurgy
2nd	AMOS BROWNE Co-Brewer: Jessica Tizzard	This Is Not A Gueuze	23E: Gueuze	CHBG
3rd	Scott Miles Co-Brewer: Jesse Howard	Wild Ned Flanders	23B: Flanders Red Ale	PALE

Table 18: Pale Belgian Strong (38 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Kotvan	We Miss Fitz	25B: Saison	IMF
2nd	Mark Staelgraeve	Fair Blayer	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	Brixie's Brewers
3rd	Jon Weaver	Victoria	25B: Saison

Table 19: Strong Ale (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ken Pegram	Drifting Ember Barleywine	17D: English Barleywine	Chicago Homebrewers Group
2nd	Bob Alvord Co-Brewer: Don Fragakasis	Don’s Barleywine	17D: English Barleywine
3rd	James Todd	Arctic Ale	17D: English Barleywine	BOSS

Table 20: Fruit Beer (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul Sorice	Strawberry Sunset - Florida Weisse	29A: Fruit Beer	Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild
2nd	James Faircloth	Irving Park Cherry Stout	29A: Fruit Beer	CHAOS / CHBG
3rd	Daniel 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 Name	Style	Club
1st	Christopher Hay	Immaculate Confluence	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	The Brewing Network
2nd	Philip Wende	Lemon Tea	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Knaves
3rd	Gregory Booth	La Reposada	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 22: Smoke & Wood (29 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sean Leheney	Bourbon Maple Stout	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	MAS*H (Marseilles Area Society for Homebrewers)
2nd	Harry Bielawski	Harry Porter Smoked	32B: Specialty Smoked Beer	B.O.S.S.
3rd	Andrew Steinbach Co-Brewer: Andrew Foote	Heart Of Winter - English Old Ale	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Basement Brew Crew
HM	Gene 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 Name	Style	Club
1st	Shawn Reardon	Perserverance	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Prairie Schooners
2nd	Glenn Freitag Co-Brewer: Kurt Goslovich	Desecration	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Joliet Brewers Guild
3rd	Michael Marino	Dubbel Kismet	26B: Belgian Dubbel	The Brewing Network

Table 24: Large Stouts (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Formanek	Three Tsarina’s Imperial Stout	20C: Imperial Stout	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Justen Parris Co-Brewer: Jason Parris	OHM	20C: Imperial Stout	REFS, MUGZ
3rd	Jared Mills	The Datsyuk Imperial Russian Stout	20C: Imperial Stout	Lincoln Lagers

Table 25: Traditional Mead (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eileen Uchima Co-Brewer: Heather Uchima	Butter Bean Honey Mead	M1A: Dry Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	David Warner	Orange Blossom Mead	M1C: Sweet Mead
3rd	Michael Courtin	Sweet Oude Bee Hind	M1C: Sweet Mead
HM	Scott Cairncross	Scott’s Sack Sweet Mead	M1C: Sweet Mead

Table 26: Melomel (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dwight McCoy	Peach Me	M2D: Stone Fruit Mead
2nd	Harry Bielawski	Cherri Bomb	M2D: Stone Fruit Mead	B.O.S.S.
3rd	Joe Formanek	Cathy’s Sweeeet Cyser	M2A: Cyser	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 27: Spiced & Specialty Mead (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Wojdak	Kilted Hop Apple Bomb Cinnamon Cyser	M4C: Experimental Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG)
2nd	Mike Seaman	JooseBox	M4C: Experimental Mead	UKG
3rd	Karlene Oram Co-Brewer: Dave Oram	Barrel Aged OGM	M4C: Experimental Mead	BOSS

Table 28: Standard Cider & Perry (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Landers	Show Me Your Kitties	C1A: New World Cider	UGK/Chicago Home Brewers Group/Club Wort
2nd	Andrew Day	Produce Section Cider	C1B: English Cider	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Geoff Groff	Honeycider	C1B: English Cider	KLOB

Table 29: Specialty Cider & Perry (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Patrick Riley	Ringo Hanami	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	UKG
2nd	Jim Anderson	Jimbo’s 2015 Cider Nouveau	C2A: New England Cider	UKG
3rd	Nathan Shackelford	Picker Penny (3b)	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry

Table 30: American Pale (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jay Kash	American Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Matthew Lakota	Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale
3rd	Joe Conti	Joe Conti’s Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale
HM	Daniel 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 Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Kuehn	Untamed Alpha	22B: American Strong Ale	UKG
2nd	Paul Kelly Co-Brewer: Adan Munoz	In The Name Of Harry	22A: Double IPA	UKG
3rd	Joe Conti	Joe Conti’s DIPA	22A: Double IPA
HM	Ryan Stack	Double IPA	22A: Double IPA

Table 32: Specialty Beer (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Andre	Sammy The Goat	34B: Mixed-Style Beer
2nd	Steve Thanos	Ryevals Porter	34C: Experimental Beer	P.A.L.E.
3rd	Geoff Groff	Azathoth	34C: Experimental Beer	KLOB

Table 34: Specialty IPA (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Formanek	Good Ol’ Texas Brown	21B: Specialty IPA	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	MICHAEL BECKETT Co-Brewer: MATT Klausner-Pot Scrubber	BITTER BUNGHOLE	21B: Specialty IPA
3rd	Francisco Talley	RYE PA	21B: Specialty IPA	SNAFU

Table 35: Historical Beer (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Todd	1859 BP Export India Porter	27A: Historical Beer	BOSS
2nd	David Fetty	Piwo Grodziskie	27A: Historical Beer	Brixie's Brewers
3rd	Kyle Vester	It Gose Down Smooth	27A: Historical Beer	BOSS

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