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Results
from Prior Years
25th
Annual
Hoppy Halloween Challenge 2022
375 Entries
from 22 states
Best
of Show - Beer:
"Do
You Kiss Your Mother With That Rye?"
an Alternative Grain Beer made by Mike & Stephanie Butler from
Olathe, KS with the
Kansas City Bier Meisters
Best
of Show - Mead/Cider:
"Covfefe Blossom #99" a
Dry Mead made by
Kevin Meintsma,
Wayzata, MN with the
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
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Great
Pumpkin winner:
Nicholas Benoit, St. Paul, MN - 13 Points
Fresh
Killed Hops Beer:
"Zachrich Hop Farm DIPA" made by
Nik Volkert from Newark, OH with
Scioto Olentangy Darby Zymurgists (SODZ)
Halloween
Theme Beer:
"Smashing Pumpkin Heads" made
by Robert Guthner
& Mary Jo Guthner, Toms River, NJ
with the
Ocean County Home
Brewers
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Hoppy Halloween 2022 Awards
(L to R) BOS
Mead/Cider, Great Pumpkin, BOS Beer
Hoppy
Halloween Challenge 2022 Results:
Category
1 - Light Lager (26 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
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1st
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Caleb Meinke
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Len's
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American Light Lager
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2nd
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Greg Wegiel
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Festbier
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Festbier
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Circle City Zymurgy
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3rd
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Daniel Kukuk
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Home Port
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Festbier
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Motor City Mashers
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Category
2 - Pilsner (7 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Daniel Kukuk |
Nautilus |
Czech Premium Pale
Lager |
Motor City Mashers |
| 2nd |
Mac Butcher |
Boo Pils |
Czech Premium Pale
Lager |
Fellowship of
Oklahoma Alemakers (FOAM) |
| 3rd |
Simon Clark |
Kraut Who's Out |
German Pils |
Kansas City Bier
Meisters |
Category
3 - European Amber Lager (18 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Nicholas Benoit |
Vienna Lager |
Vienna Lager |
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| 2nd |
Mac Butcher |
Burried In
Die Keller |
Kellerbier |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Alemakers (FOAM) |
| 3rd |
Don Goode |
Vienna
Sausage |
Vienna Lager |
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Category 4 - Dark Lager (13 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Jamye & Cody Naramore |
Slam Dunkel |
Munich Dunkel |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 2nd |
Darren Vaughn |
Bully Moose |
Munich Dunkel |
Fellowship of
Oklahoma
Alemakers (FOAM) |
| 3rd |
Matt
Koval |
Das Boot |
Munich Dunkel |
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Category
5 - Bock (14 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Nicholas Benoit |
Maibock |
Helles Bock |
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| 2nd |
Dan
Acheson |
Winfield Ate Her |
Doppelbock |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 3rd |
Michael Reed |
Mike's Dunkels |
Dunkels Bock |
Bay Area Mashtronauts |
Category 6 - Light
Hybrid Beer (7 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Caleb Meinke |
Willow Run |
American Wheat Beer |
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| 2nd |
John Black |
Ballroom Blonde |
Blonde Ale |
Bay Area Mashtronauts |
| 3rd |
Carl Teachey |
Deckel Ticker |
Kolsch |
Winston-Salem Wort
Hawgs
Homebrew Club |
Category 7 - Amber Hybrid Beer (7 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Adam Skjefstad |
Alt Bier |
Altbier |
River City Brewers |
| 2nd |
Randy Daniels
& KC McKinney |
Ctrl-Alt-Drink |
Altbier |
Iowa Brewers Union |
| 3rd |
Deborah And Marc Prichard |
I Only Drum Naked |
Altbier |
Red Earth Brewers |
Category 8 - English Pale Ale (15 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Giovanni
Piva |
Fear the
Stache |
Strong Bitter |
STL Brewhogs |
| 2nd |
Scott
Steenburg |
Bru Club
Ordinary Bitter |
Ordinary Bitter |
Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI) |
| 3rd |
Jarrett Long
& John Bates |
British Are
Coming |
British Golden Ale |
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse |
Category 9 - Scottish and Irish Ale (12 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
John Huhn |
Eyebrow Beard |
Wee Heavy |
Zymurgists of the
Ozarks |
| 2nd |
Delano Stein |
Kiltkicker |
Scottish Export |
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| 3rd |
John Huhn |
Lil Shillelagh |
Scottish Heavy |
Zymurgists of the
Ozarks |
Category 10 - American Ale (13 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Dan Acheson |
Star Partyin' |
American Pale Ale |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 2nd |
Chris Hunter |
Apa |
American Pale Ale |
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| 3rd |
Daniel Kukuk |
Belle Isle Brown |
American Brown Ale |
Motor City Mashers |
Category 11 - English Brown and Mild (5 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Jeremiah
Baer |
Roar |
Dark Mild |
East Side Brewers [IL] |
| 2nd |
Eric Sanders |
Wedding Bell
Brown II |
English
Brown Ale |
Rochester Area Zymurgy
Enthusiasts (RAZE) |
| 3rd |
Eric Martin |
Mild |
Dark Mild |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
Category 12 - Porter (12 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Darren
Vaughn & Tim Buelly |
Timmy’s Porter |
American
Porter |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers
(FOAM) |
| 2nd |
Matt Koval |
Ivan the
Foamy |
Baltic Porter |
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| 3rd |
Travis Kirby |
All Your
Porters Belong To Us |
Baltic Porter |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers
(FOAM) |
Category 13 - Stout (17 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Paul Pitre |
Rohan |
Imperial Stout |
Redstick Brewmasters |
| 2nd |
Scott Steenburg |
Darth Sidious |
Imperial Stout |
Foam Blowers of Indiana |
| 3rd |
Joel Cervantes |
Henry Beckham |
Imperial Stout |
Bay Area Mashtronauts |
Category 14 - American and Double IPA (7 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Eric Martin |
Simcoe Star Party |
American IPA |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 2nd |
Kevin Wagner |
The Time For Honoring Yourself
Will Soon Be At An End |
American IPA |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 3rd |
Michael
Loula |
For Cryo-Ing Out Loud, That's A
Lotta Hops! |
Double IPA |
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Category 15 - Other IPA (19 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Alex
Hartlaub |
Hazy IPA |
New England IPA |
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| 2nd |
Kevin Olson |
Red Dwarf
Star |
Red IPA |
ZZHops Homebrewing Club |
| 3rd |
Jarrett Long
& John Bates |
Winter Is
Coming |
White IPA |
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse |
Category 16 - German Wheat and Rye (8 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Simon Clark |
Seimon's Wiezen |
Weizenbock |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 2nd |
Michael
Rensing |
Bunny Lebowski |
Weissbier |
Cane Island Alers (CIA) |
| 3rd |
Carl Teachey |
Vorletzte |
Dunkels Weissbier |
Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew
Club |
Category 17 - Belgian and French Ale (10 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Dan Holbrook |
Trappist Single |
Trappist Single |
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| 2nd |
Cody Cannon |
Steph |
Saison |
Fellowship of Oklahoma
Ale
Makers (FOAM) |
| 3rd |
Wesley Kulcak |
White Shepherd |
Witbier |
Bay Area Mashtronauts |
Category 18 - Sour Ale (10 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Matthew
Herrold |
Ghoul's
Gueuze #meanbrews |
Gueuze |
Cane Island Alers (CIA) |
| 2nd |
Timothy
Wicklund |
Summer Gose |
Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer |
Keepers of Craft |
| 3rd |
Jed
Lengerich |
Lambic |
Fruit Lambic |
MASH Fort Wayne Homebrew Club |
Category 19 - Belgian Strong Ale (21 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Mike Kimble |
Midnight Driver of A Love MacHine |
Belgian Dark Strong Ale |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 2nd |
John Huhn |
Bfd |
Belgian Dark Strong Ale |
Zymurgists of the Ozarks |
| 3rd |
Timothy
Nyhus |
Trüe Blönde |
Belgian Blond Ale |
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse |
Category 20 - Strong Ale (9 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Jarrett Long & John Bates |
One More Time Old Friend |
Old Ale |
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse |
| 2nd |
Mike & Stephanie Butler |
All The Barley |
English Barleywine |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 3rd |
Kevin Olson |
Whhheatwine |
Wheatwine |
ZZHops Homebrewing Club |
Category 21 - Fruit Beer (13 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Gary Elliott |
Crazy Fairy |
Fruit Beer |
Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd |
Dan Acheson |
Flanders Export - Cherry
Chocolate Edition |
Fruit and Spice Beer |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 3rd |
Nicholas
Benoit |
Mango Wheat |
Fruit Beer |
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Category 22 - Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer (18
entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Gary Elliott |
Coco-Choco-Porter |
Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd |
Jed
Lengerich |
Latte Stout |
Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
MASH Fort Wayne Homebrew Club |
| 3rd |
Dan Holbrook |
Abies Please |
Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
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Category 23 - Smoke-Flavored/Wood-Aged Beer (16
entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Travis Kirby
& Darren Vaughn |
Stave Slayer
Quad |
Specialty
Wood-Aged Beer |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers
(FOAM) |
| 2nd |
Greg Wegiel |
Rusty's
Imperial Stout |
Specialty
Wood-Aged Beer |
Circle City Zymurgy |
| 3rd |
Giovanni
Piva |
London Has
Fallen |
Classic
Style Smoked Beer |
STL Brewhogs |
Category 24 - Specialty Beer (18 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Mike &
Stephanie Butler |
Do You Kiss Your Mother With
That... |
Alternative Grain Beer |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 2nd |
Michael
Rensing |
Colonel's Secret Secret Recipe |
Kentucky Common |
Cane Island Alers (CIA) |
| 3rd |
Chris Hunter |
Roggenbier |
Roggenbier |
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Category 25 - Traditional Mead (12 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Kevin
Meintsma |
Covfefe
Blossom #99 |
Dry Mead |
Minnesota Home Brewers
Association |
| 2nd |
Patrick
Curme |
This Is No
Dream This Is Really... |
Semi-Sweet Mead |
Minnesota Home Brewers
Association |
| 3rd |
Matthew Mead |
Blueberry
Blossom Traditional - Sweet |
Semi-Sweet Mead |
Michigan Mead Coalition |
Category 26 - Fruit Mead (10 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Matthew Mead |
Michigan U-Pick: Montmorency Vs
Balaton Round2 |
Stone Fruit Mead |
Michigan Mead Coalition |
| 2nd |
Adam Bystrom |
Heartbreaker |
Melomel |
Minnesota Home Brewers
Association |
| 3rd |
Adam Bystrom |
Riesling The Kraken! |
Pyment |
Minnesota Home Brewers
Association |
Category 27 - Spice and Specialty Mead (14
entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Brian
Stephens |
Water Donkey |
Fruit and Spice Mead |
Keepers of Craft |
| 2nd |
Matthew Mead |
It's 5
O'Clock Somewhere! |
Experimental Mead |
Michigan Mead Coalition |
| 3rd |
Bill Boyer |
Miód Z
Orzechów Makadamia |
Historical Mead |
North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
Category 28 - Standard Cider & Perry (4 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Kevin Wagner |
Bucketmaster: Batch C21 |
New World Cider |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 2nd |
Bill Boyer |
Charlie Bucket |
New World Cider |
North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
| 3rd |
Nik Volkert |
Côte des Blancs Cider |
New World Cider |
Scioto Olentangy Darby Zymurgists
(SODZ) |
Category 29 - Specialty Cider & Perry (5 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Bill Boyer |
The Ghost Of Johnny Appleseed |
Cider with Herbs/Spices |
North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
| 2nd |
Kevin Wojdak |
Cool Runnings |
Ice Cider |
Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG) |
| 3rd |
Jarrett Long
& John Bates |
Zombie Killing |
Specialty Cider/Perry |
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse |
Category 30 - Halloween Theme Beer (6 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
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1st |
Robert Guthner
&
Mary Jo Guthner |
Smashing Pumpkin Heads |
Halloween Theme Beer/Mead/Cider |
Ocean County Home Brewers |
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2nd |
Alex Williams
&
Patrick Williams |
It Came From The Black Lagoon |
Halloween Theme Beer/Mead/Cider |
Big Easy Homebrewers |
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3rd |
Colby Reineke |
Candy Corn Sour |
Halloween Theme Beer/Mead/Cider |
Minnesota Home Brewers
Association |
Category
31 - Fresh Killed Hops (9 entries)
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Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Nik Volkert |
Zachrich Hop Farm DIPA |
Fresh Killed Hops Beer |
Scioto Olentangy Darby... |
| 2nd |
Todd Rieck |
Mayflower |
Fresh Killed Hops Beer |
La Crosse Area Grain... |
| 3rd |
Colby Reineke |
Lupulin Fingers |
Fresh Killed Hops Beer |
Minnesota Home Brewers... |
Hoppy
Halloween 2022 medals and awards
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