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