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27th Annual

Hoppy HOWLoween Challenge 2024

Werewolves of Fargo

327 Entries

Best of Show - Beer:
"Survive!!" a Specialty Wood-Aged Beer made by Sam Hoopes from NINJA Homebrewers

Best of Show - Mead/Cider:

"A Witty Reference To Monty Python" a Pyment made by Dan Acheson from the Urban Knaves of Grain

Fresh Killed Hops Beer:

"FH Labor Of Love IPA" made by Phillip Saurer& Jennifer Saurer with the Peninsula Fermentation Society

Halloween Theme Beer:

"Wolfblood #167.1" made by Kevin Meintsma with the Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Hoppy Halloween 2024 Awards

BOS Mead/Cider & BOS Beer

Hoppy Halloween Challenge 2024 Results:

Light Lager (22 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club

1st Chad Medford The Bridesmaid 4A: Munich Helles Red Earth Brewers

2nd Cheyne Harvey Please Drink By The Liter 4B: Festbier Arizona Society of Homebrewers

3rd Nicholas Benoit Kugelblitz Festbier 4B: Festbier

European Amber Lager (17 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club

1st Stephen Schmitt Marzenbier 6A: Märzen Evanston Homebrew Club

2nd Haven Schultz Kralove Amber Reserve 3C: Czech Amber Lager The Brü Club

3rd Alex Boyer Oktoberfest 6A: Märzen Johnson County Brewing Society

Dark Lager (8 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club

1st Mike & Stephanie Butler Raygun 8A: Munich Dunkel Kansas City Bier Meisters

2nd Phillip Saurer Mein Schwarzbier Ist Besser Als Ihres 8B: Schwarzbier Peninsula Fermentation Society

3rd Michael Myers The Dark Shadow In The Corner 8A: Munich Dunkel Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

Bock (10 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Steve Powell

Doppelbock

9A: Doppelbock

Big Sioux Brewing Society

2nd

Joseph Dauria

Maibock Brings All The Boys To The Bar

4C: Helles Bock

Metro South Homebrew League (MASH HOLES) [South Weymouth, MA]

3rd

Steve Ristau

Fünf Uhr Bock

6C: Dunkels Bock

Ale Riders Homebrew Club

Light Hybrid Beer (15 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Kevin Olson

Whhheat Thins

1D: American Wheat Beer

ZZHops Homebrewing Club

2nd

Vincent Rokke

Screaming Viking Solskinn (Pronounced "sol-Shin")

5B: Kölsch

Prairie Homebrewing Companions

3rd

Abel Pina

Rhine River

5B: Kölsch

Southern Nevada Ale Fermenters Union (SNAFU)

English Pale Ale (13 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Nick & Heather Hartley

Jackrabbits > Bison > Coyotes > F'ing Hawks

12B: Australian Sparkling Ale

Red Earth Brewers

2nd

Tom Roan
& Nancy Bowser

Welcome To Bristol

11A: Ordinary Bitter

Prairie Homebrewing Companions

3rd

Scott Estlund

Tis But A Scratch!

12A: British Golden Ale

The Brü Club

UK Ales (15 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Travis Cherry

Bombshell Barleywine

17D: English Barley Wine

Bay Area Mashtronauts

2nd

Steve Powell

Mild 2024

13A: Dark Mild

Big Sioux Brewing Society

3rd

Abel Pina

Bravvikus Red

15A: Irish Red Ale

Southern Nevada Ale Fermenters Union (SNAFU)

American Ale (19 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Sam Hoopes

Best Of Show Brown

19C: American Brown Ale

NINJA Homebrewers

2nd

Jeremy Jones

Dionysus

18B: American Pale Ale

Snake River Brewers

3rd

Mike & Stephanie Butler

Boot Dust

19C: American Brown Ale

Kansas City Bier Meisters

Stout and Porter (21 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Art Kim

Sweet Water Stout

16A: Sweet Stout

Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU)

2nd

Brian Smith

Brown Town Porter

13C: English Porter

River City Brewers [MN]

3rd

Sam Hoopes

Lacks Nothing In The Sweet Department

16A: Sweet Stout

NINJA Homebrewers

American and Double IPA (10 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Dan Acheson

A Little DIPA IPA

21A: American IPA

Urban Knaves of Grain

2nd

Michael Loula

They're Eating The Dogs

22A: Double IPA



3rd

Matthew Johnsen

Iron Man, Mk II

21A: American IPA

Rock Hoppers Brew Club

Other IPA (15 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Ross Stuart

Hazy IPA

21C: Hazy IPA

Arizona Society of Homebrewers

2nd

Cheyne Harvey

I Didn't Put Any Cascade Hops In This Cascadian Dark Ale

21B2: Black IPA

Arizona Society of Homebrewers

3rd

Gerad Miller

Super Hazy Juicy Name

21C: Hazy IPA

Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists

German Wheat and Rye (11 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Jeff Mathiowetz

Banana Nut Bread Breakfast

10C: Weizenbock

Maltose Falcons

2nd

Phillip Abbott

Kanzaweizen

10A: Weissbier

Johnson County Brewing Society

3rd

Rich Vander Ploeg

Bubbas Bock

10C: Weizenbock

Johnson County Brewing Society

Belgian and French Ale (19 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Rich Vander Ploeg

Wit Juice

24A: Witbier

Johnson County Brewing Society

2nd

Alex Williams
& Patrick Williams

Refrigerator Man

26A: Belgian Single

Kansas City Bier Meisters

3rd

Colby Reineke

Divine Liquid

26A: Belgian Single

Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Sour Ale (15 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

David Merz

Ichabod's Brew

28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer

Saint Paul Homebrewers Club

2nd

Jonathan Rollins

A New Hopocalypse

28A: Brett Beer

Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

3rd

Michael Rensing

Party At The Moon Tower

28A: Brett Beer

Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)

Belgian Strong Ale (18 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Patrick Williams
& Alex Williams

Happiness, Fun And Magic

25A: Belgian Blond Ale



2nd

Andy Cox

BDS

26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Underground Brewers of Connecticut

3rd

Patrick Williams
& Alex Williams

Karma Chameleon

26C: Belgian Tripel



Fruit Beer (7 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Scott Estlund

Punch You In The Eye!

29A: Fruit Beer

The Brü Club

2nd

Donald Schneider

He Considers Himself A Tiny Bit Belgian

29D: Grape Ale

Weiz Guys

3rd

Joe Rose & Julie

That's Amore

LSX3: Italian Grape Ale

Kansas City Bier Meisters

Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer (12 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

William Fullerton

Bill Fullerton

30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

Johnson County Brewing Society

2nd

John Luhmann

Banana Bread Dunkles Weiss

30D: Specialty Spice Beer

Iowa Brewers Union

3rd

Gerad Miller

That's Right, I Am The Pumpkin King

30B: Autumn Seasonal Beer

Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists

Smoke-Flavored/Wood-Aged Beer (9 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Sam Hoopes

Survive!!

33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer

NINJA Homebrewers

2nd

Tom Roan
& Nancy Bowser

Snoop Goatt

32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer

Prairie Homebrewing Companions

3rd

Brent Anderson

Brent's Barrel Of Fun

33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer

Urban Knaves of Grain

Specialty Beer (23 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Jamye & Cody Naramore

Please Tell Me Lies And Hypnotize

27A7: Pre-Prohibition Porter

Kansas City Bier Meisters

2nd

Kevin Wojdak

Formula 57

27A5: Piwo Grodziskie

Urban Knaves Of Grain (UKG)

3rd

Brent Anderson

Purple Pulp Power

34C: Experimental Beer

Urban Knaves of Grain

Meads (9 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Dan Acheson

A Witty Reference To Monty Python

M2B: Pyment

Urban Knaves of Grain

2nd

Scott Estlund

Big Black Furry Creature From Mars

M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead

The Brü Club

3rd

Nicholas Merfeld
& Shawn Montgomery

Theisen's Red Light Special

M2E: Melomel

Iowa Brewers Union

Standard Cider & Perry (8 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Dwight Wilson

A Wicked And Lethal Zombie Ate The Brains Of My Future BBF

C1D: New World Perry

O-Town Hop Heads

2nd

Robert Guthner

Gen X

C1A: New World Cider

Ocean County Home Brewers

3rd

Ross Stuart

Cider

C1A: New World Cider

Arizona Society of Homebrewers

Specialty Cider & Perry (7 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Giovanni Piva

French Kiss

C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry

STL Brewhogs

2nd

Adrian Baldwin

Life Is Peachy

C2B: Cider with Other Fruit

Prairie Homebrewing Companions

3rd

Kevin Meintsma

$ And CurrantC

C2B: Cider with Other Fruit

Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Halloween Theme Beer (14 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Kevin Meintsma

Wolfblood #167.1

50A: Halloween Theme Beer/Mead/Cider

Minnesota Home Brewers Association

2nd

Cheyne Harvey

Midnight Morgue IPA

50A: Halloween Theme Beer/Mead/Cider

Arizona Society of Homebrewers

3rd

Travis Cherry

Fargo's Full Moon Ale

50A: Halloween Theme Beer/Mead/Cider

Bay Area Mashtronauts

Fresh Killed Hops (10 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Phillip Saurer
& Jennifer Saurer

FH Labor Of Love IPA

51A: Fresh Killed Hops Beer

Peninsula Fermentation Society

2nd

Alex Williams
& Patrick Williams

Gutter Grown Grisette

51A: Fresh Killed Hops Beer

Kansas City Bier Meisters

3rd

Mike Bechina

Backwards Transplant

51A: Fresh Killed Hops Beer

Kansas City Bier Meisters

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