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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
1st	Joe Formanek	Four Tsarina's Imperial Stout	20C: Imperial Stout	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Derrick Flippin	Nichts Wie Es Scheint	1A: American Light Lager	Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club
3rd	Brad Sayers	How To Survive Costco	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Logan Brewlevard Society

Best of Show – Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jim Anderson	Jimbo's Good Old Fashioned Hard Cider	C2A: New England Cider	UKG
2nd	Patrick Riley	Big McLargeHuge	C1A: New World Cider	UKG

Best of Show – Mead

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
3rd	Eileen 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
1st	Jim Anderson	Jimbo's Good Old Fashioned Hard Cider	C2A: New England Cider	UKG
2nd	Patrick Riley	Big McLargeHuge	C1A: New World Cider	UKG
3rd	Eileen 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 Name	Style	Club
1st	Derrick Flippin	Nichts Wie Es Scheint	1A: American Light Lager	Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club
2nd	Derrick 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
3rd	Anthony Cellini	Oktoberfest	4B: Festbier	ABNormal Brewers

Table 2: Pilsner (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Kotvan	When The German Bombed Pearl Harbor	5D: German Pils
2nd	Brian Phad	Fizzy Yellow Beer	1B: American Lager	Pale
3rd	Charles Fort	Chuck's Czech Pilsner	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 3: Amber Lager (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Malcolm Frazer	This Was Not Made In Vienna	7A: Vienna Lager	TRASH
2nd	Derrick Flippin	The Losing End (When You're On)	7A: Vienna Lager	Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club
3rd	Jeff Landers Co-Brewer: Tommy And Emily Landers	Hasselhoffen II	7A: Vienna Lager	UKG/Chicago Home Brewers Group/Club Wort
HM	Dexter Garner	Bieslbub	7A: Vienna Lager	Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated

Table 4: Dark Lager (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bob Fernandez	Vonn Roller Mariah	8B: Schwarzbier	Marseilles Area Society for Homebrewers
2nd	Dexter Garner	The Sound And The Fuhrer	8A: Munich Dunkel	Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated
3rd	Gerald Hodge	U Flecku T'mave	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 5: Bock (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew White	Eis Eis Bock Bock	9B: Eisbock	Lincoln Lagers
2nd	Nick Konwerski	GoldenEye	5C: German Exportbier
3rd	Jeff Landers Co-Brewer: Tommy And Emily Landers	You Bock Me All Night Long	6C: Dunkels Bock	UKG/Chicago Home Brewers Group/Club Wort
HM	Tom 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 Name	Style	Club
1st	Derrick Flippin	Menace Of The Well Attenuated Light Beer (With Adjuncts)	1C: Cream Ale	Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club
2nd	Chris Pisney	American Wheat!	1D: American Wheat Beer
3rd	Trey Lovelace	Trey's Alt	7B: Altbier	Fermentation Nation Brew Club

Table 7: American Sour (26 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brad Sayers	How To Survive Costco	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Logan Brewlevard Society
2nd	Jay Kash	Raspberry Berliner Weisse	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Justin Bickus	Unlabeled Caulk	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer

Table 8: English Pale (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andrew Day	Summery Bitter	12A: British Golden Ale	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Ryan Stack	Strong Bitter	11C: Strong Bitter	Cloudy Town Brewers
3rd	Dennis Ulander Co-Brewer: Mary Ulander	Ordinary Bitter	11A: Ordinary Bitter	Beer Barons of Milwaukee

Table 9: Scottish and Irish (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Wojdak Co-Brewer: Noah Wojdak	Kilted Hop Party Kilt Wee Heavy	17C: Wee Heavy	Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG)
2nd	John Blythin Co-Brewer: Renee Weinberger	Wee Heavy	17C: Wee Heavy	Beer Barons of Milwaukee
3rd	Kevin Kearney	The Scottsman	14A: Scottish Light

Table 10: American Amber/Brown (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Derrick Flippin	Maybe Marlon Brando Will Be There By The Fire	19A: American Amber Ale	Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club
2nd	Jeff Landers Co-Brewer: Tommy And Emily Landers	Red Dankness	19A: American Amber Ale	UKG/Chicago Home Brewers Group/Club Wort
3rd	Eric Wood	Amber Waves	19A: American Amber Ale

Table 11: English Brown (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Philip Wende	Brown Bomber	13B: English Brown Ale	Knaves
2nd	Adam Young	Vader Light	13A: Dark Mild	Oak Park Homebrewers
3rd	Andrew Day	Brown Mocha Mild	13A: Dark Mild	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 12: Porter (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Stack	English Porter	13C: English Porter	Cloudy Town Brewers
2nd	Nick Wand	Trump's A Chump	13C: English Porter
3rd	Bryan Mackenzie Co-Brewer: Brian Fetterolf	Suckerpunch Porter	20A: American Porter	UKG

Table 13: Small Stouts (27 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tom Russo	Mr. Snook Extra	15C: Irish Extra Stout	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Darin Krol	White Russian	16A: Sweet Stout
3rd	Timothy Daugherty	Breakfast Stout	16C: Tropical Stout	The Worts of Columbia

Table 14: IPA (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Adam Young	An English Werewolf In Chicago	21A: American IPA	Oak Park Homebrewers
2nd	Sean Leheney	Crunk Juice	21A: American IPA	MAS*H (Marseilles Area Society for Homebrewers)
3rd	Zachary Fritts	Bongripper	21A: American IPA	Midnight Carboys

Table 15: German Ale (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gary Lockwood	Hefe-Weiz Day	10A: Weissbier	MHTG
2nd	Joe Kotvan	Spiece Girls	10A: Weissbier
3rd	Matt Bizjack	In Darkness There Is Weisse	10B: Dunkels Weissbier

Table 16: Belgian/French (31 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Fetty	Saison #9	25B: Saison	Brixie's Brewers
2nd	Jon Weaver	One	26A: Trappist Single
3rd	Tony Daniels	Brune Hilda Garde	24C: Biere de Garde	Plainfield Ale & Lager Enthusiasts

Table 17: European Sour (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Westmeyer	Berry Bomb	23F: Fruit Lambic	Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS)
2nd	Jay Bakula Co-Brewer: Bob Kay	Currants	23F: Fruit Lambic
3rd	Gerald Hodge	Flanders Solera	23B: Flanders Red Ale	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 18: Pale Belgian Strong (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doug Newberry	Standup Tripel	26C: Belgian Tripel	UKG
2nd	James Faircloth	The Wedding Crasher	25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Chicago Homebrewers Group / C.H.A.O.S.
3rd	Glenn Freitag Co-Brewer: Kurt Goslovich	Hulk Smash	26C: Belgian Tripel	Joliet Brewers Guild
HM	Zachary Sowada	Tripel H	26C: Belgian Tripel

Table 19: Strong Ale (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Stevenson	The Attitude Adjuster	22B: American Strong Ale
2nd	Drew Herrera Co-Brewer: Paul Herrera	Bears Barleywine/Bumpa's Barleywine (Drew Edition)	17D: English Barleywine	Wingnut
3rd	Nick Wand	I Got 99 Problems, But My Pitch Ain't One!	17B: Old Ale

Table 20: Fruit Beer (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Glenn Freitag Co-Brewer: Kurt Goslovich	You're My Boy Blue	29A: Fruit Beer	Joliet Brewers Guild
2nd	James Faircloth	Adi's Margarita Gose	29A: Fruit Beer	Chicago Homebrewers Group / C.H.A.O.S.
3rd	Matthew White	Blackberry Weisse	29A: Fruit Beer	Lincoln Lagers

Table 21: S/H/V (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nick Wand	Gilligan Left, And He Took Ginger Wit	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
2nd	Gregory Booth	La Reposada II	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Zachary Fritts	Coffee Season In The Abyss	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Midnight Carboys

Table 22: Smoke and Wood (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew White	Oak Juice	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Lincoln Lagers
2nd	Chad Bevers	Bourbon Vanilla Big Hairy Beaver	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Association of Bloomington Normal Brewers
3rd	Zachary Fritts	Season In The Abyss	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Midnight Carboys

Table 23: Dark Strong Belgian (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Chinderle	Belgian Style Darkish Stronger Ale	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
2nd	Alex Chambers	West The 12th	26B: Belgian Dubbel	UKG
3rd	Matthew White	Pulled A Quad	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Lincoln Lagers

Table 24: Large Stouts (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Formanek	Four Tsarina's Imperial Stout	20C: Imperial Stout	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Drew Herrera Co-Brewer: Reed Herrera	Imperial Dan	20C: Imperial Stout	Wingnut
3rd	Glynn Brown	Russian Blue	20C: Imperial Stout	Chicago home brewers group

Table 25: Traditional Mead (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eileen Uchima Co-Brewer: Heather Uchima	The Hardest Rain	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	David Warner	"Barrel-Aged" Mesquite	M1C: Sweet Mead
3rd	Paul Herrera	It's Made From Honey!	M1C: Sweet Mead	Wingnut Brew Club

Table 26: Fruit Mead (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scot Schaar	Orange Blossom Honey & Gewurztraminer Grape Pyment	M2B: Pyment	Rivers Edge Fermentation Society
2nd	David Hansen	Cherry Pie Mead	M2E: Melomel
3rd	Scot Schaar	Little Dark Heart	M2E: Melomel	Rivers Edge Fermentation Society

Table 27: Spiced/Specialty Mead (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Wojdak	Kilted Hop Honey Pomme Lou Blonde Ale Cyser-Braggot	M4C: Experimental Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG)
2nd	Patrick Duby	Jimmy Buffett's Wet Dream - Margarita Mead	M4C: Experimental Mead	BABBLE
3rd	Kevin Wojdak Co-Brewer: Noah Wojdak	Kilted Hop The Chief Honey Blonde Ale Braggot	M4A: Braggot	Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG)
HM	Paul Herrera	Cherry Mead	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Wingnut Brew Club

Table 28: Standard Cider/Perry (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Patrick Riley	Big McLargeHuge	C1A: New World Cider	UKG
2nd	Joe Formanek	Peanut's Cider	C1B: English Cider	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Michael Jacobs	$20 Pear Tree	C1E: Traditional Perry	PALE

Table 29: Specialty Cider/Perry (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jim Anderson	Jimbo's Good Old Fashioned Hard Cider	C2A: New England Cider	UKG
2nd	Steve Bailey	It Was A Very Good Year	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	UKG
3rd	Raymond Nonnie	Love Bites	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 30: APA (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nathan Batdorf	Hop Blast Wonder	18B: American Pale Ale	Clouldy Town Brewers
2nd	Ryan Turner	Good Afternoon	18B: American Pale Ale	Northwest Indiana Brewers Society
3rd	John Newton Co-Brewer: Mark Newton	Mysterious Forces	18B: American Pale Ale	None

Table 31: Imperial+Specialty IPA (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Duff	Hey-Z IPA	21B: Specialty IPA	Pour Boys Brew Club
2nd	Joe Formanek	Veronica's All American Brown IPA	21B: Specialty IPA	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Chris Pisney	Session Belgian IPA!	21B: Specialty IPA
HM	Kyle Vester	Deutscher Leicht Indien Blass Bier	21B: Specialty IPA	BOSS

Table 32: Specialty Beer (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul Herrera	Cherry Oudbruin	34C: Experimental Beer	Wingnut Brew Club
2nd	Anthony Cellini	Wędzone Polski	27A: Historical Beer	ABNormal Brewers
3rd	Steve Thanos	Semper Fi	34B: Mixed-Style Beer	P.A.L.E.

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