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28th Annual

Hoppy Halloween Challenge 2025

Madness is Brewing!

359 Entries

 

 

 

Best of Show - Beer:
"Czexican Lager" an Alternative Grain Beer made by Steve Powell with the Big Sioux Brewing Society

 

Best of Show - Mead/Cider:

"Cinnamon Apple Mead" a Fruit and Spice Mead  made by Garrett Freeman with the Red Earth Brewers

 

Fresh Killed Hops Beer:

"Citra Pale Fresh Hop" made by Phillip Saurer  with the Peninsula Fermentation Society 

 

Halloween Theme Beer:

"Gourd Gone Wild" made by Tim Moore with the Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild

 

 

 

Hoppy Halloween Challenge
2025 Results

Table 1 - Light Lager (20 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Rich Vander Ploeg Fun In The Sun Munich Helles Johnson County Brewing Society
2nd Steven Offutt Southside Walk It Out International Pale Lager Ozark Zymurgists
3rd Bill Gavin Roy Ventullo Hell München Sonnen German Helles Exportbier CRAZE
HM Randy Daniels & KC McKinney Red White & Blueland American Lager Iowa Brewers Union

Table 2 - Pilsner (17 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Ross Stuart Czech Pale Lager Czech Premium Pale Lager Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd Rick Chainani Kesselmaischen German Pils  
3rd Kyle Ernsberger Mean Brews NZ Pils New Zealand Pilsner Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)

Table 3 - European Amber Lager (17 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Jimmy McCaskill & Erin McCaskill McToberfest Märzen Ale-ian Society
2nd Ben Gaylord Little Monster Vienna Lager  
3rd Matthew Johnsen No Time Like The Past Altbier Rock Hoppers Brew Club

Table 4 - Dark Lager (10 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Taylor Shastid A Tall Walking Big Black Cat Schwarzbier Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
2nd Ross Stuart Schwarzbier Schwarzbier Arizona Society of Homebrewers
3rd Steven Pavletich Czechmate Czech Dark Lager Iowa Brewers Union

 Table 5 - Bock (5 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Jeremy Jones Eostra Helles Bock Snake River Brewers
2nd Taylor Shastid Predestinator Doppelbock Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)

 Table 6 - Light Hybrid Beer (10 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Edward Belter Armed Armadillo American Wheat Beer STLBrewhogs
2nd Steven Offutt 479 Blonde Ale Ozark Zymurgists
3rd Kevin Olson Midnight Milker Cream Ale ZZHops Homebrewing Club

 Table 8 - English Pale Ale (13 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Randy Daniels & KC McKinney Redwood Strong Bitter Iowa Brewers Union
2nd Shawn Montgomery Golden British Golden Ale Iowa Brewers Union
3rd Kyle Ernsberger Mean Brews O Bitter Ordinary Bitter Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)

 Table 9 - Scottish and Irish Ale (8 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Rich Vander Ploeg Ol' Red Irish Red Ale Johnson County Brewing Society
2nd Carlo Cuneo & Carolyn Brou Wee Heavy Wee Heavy Redstick Brewmasters
3rd Randy Daniels & KC McKinney It's About To Get Heavy Scottish Heavy Iowa Brewers Union

 Table 10 - American Ale (19 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Scott Estlund I Hope You Step On A Lego! American Amber Ale The Brü Club
2nd Jimmy McCaskill & Erin McCaskill Texas Red Dirt American Amber Ale Ale-ian Society
3rd Jeff Case Code Brown American Brown Ale QUAFF

 Table 11 - English Brown and Mild (8 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Michael Rensing Oldcastle British Brown Ale Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
2nd William Vigil Rusty Flaggon British Brown Ale Ace Brewing Society
3rd Drew Templeton Royal Momo Mild Dark Mild Iowa Brewers Union

 Table 12 - Porter (9 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Drew Templeton Proper Pupper Porter English Porter Iowa Brewers Union
2nd Dave Hoppert & Open Haus Brewing Portly Gentleman English Porter Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd Paul Pitre Sweden Likes 'Em Thicc Baltic Porter Redstick Brewmasters

 Table 13 - Stout (18 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Richard Gill Black Ice Imperial Stout  
2nd Tyler Miller This Munchkin Milk Stout Galinda Found For Me Sweet Stout Arizona Society of Homebrewers
3rd Stephen Schmitt Imperial Star Destroyer Imperial Stout Evanston Homebrew Club

 Table 14 - American and Double IPA (11 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Phillip Saurer & Jennifer Saurer GV PTE Double IPA Peninsula Fermentation Society
2nd Jamye & Cody Naramore South Dakota Suicide Shifter American IPA Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd Brian Stephens Double IPA Double IPA Keepers of Craft

 Table 15 - Other IPA (8 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Brian Stephens Benny's Red Red IPA Keepers of Craft
2nd Ryan Rose Red Rye Guy IPA Red IPA Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd Phillip Abbott Isildur's Bane English IPA Johnson County Brewing Society

 Table 16 - German Wheat and Rye (8 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Steven Pavletich Split Personality Weissbier Iowa Brewers Union
2nd Jonathan Marut Hef Weissbier Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
3rd Jay Highfill Suck It R/O Dunkels Weissbier ZZ Hops

 Table 17 - Belgian and French Ale (12 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Steve Ristau Red Beard De Garde Bière de Garde Ale Riders Homebrew Club
2nd Matthew Johnsen It's A Trap! Belgian Single Rock Hoppers Brew Club
3rd Michael Rensing Wit Witbier Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)

 Table 18 - Sour Ale (11 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Nick & Heather Hartley Welcome Home Nicholas George Hartley II! Gose Red Earth Brewers
2nd Phillip Abbott Going Yard Bier Straight Sour Beer Johnson County Brewing Society
3rd Phillip Saurer Berliner Weisse Berliner Weisse Peninsula Fermentation Society

 Table 19 - Belgian Strong Ale (14 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Joe Skiles Devil Made Me Do It Belgian Golden Strong Ale Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd Michael Rensing Mighty Monarch Belgian Blond Ale Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
3rd Jeremy Jones Hyperion Belgian Blond Ale Snake River Brewers

 Table 20 - Strong Ale (13 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Tracey Huebner & David Huebner Wheatwine Wheatwine Prairie Homebrewing Companions
2nd Tom Roan & Nancy Bowser Brit Boxer British Strong Ale Prairie Homebrewing Companions
3rd David Towles American Barleywine American Barleywine High Plains Drafters [TX]

 Table 21 - Fruit Beer (12 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st John Luhmann Tangerine & Passion Fruit Sour Fruit Beer Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd Ken Wentworth Cervesa De Lima Fruit Beer South Side Barley Crushers
3rd Dick Nilles Wood Aged Sour Cherry Ale Specialty Fruit Beer Prairie Homebrewing Companions

 Table 22 - Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer (9 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Donovan Dobler & Saralynn Dobler See How This Gose Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Prairie Homebrewing Companions
2nd Jay Highfill Bread And Basil Wheatwine Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer ZZ Hops
3rd Alex Boyer Gin And Juice Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Johnson County Brewing Society

 Table 23 - Smoke-Flavored/Wood-Aged Beer (15 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Joe Skiles Oak Aged Calculating Infinity Wood-Aged Beer Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd Steve Powell, Marty Lund, Matt Meyers, Todd Chambers Barleywine From The Best Dakota Specialty Wood-Aged Beer Big Sioux Brewing Society
3rd Stephen Schmitt Ember's Whisper Classic Style Smoked Beer Evanston Homebrew Club

 Table 24 - Specialty Beer (25 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Steve Powell Czexican Lager Alternative Grain Beer Big Sioux Brewing Society
2nd Tom Roan & Nancy Bowser Mix Tape Mixed-Style Beer Prairie Homebrewing Companions
3rd Alex Boyer Thai Dive Fruit and Spice Beer Johnson County Brewing Society

 Table 25 - Traditional Mead (4 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Shane Kammerer & Susan Kammerer Nebraska Clover Semi-Sweet Mead Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd Deborah And Marc Prichard My Kubota Has A Bucket Dry Mead Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd Eric Martin Pumpkin Blossom Semi-Sweet Mead Kansas City Bier Meisters

 Table 26 - Fruit Mead (20 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Garrett Freeman Peach Mead Stone Fruit Mead Red Earth Brewers
2nd Shane Kammerer & Susan Kammerer Jack's Favorite Berry Mead Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd Ryan Rose Juicy Lamborghini Pyment Kansas City Bier Meisters

 Table 27 - Spice & Specialty Mead (15 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Garrett Freeman Cinnamon Apple Mead Fruit and Spice Mead Red Earth Brewers
2nd Garrett Freeman CRAM Experimental Mead Red Earth Brewers
3rd Shawn Montgomery Fruitcake Mead Fruit and Spice Mead Iowa Brewers Union

 Table 28 - Standard Cider & Perry (7 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Eric Martin Pink Lady Common Cider Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd Brian Phillips Wild Cider Spanish Cider Iowa Minnesota Society Of Brewers (IAMNSOB)
3rd Cody Barrier Cider Common Cider ZZHops Homebrewing Club
HM Emersen Heron Orange Cats Are Gods Heirloom Perry Kansas City Bier Meisters

 Table 29 - Specialty Cider & Perry (8 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Rodolfo Valladares Peach Please Fruit Cider Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd Timothy Wicklund Mulberry Cider Fruit Cider Keepers of Craft
3rd Kevin Wojdak Anti-Freeze Ice Cider Urban Knaves of Grain

 Table 30 - Halloween Theme Beer (3 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Tim Moore Gourd Gone Wild Halloween Theme Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild
2nd Travis Cherry Jeckyll And Hyde Halloween Theme Bay Area Mashtronauts
3rd Zach Goulder & Stacey Jeanty Witchybiscius Halloween Theme Green Bay Rackers

 Table 31 - Fresh Killed Hops (10 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Phillip Saurer & Jennifer Saurer Citra Pale Fresh Hop Theme Fresh Killed Hops Peninsula Fermentation Society
2nd Phillip Saurer & Jennifer Saurer I Like Fresh Hop Beer! Theme Fresh Killed Hops Peninsula Fermentation Society
3rd Steve Ristau Steve's Extra Special Wet-Hopped Bitter Theme Fresh Killed Hops Ale Riders Homebrew Club

 

 

 

 

 

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