Hoppy Halloween Challenge

Thanks to all who participated in the Hoppy Halloween Challenge.

There were 580 entries judged and 374 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tom Roan Co-Brewer: Nancy Bowser	Homebrew Is My Safe Word	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Prairie Homebrewing Companions

Best of Show – Mead/Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremy Olsen	Purply Stuff	M2C: Berry Mead	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club

Winning Entries

Table 1: Category 1 - Light Lager (30 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Robert Rys	Apparition	1A: American Light Lager	Missouri Mashers
2nd	Vincent Rokke	Viking Gold	4A: Munich Helles	Prairie Homebrewing Companions
3rd	Darren Papek	D'S Octoberfest	4B: Festbier

Table 2: Category 2 - Pilsner (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Stack	Czech Pilsner	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	Cloudy Town Brewers
2nd	Shane Kammerer	Peeve-Oh!	5D: German Pils	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Eric Martin	Czech Pale	3A: Czech Pale Lager	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 3: Category 3 - European Amber Lager (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nicholas Slay	2018 Märzen	6A: Marzen	St. Louis Brews
2nd	Sean McTighe	The Leonard	6A: Marzen	Joliet Brewers Guild
3rd	Vincent Rokke	Octoberfest	6A: Marzen	Prairie Homebrewing Companions

Table 4: Category 4 - Dark Lager (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tom Roan Co-Brewer: Nancy Bowser	Homebrew Is My Safe Word	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Prairie Homebrewing Companions
2nd	Linda Hamann Co-Brewer: Hidewood Valley Brewers	Russ' Black Lager	8B: Schwarzbier
3rd	Tyler Walker	Sir Dunkelot	8A: Munich Dunkel	Missouri Mashers

Table 5: Category 5 - Bock (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jason Huck	Eis, Eis, Baby	9B: Eisbock	Prairie Homebrewing Companions
2nd	Jason Huck	Bock To the Future	9A: Doppelbock	Prairie Homebrewing Companions
3rd	Ryan Stack	Dopple Bock	9A: Doppelbock	Cloudy Town Brewers

Table 6: Category 6 - Light Hybrid (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andrew Friling	Hop Acre	1D: American Wheat Beer	Johnson County Brewing Society
2nd	Nicholas Benoit	Sanctuary Kolsch	5B: Kolsch
3rd	Ryan Stack	Kolsch	5B: Kolsch	Cloudy Town Brewers

Table 7: Category 7 - Amber Hybrid (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Thompson	3fer	2B: International Amber Lager	Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers
2nd	Peter Polczynski	Spanky Mac Daniels	7B: Altbier	Fellowship Of Oklahoma Alemakers
3rd	Ben Sookying	Altered Happiness	7B: Altbier	The Bru Club

Table 8: Category 8 - English Pale Ale (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eric Martin	Sparkle	12B: Australian Sparkling Ale	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Joshua Boldt	Stumbin' Matilda	PRX5: New Zealand Pilsner	Jefferson County Home Brewers
3rd	Ryan Stack	Strong Bitter	11C: Strong Bitter	Cloudy Town Brewers

Table 9: Category 9 - Scottish and Irish Ale (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gary Black	Black's End of Watch	17C: Wee Heavy	Jefferson County Home Brewers
2nd	Michael Wells	Irish Wake	15A: Irish Red Ale	Missouri Mashers
3rd	Eric Martin	Heed! Pants! Now!	14C: Scottish Export	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 10: Category 10 - American Ale (31 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Calvin Aberle Co-Brewer: Jon Rykowsky	Prairie King the Third	18B: American Pale Ale	Muddy River Mashers
2nd	Calvin Aberle Co-Brewer: Jon Rykowsky	Copperhead	19A: American Amber Ale	Muddy River Mashers
3rd	Nicholas Benoit	Amber Ale	19A: American Amber Ale

Table 11: Category 11 - English Brown and Mild (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joshua Boldt	To Honor & Riches & Girls With No Britches	13A: Dark Mild	Jefferson County Home Brewers
2nd	Nick Shadel	Welcome To Brown Town	13B: English Brown Ale	Berks County Homebrew Club
3rd	Scott Hirsch	Mild Me This	13A: Dark Mild	River City Brewers [MN]

Table 12: Category 12 - Porter (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jamye & Cody Naramore	You Can't Always Get What You Want	13C: English Porter	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Tom Roan Co-Brewer: Nancy Bowser	Parallelogram Porter	20A: American Porter	Prairie Homebrewing Companions
3rd	Mac Butcher Co-Brewer: Colleen Boucher	Ball-Tick Porter - Now That's Scary!	9C: Baltic Porter	Fellowship of Oklahoma Alemakers (FOAM)

Table 13: Category 13 - Stout (30 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Christopher Morrisey Co-Brewer: Randy Davis	Roasty Black Mamba	20B: American Stout	Missouri Mashers
2nd	Eric Martin	Eight Sixty Six	20C: Imperial Stout	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	John Longballa	Sweet Jesus Stout	16A: Sweet Stout	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Table 14: Category 14 - American and Double IPA (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tyler Walker	Hops A Daisy	21A: American IPA	Missouri Mashers
2nd	Dustin Detar	American IPA	21A: American IPA	Prairie Homebrewing Companions
3rd	Matthew Josleyn	Rite of Passage	22A: Double IPA	Hub City Home Brewers

Table 15: Category 15 - Other IPA (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Edward Collins	White IPA	21B6: White IPA	Northern Michigan Homebrewers Guild
2nd	Tyler Walker	Tailgater	21B4: Red IPA	Missouri Mashers
3rd	Andrew Friling	Cloudy Calico	21B7: New England IPA	Johnson County Brewing Society

Table 16: Category 16 - German Wheat and Rye (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gary Elliott	Weisbock	10C: Weizenbock	Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK]
2nd	Preston Dolinger	Wasted	10C: Weizenbock	Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild
3rd	Bryce Johnson	Bocked Landing	10C: Weizenbock

Table 17: Category 17 - Belgian and French Ale (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dustin Detar	Trappist Single	26A: Trappist Single	Prairie Homebrewing Companions
2nd	Jeff Muse	Slow Witted	24A: Witbier	St. Louis Brews
3rd	Ken Wentworth	Ford Girl Saison	25B: Saison	Southside Barley Crushers

Table 18: Category 18 - Sour Ale (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Josleyn	Identity Crisis	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Hub City Home Brewers
2nd	Tyler Mangin Co-Brewer: Jon Lewis	Zauberwanzen	23A: Berliner Weisse	Prairie Homebrewing Companions
3rd	Peter Polczynski	Auld Sourpussy	23C: Oud Bruin	Fellowship Of Oklahoma Alemakers

Table 19: Category 19 - Belgian Strong Ale (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike & Stephanie Butler	The Strong Dark Belgian	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Bob Lever Co-Brewer: Rick Brandvold	Don't Make Plans	25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale
3rd	Siddhartha Valluri	La VI En Blonde	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	Bull Falls Homebrew Club

Table 20: Category 20 - Strong Ale (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mac Butcher	Stark Americaner	22B: American Strong Ale	Fellowship of Oklahoma Alemakers (FOAM)
2nd	Desiree Knott	Old Ale	17B: Old Ale	Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK]
3rd	Mike & Stephanie Butler	Barley Legal	22C: American Barleywine	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 21: Category 21 - Fruit Beer (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Vinnie Giordano	Vinnie's Berliner With Loquates	29A: Fruit Beer	Suncoast Barley Mashers
2nd	Tyler Walker	Mango Tango	29A: Fruit Beer	Missouri Mashers
3rd	Amey Patwardhan	Pink Moose	29A: Fruit Beer	Lincoln Lagers

Table 22: Category 22 - Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer (30 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Thompson	New Mexican Cream Ale	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers
2nd	Christopher Skottegard	Christmas Eve Warmer	30C: Winter Seasonal Beer	St. Paul Homebrew Club
3rd	Robert Rys	Hallowpeno	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Missouri Mashers

Table 23: Category 23 - Smoke Flavored/Wood Aged Beer (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tyler Mangin Co-Brewer: Jon Lewis	Toast Hawaii	32B: Specialty Smoked Beer	Prairie Homebrewing Companions
2nd	Eric Wentling Co-Brewer: Jim Stroner	I Miss Bamberg	6B: Rauchbier	Jack Of All Brews
3rd	Joshua Boldt	Resurrection Men	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer	Jefferson County Home Brewers

Table 24: Category 24 - Specialty Beer (29 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jason Schwartz	Cecil Was A Turtle	34C: Experimental Beer	Rochester Area Zymurgy Enthusiasts (R.A.Z.E)
2nd	Eric Martin	Gose	27A1: Gose	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Michael Wells	Maple Coffee Seventh Trumpet	31B: Alternative Sugar Beer	Missouri Mashers

Table 25: Category 25 - Traditional Mead (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul Fowler	Dry Traditional	M1A: Dry Mead	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
2nd	Jeremy Olsen	Coriander Honey	M1C: Sweet Mead	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
3rd	Jeremy Goehring Co-Brewer: Dustin Deisher	Jiggly Puff and Stuff	M1C: Sweet Mead	Lincoln Lagers

Table 26: Category 26 - Fruit Mead (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremy Olsen	Purply Stuff	M2C: Berry Mead	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
2nd	Tyler Mangin Co-Brewer: Jon Lewis	Raspberry 3.14	M2C: Berry Mead	Prairie Homebrewing Companions
3rd	Paul Fowler	Black Currant	M2C: Berry Mead	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club

Table 27: Category 27 - Spice and Specialty Mead (28 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Christopher Skottegard	Caramel Apple Mead	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	St. Paul Homebrew Club
2nd	Jeremy Goehring Co-Brewer: Dustin Deisher	Gozer	M4C: Experimental Mead	Lincoln Lagers
3rd	Mac Butcher Co-Brewer: Colleen Boucher	Chile Today - Death Tomorrow!	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	Fellowship of Oklahoma Alemakers (FOAM)

Table 28: Category 28 - Standard Cider and Perry (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Landers	Show Me Your Kitties	C1A: New World Cider	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Amey Patwardhan	Apple Apple	C1A: New World Cider	Lincoln Lagers
3rd	Nick Shadel	Shady's Apple Cider	C1A: New World Cider	Berks County Homebrew Club

Table 29: Category 29 - Specialty Cider and Perry (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Meintsma	New England Cider	C2A: New England Cider	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2nd	Jeremy Olsen	Icy Apples	C2D: Ice Cider	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
3rd	Ryan Schenian	2017 Pf Cider	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	Primary Fermenters

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 09/01/2024 7:00 AM, CDT through 10/16/2024 5:30 PM, CDT.

Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 09/01/2024 7:00 AM, CDT through 10/26/2024 7:00 AM, CDT.

Hoppy Halloween Challenge: Past Winners – 2018