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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
1st	Joe Kotvan	Yes, This Is A Belgian Single	26A: Trappist Single
2nd	Ross Druckenmiller	Geräucherten Helles Bier	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer	Boston Wort Processors
3rd	Amey Patwardhan	Sweet Nector	34A: Clone Beer	Lincoln Lagers

Best of Show – Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
2nd	Rick Lawrence	Gordon's Gold Cider	C1A: New World Cider	PALE

Best of Show – Mead

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul Sorice	C Is For Cherry	M2D: Stone Fruit Mead	Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild
3rd	Patrick 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
1st	Paul Sorice	C Is For Cherry	M2D: Stone Fruit Mead	Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild
2nd	Rick Lawrence	Gordon's Gold Cider	C1A: New World Cider	PALE
3rd	Patrick Duby	Jimmy Buffett's Wet Dream	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Babble

Winning Entries

Table 1: Light Lager (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Adam Young	Zwickeldeedoodah	7C: Kellerbier	Oak Park Homebrewers
2nd	Metts Potter	Under Shot	5A: German Leichtbier	Battleground Brewers Guild
3rd	Metts Potter	Hot Schnitzel	4A: Munich Helles	Battleground Brewers Guild

Table 2: Pilsner (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jay Kash	Czech Pilsner	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Laurel Canan	Laurelstein Lincoln Lager	5D: German Pils
3rd	James 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 Name	Style	Club
1st	Gene Sladek	Marzen	6A: Marzen	UKG
2nd	Darrell Proksa	`	3C: Czech Amber Lager	Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG)
3rd	Ken Schultz	Marzen Playground- Sex And Candy	6A: Marzen

Table 4: Dark Lager (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eric Hammel	Schattenwerfer Dunkel	8A: Munich Dunkel
2nd	Jim Silverstein	Schwarz Beerd	8B: Schwarzbier	NUBS
3rd	Josh Hartman	Dunkel V2	8A: Munich Dunkel	Brixie’s Brewers

Table 5: Bock (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jay Bakula	He's Fallen On The Ice......... It Cracks	9B: Eisbock
2nd	Doug Brown	Goats In A Tree	6C: Dunkels Bock	QUAFF
3rd	Josh Strupp	#WAYGDWIRGC The Lesser	9A: Doppelbock	Beer Barons of Milwaukee
HM	Ryan Stack	Maibock	4C: Helles Bock	Cloudy Town Brewers

Table 6: Hybrid Beer (37 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Metts Potter	Iceberg!	5B: Kolsch	Battleground Brewers Guild
2nd	Eric Dringenberg	Ein Alt	7B: Altbier
3rd	Brian Phad	Blinded By The Light	1C: Cream Ale	PALE Homebrew Club

Table 7: American Sour (30 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Shea	Key Lime Pie	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	CHBG
2nd	Jay Kash	Raspberry Berliner Weisse	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Andy Day	Apricot Sour	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG)

Table 8: English Pale Ales (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Bencz	TB	11B: Best Bitter
2nd	Jay Kash	Ordinary Bitter	11A: Ordinary Bitter	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Brian Phad	Up The Junction	11C: Strong Bitter	PALE Homebrew Club
HM	Dennis 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 Name	Style	Club
1st	Sean McTighe Co-Brewer: Archer Krugman	Leprechaun On The Lash	15A: Irish Red Ale	Joliet Brewers Guild
2nd	David Fetty	Wee Heavy	17C: Wee Heavy	Brixie's Brewers
3rd	Zacc Hutchings	Off Kilter	14B: Scottish Heavy	Dead Goat Society

Table 10: American Amber/Brown (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steve Newman	Chimp Monk Brown Ale	19C: American Brown Ale	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Alex Sliz	Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang	19A: American Amber Ale	Club Wort / UKG
3rd	Kevin Bencz	FOMNBA	19C: American Brown Ale

Table 11: English Brown Ale (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Todd	Gone For A Burton	13B: English Brown Ale	Brewers of South Suburbia
2nd	Tyler Miller	British Shorthair	13A: Dark Mild	Northern Brewer Fermentation Brigade
3rd	Carolyn Stephens	3rd Time's A Charm	13B: English Brown Ale

Table 12: Porter (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Dodge	Robust Porter	20A: American Porter	Midnight Carboys
2nd	Allen Smith	Waking The Line	20A: American Porter	HOPS - High Point Observers of Pint Science
3rd	David Casper Co-Brewer: Sean Clark	Proszę	9C: Baltic Porter

Table 13: Small Stouts (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Keck	I Keep Banging My Head Against This Wall	20B: American Stout	Boston Wort Processors
2nd	Jay Kash	Tropical Stout	16C: Tropical Stout	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Laurel Canan	Laurelstein Dark Ages Stout	16A: Sweet Stout
HM	Michael Jacobs	Lazy Dog Stout	15B: Irish Stout	PALE

Table 14: IPA (29 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alex Sliz	Citrazilla IPA	21A: American IPA	Club Wort / UKG
2nd	Eric Dringenberg	Dank Sally's Sister	21A: American IPA
3rd	Steve Thanos	Den On Iniquity	21A: American IPA	Pale

Table 15: German Ales (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doug Brown	Ask Me About My Weizenbock	10C: Weizenbock	QUAFF
2nd	Ross Druckenmiller	Boston Calling	10A: Weissbier	Boston Wort Processors
3rd	Joe Kotvan	Lumberwagon Hefe	10A: Weissbier

Table 16: Belgian/French (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Kotvan	Yes, This Is A Belgian Single	26A: Trappist Single
2nd	David Fetty	Belgian Single	26A: Trappist Single	Brixie's Brewers
3rd	Kevin Bencz	NW	24A: Witbier

Table 17: European Sour Ale (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jay Kash	Berliner Weisee	23A: Berliner Weisse	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Renee Weinberger Co-Brewer: John D. Blythin	Flanders Red	23B: Flanders Red Ale	Beer Barons of Milwaukee
3rd	Daniel Morales	Tart For Tart's Sake	23B: Flanders Red Ale	Chicago Homebrewer's Group

Table 18: Pale Belgian Strong (31 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jason Chang	Saison DuChang	25B: Saison
2nd	David Fetty	Saison #10	25B: Saison	Brixie's Brewers
3rd	Zach Sowada	Tripel H	26C: Belgian Tripel

Table 19: Strong Ale (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nick Stephens	What Is This?	17A: English Strong Ale	Special Hoperations
2nd	Ryan Stack	American Barleywine	22C: American Barleywine	Cloudy Town Brewers
3rd	Kevin Wojdak	Ugly Christmas Sweater 2016	17D: English Barleywine	Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG)

Table 20: Fruit Beer (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alan Deibel	Guava Berliner Weisse	29A: Fruit Beer
2nd	Josh Aune	Golden Eagle	29A: Fruit Beer	St. Louis Brews
3rd	Tyson Shroyer	God Hates Figs	29A: Fruit Beer	ABNormal

Table 21: Spice/Herb/Veg (24 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Thomas Fuentes Co-Brewer: Lauren & Joe Fuentes	Caution: Contains Chocolate	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
2nd	Eric Smith	Stl Mexican Chocolate Stout	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	St. Louis Brews
3rd	Mike Stevenson	The Black Lagoon Ate The Creature	30C: Winter Seasonal Beer	Joliet Brewers Guild

Table 22: Smoke & Wood (42 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Druckenmiller	Geräucherten Helles Bier	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer	Boston Wort Processors
2nd	Alex Chambers Co-Brewer: Paul Holder	No Smoking Jacket Required	6B: Rauchbier	UKG
3rd	Jim 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 Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Keck	Looking Good, Billy Ray	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Boston Wort Processors
2nd	John McGuire	Belgian Dubbel	26B: Belgian Dubbel	Club Wort
3rd	Alex Chambers	The 13th Degree	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	UKG

Table 24: Big Stouts (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andrew Herrera Co-Brewer: Matt Konieczka	Imperial Dan	20C: Imperial Stout	Wingnut Brew Club
2nd	Glynn Brown	Baby RIS	20C: Imperial Stout	Chicago Home Brewers Group
3rd	Joe Formanek	Four Tsarinas Imperial Stout	20C: Imperial Stout	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 25: Traditional Mead (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Wojdak	If You've Got The Thyme, I've Got The Honey	M1C: Sweet Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG)
2nd	Andy Day	OB Mead 2017	M1A: Dry Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG)
3rd	Brian Beatty	Trappist Mead	M1C: Sweet Mead	UKG

Table 26: Fruit Mead (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul Sorice	C Is For Cherry	M2D: Stone Fruit Mead	Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild
2nd	Brian Davids	Is It Mead You're Looking For?	M2E: Melomel
3rd	Joe Formanek	Cathy's Cyser	M2A: Cyser	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 27: Spiced/Specialty Mead (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Patrick Duby	Jimmy Buffett's Wet Dream	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Babble
2nd	Jeremy Goehring Co-Brewer: Dustin Deisher	This Is Just A Tribute	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	Lincoln Lagers
3rd	Paul Sorice	Breakfast For Dessert (BFD)	M4C: Experimental Mead	Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild

Table 28: Standard Cider & Perry (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rick Lawrence	Gordon's Gold Cider	C1A: New World Cider	PALE
2nd	Michael Jacobs	$20 PEAR TREE	C1E: Traditional Perry	PALE
3rd	James 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 Name	Style	Club
1st	Jim Anderson	Jimbo's Pretty Good Hard Cider - With Blood Orange	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	UKG
2nd	Andrew Wyshnytzky	Pirate Cider	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	NUBS
3rd	Jay Kash	Applewine	C2C: Applewine	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 30: APA (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Metts Potter	Ale Pale	18B: American Pale Ale	Battleground Brewers Guild
2nd	Tyson Shroyer	American Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale	ABNormal
3rd	Nicholas Slay	Angie's Bursting Citra	18B: American Pale Ale	St Louis Brews
HM	Dan Schlosser	Cryo Pale	18B: American Pale Ale	Beer Barons of Milwaukee

Table 31: Imperial IPA & American Strong (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Maloney	Mira Imperial Red Ale	22B: American Strong Ale
2nd	Jay Kash Co-Brewer: Dave Collinge	Double IPA	22A: Double IPA	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Mike Stevenson	The Attitude Adjuster	22B: American Strong Ale	Joliet Brewers Guild

Table 32: Specialty Beer (28 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Amey Patwardhan	Sweet Nector	34A: Clone Beer	Lincoln Lagers
2nd	David Mertz	Deena's Valentine Beer	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer	Aurora Brew Crew
3rd	Thomas Fuentes Co-Brewer: Lauren & Joe Fuentes	Caution: Contains Coconut	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer

Table 34: Specialty IPA (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doug Brown	Supermolly Black	21B: Specialty IPA	QUAFF
2nd	Mike Kimble	No Haze NE IPA	21B: Specialty IPA	UKG
3rd	David Duff	Night Owl IPA	21B: Specialty IPA	Pour Boys Homebrew Club

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