28th Annual Drunk Monk Challenge - Brew Competition Online Entry & Management

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Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Preston Booth	Short & Shoddy Kolsch	5B: Kölsch	The Brü Club
2nd	Jeff Mathiowetz	Whatcha Know 'bout That	1C: Cream Ale	Maltose Falcons
3rd	Jon Phillips	My Goodness	15B: Irish Stout	C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club

Best of Show – Mead/Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Keith Manchester	Granny Smith's Carmel Coated Apple	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers (KGB)
2nd	David Baillie	The Fields of Valhalla	M2A: Cyser	QUAFF
3rd	Jason Rohloff	Unplanned Outcome	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Beer Barons of Milwaukee

Table 1: Pale American and International Lager (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Neville MHP	Astro Turf	1A: American Light Lager	Motor City Mashers
2nd	Ross Stuart MHP	American Lite	1A: American Light Lager	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
3rd	William George Co-Brewer: Joe Froehlich	Start Lager	2A: International Pale Lager	Joliet Brewers Guild

Table 2: American Wheat, Blonde, Cream Ale (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Mathiowetz MHP	Whatcha Know 'bout That	1C: Cream Ale	Maltose Falcons
2nd	Timothy Pratt MHP	By This Time Next Year, None of This Will Matter	1C: Cream Ale	Brew Haven
3rd	Jeff Roberge Co-Brewer: Ken Johnson	Jinx's Cream Ale	1C: Cream Ale	Upstate NY Homebrewers Assn

Table 3: Pale Malty Lager (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alex Rezmerski	Cliftyfest	4B: Festbier	Louisville Area Grain and Extract Research Society, LTD
2nd	Travis Cherry MHP	Schützen	4A: Munich Helles	Bay Area Mashtronauts
3rd	Mike Neville MHP	Pizzabier	4A: Munich Helles	Motor City Mashers

Table 4: Pale Bitter European Beer (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Preston Booth	Short & Shoddy Kolsch	5B: Kölsch	The Brü Club
2nd	Dalton Coleman MHP	This Was Supposed To Be A Pilsner	5C: German Helles Exportbier	Central Arkansas Fermenters
3rd	Colby Reineke MHP	Scry 1	27A1: Kellerbier	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Table 5: Pilsner (29 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Young MHP	(drei) Sie Ist der Hellste Stern von Allen	5D: German Pils	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	Gregory Ellwanger MHP	Topple Pils	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Byron Bird MHP	Pre-Pro Lager. Ya - I Didn't Try Hard Here	27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager	High Plains Drafters [TX]
HM	Dmitri Tymos	Tuba Pils	3A: Czech Pale Lager	Club Wort

Table 6: Amber Lagers (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Thomas Musquiez MHP Co-Brewer: Isai Garza	Vienna Viverral	7A: Vienna Lager	San Antonio Cerveceros
2nd	Kevin Bencz MHP Co-Brewer: Karie Bencz	Alt	7B: Altbier
3rd	Eddie Belter MHP	Alt Loci	7B: Altbier	STLBrewhogs

Table 7: Dark Lager (28 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ben Gaylord MHP	Devoid of Light	2C: International Dark Lager	Ultra Rare Brewers
2nd	David Towles MHP	Czech Dark Lager	3D: Czech Dark Lager	High Plains Drafters [TX]
3rd	Ben Sookying MHP	Kru Thai	8B: Schwarzbier	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
HM	Ben Sookying MHP	Funkle the Dunkel	8A: Munich Dunkel	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)

Table 8: Bock (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Olson MHP	Doppel the Trouble	9A: Doppelbock	ZZHops Homebrewing Club
2nd	Justin Holman MHP	Doppelbock	9A: Doppelbock	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
3rd	Alex Rezmerski	Dunkels Bock	6C: Dunkels Bock	Louisville Area Grain and Extract Research Society, LTD

Table 9: German Wheat & Rye (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Isai Garza MHP Co-Brewer: Thomas Musquiez	Hefemeowsen	10A: Weissbier
2nd	William Vigil MHP	Johnny Chimpo 3.0	10A: Weissbier	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Cynthia Lindner MHP	Where's Werner?	10A: Weissbier	Brewers East End Revival (BEER)

Table 10: Pale British and Commonwealth (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steve Anthoney MHP	Burki's Bitter	11B: Best Bitter	STLBrewhogs
2nd	Scott Estlund MHP	Art of the Ordinary	11A: Ordinary Bitter	The Brü Club
3rd	Nick & Heather Hartley MHP	Nick A Hartley Has Left the Chat	12B: Australian Sparkling Ale	Red Earth Brewers

Table 11: Brown British Ales (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Johnsen MHP	We're Coming To Get You Barbara!	13A: Dark Mild	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
2nd	Christopher Kaszuba	Mild Hi Club	13A: Dark Mild	Midnight Carboys
3rd	Danny Sack MHP	Bricktop's Nemesis	13A: Dark Mild	The Brü Club

Table 12: Irish and Scottish Ales (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jonathan Marut MHP	Irish Red	15A: Irish Red Ale	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
2nd	John Guilfoil	Red Headed Stepchild	15A: Irish Red Ale	Club Wort
3rd	Bill Gavin Roy Ventullo	Leann Dearg	15A: Irish Red Ale	CRAZE

Table 13: Small Stouts (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jon Phillips	My Goodness	15B: Irish Stout	C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club
2nd	Ryan Shupe	Thing Under the Mountain	16B: Oatmeal Stout	Oak Park Homebrewers
3rd	Dirk Montgomery MHP	Old Walking Stick	15C: Irish Extra Stout	Red Earth Brewers

Table 14: Strong Stouts (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Whelpley	RIS	20C: Imperial Stout	C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club
2nd	Jamie Crawford	Taking On Water	20B: American Stout	Maltose Falcons
3rd	Mike Kimble	Cat Spit	16C: Tropical Stout	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 15: Porters (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dave Hoppert Co-Brewer: Open Haus Brewing	Portly Gentleman	13C: English Porter	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Dwight Wilson MHP Co-Brewer: James Weed	Winter Solstice	20A: American Porter	O-Town Hop Heads
3rd	Cole Christian MHP Co-Brewer: Paulette Palacios	Pre-Purrritanical F***ery Porter	27A7: Pre-Prohibition Porter	DC Homebrewers

Table 16: Strong Ales (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josiah Walton Co-Brewer: Shawn Ballard	Lady McHeavy	17C: Wee Heavy	STLBrewhogs
2nd	Brian Stephens MHP	Wee Heavy	17C: Wee Heavy	Keepers of Craft
3rd	Joe Skiles MHP	Calculating Infinity	17D: English Barley Wine	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 17: American Pale Ale-ish (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tyler Hulsebus	Lunar Tide Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale
2nd	Taylor Norland	Here For A Good Ride, Not A Long Ride	18B: American Pale Ale	Iowa Brewers Union
3rd	Kevin Bencz MHP Co-Brewer: Karie Bencz	Golden Staffie	12A: British Golden Ale
HM	Scott Estlund MHP	To the Moon	LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner	The Brü Club

Table 18: Amber and Brown American Ale (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Harlan MHP	Barnfire Embers	19A: American Amber Ale
2nd	Marc Riordan	3 Second Amber	19A: American Amber Ale
3rd	Travis Cherry MHP	Esprit de Corps	19C: American Brown Ale	Bay Area Mashtronauts

Table 19: American IPA (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Niemczewski	I've Got 99 Problems But This IPA Ain't One of Them	21A: American IPA	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Mica Zaragoza	Seeing Double IPA Redux	21A: American IPA	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Mark Agostino	Ipa's Are Overrated	21A: American IPA	Chicago Beer Society
HM	Nick McCoy Co-Brewer: Jeff Poirot	Dust	21A: American IPA	Draft Punk

Table 20: Specialty and Double IPA (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Mendes	8&40	21B: Specialty IPA	Ultra Rare Brewers
2nd	Steve Ristau MHP	Nectaromicon V	21B2: Black IPA	Ale Riders Homebrew Club
3rd	Curtis Ritter MHP	The Right Hook	22A: Double IPA	Ace Brewing Society

Table 21: Hazy IPA (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Basile	Cartoosh	21C: Hazy IPA	Joliet Brewers Guild
2nd	Stephen Schmitt MHP	Boston Rob	21C: Hazy IPA	Evanston Homebrew Club
3rd	Brian Stephens MHP	In My Hazy Phase	21C: Hazy IPA	Keepers of Craft

Table 22: Smoked Beer (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Richard Mueggenberg MHP	Lich	27A3: Lichtenhainer	Iowa Brewers Union
2nd	Bevan Zarges-Griego	Cauchbier	6B: Rauchbier	Keepers of Craft
3rd	Mica Zaragoza	Chiberian Garage Lager	27A5: Piwo Grodziskie	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 23: Sour Ales (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alex & Patrick Williams	The Cure For All That Ails You	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Daniel Kukuk MHP	Bayside Funk	28A: Brett Beer	Motor City Mashers
3rd	Jim Silverstein	Wild Enough For You	28D: Straight Sour Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 24: Belgian and French Ale (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Keith Blanchard MHP	Just the One	26A: Belgian Single	Morris Area Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Nathan James MHP	Une Visite A la Ferme	24C: Bière de Garde
3rd	Philip Wende	Philip	24A: Witbier	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 25: Strong Belgian Ale (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Taylor Norland	Lost and Drunk In Brussels	25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Iowa Brewers Union
2nd	Timothy Wicklund MHP	Saison?	25B: Saison	Keepers of Craft
3rd	Paul Pitre MHP	Backpacker Blonde	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	Redstick Brewmasters

Table 26: Monastic Ale (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Koritko Co-Brewer: Craig Ranshaw	Let's Brew Two!	26B: Belgian Dubbel	Club Wort
2nd	Tom Hayosh	Tripel	26C: Belgian Tripel	Club Wort
3rd	Dave Dress Co-Brewer: Rob Zograph Doug Bulthuis	Dubbel	26B: Belgian Dubbel	Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers (KGB)

Table 27: Fruit Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Vigne MHP	Vigne Terroir	29D: Grape Ale	Pittsburgh Mead Makers And Homebrewers
2nd	Kevin Brenneke	Cherry Gose	29A: Fruit Beer	MASH Fort Wayne Homebrew Club
3rd	Christopher Kaszuba	Bye Felicia	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer	Midnight Carboys

Table 28: Spiced Beer (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Adam Joyce MHP	Winter Warmer	30C: Winter Seasonal Beer	Sun Prairie Worthogs
2nd	Jon Phillips	Hunombraxas	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club
3rd	Austin Ruuska MHP	Jalapeño Business	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Tippecanoe Homebrewers Circle

Table 29: Specialty Beer (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steve Anthoney MHP	Buzzbee's Porter	34C: Experimental Beer	STLBrewhogs
2nd	Zachary Belzer	Bachary Zelzer's Beer	34B: Mixed-Style Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Byron Bird MHP	Bloody Creamin I Tell Ya!	31A: Alternative Grain Beer	High Plains Drafters [TX]

Table 30: Wood Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Mann Co-Brewer: Dennis Ford And Glen Hickman	The Assassin	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Plainfield Ale and Lager Enthusiasts (PALE)
2nd	Adam Joyce MHP	French Oak Dark Lager	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Sun Prairie Worthogs
3rd	Jared Sutliff Co-Brewer: Mike Borchert Patrick McHugh Joel Taylor Richard McKagan	Mike's Best Bba Quad-Ish	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Beer Barons of Milwaukee

Table 31: Standard Cider and Perry (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Skiles MHP	Worst Kept Secret Cider	C1A: New World Cider	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Dan Acheson MHP	Something From the Fall of '24	C1A: New World Cider	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Richard Mueggenberg MHP	Cider	C1B: English Cider	Iowa Brewers Union

Table 32: Speciality Cider and Perry (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Keith Manchester	Granny Smith's Carmel Coated Apple	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers (KGB)
2nd	Art Kim MHP	Chaider	C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices	Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU)
3rd	Kevin Olson MHP	Amburana By Morning	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	ZZHops Homebrewing Club
HM	Aaron Pigors MHP	Razzin' 'em Up	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU)

Table 33: Traditional and Specialty Mead (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Les Allen	Hobo Nickel	M4C: Experimental Mead	Association of Bloomington-Normal Brewers
2nd	Daniel Kukuk MHP	Nalu Nectar	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	Motor City Mashers
3rd	Daniel Hervey	Nut Case	M1C: Sweet Mead	MASH Fort Wayne Homebrew Club

Table 34: Fruit Mead (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Baillie	The Fields of Valhalla	M2A: Cyser	QUAFF
2nd	Ryan Vigne MHP	Island Glow	M2E: Melomel	Pittsburgh Mead Makers And Homebrewers
3rd	David Baillie	Three Winters	M2C: Berry Mead	QUAFF

Table 35: Spiced Mead (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jason Rohloff MHP	Unplanned Outcome	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Beer Barons of Milwaukee
2nd	Dan Acheson MHP	Blessed Are the Gewürzmakers	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Les Allen	Aunt Molly's Cobblewobbles	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	Association of Bloomington-Normal Brewers

Table 99: Menace of the Monastery (28 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Patrick MHP	Every Day I'm Brussels'n	48A: MoM Belgian Golden Strong Ale (25C)	Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters (MALT)
2nd	Kevin Wojdak MHP	Elk Grove Village Zot	47A: MoM Belgian Blond Ale (25A)	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Alex & Patrick Williams	Regina Monasterii	47A: MoM Belgian Blond Ale (25A)	Kansas City Bier Meisters

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