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Results
from Prior Years
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
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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
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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 |
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| 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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