33rd Annual Charlie Orr Memorial Chicago Cup Challenge

There were 273 entries judged and 96 registered participants

Chicago Cup Winner (16 Participating Clubs)

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	Score
1st	Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG)	5	5	6	31
2nd	Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS)	4	5	3	25
3rd	Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU)	4	3	1	22
4th	C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club	3	1	1	14
5th	Arizona Society of Homebrewers	2	1	2	13
6th	Kansas City Bier Meisters	1	0	3	7
7th	Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers	2	0	0	6
8th	ZZ Hops	1	0	1	4
9th	Chicago Beer Society	1	0	0	3
9th	Club Wort	0	1	1	3
11th	Ale Riders Homebrew Club	0	1	0	2
11th	Brixie's Brewers	0	1	0	2
11th	Evanston Homebrew Club	0	1	0	2
11th	Minnesota Home Brewers Association	0	1	0	2
15th	Joliet Brewers Guild	0	0	1	1
15th	Southern Nevada Ale Fermenters Union (SNAFU)	0	0	1	1

Best Of Show - 33rd Annual Charlie Orr Memorial Chicago Cup Challenge

Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Stuart	German Leichtbier	5A - German Leichtbier	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Jon N. Phillips	I think all the Helles Puns are Taken	4C - Helles Bock	C.H.A.O.S.
3rd	Jared Teaney	Spacebar Hero	21A - American IPA	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Mead & Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Art Kim	Cecret Sider	C1A - New World Cider	Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU)

Winners - 33rd Annual Charlie Orr Memorial Chicago Cup Challenge

Amber Lager - 9 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Terry J	Golden Sunset	19B - California Common	CHAOS Brew Club
2nd	Colby Reineke	Frozen in Amber	3C - Czech Amber Lager	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd	Ryan Schaan	Dukes Creek California Common	19B - California Common	Southern Nevada Ale Fermenters Union (SNAFU)

American and British Amber Ale - 13 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Agostino	Mr. Smithers	11B - Best Bitter	Chicago Beer Society
2nd	Joe Skiles	The Colonel's Side Hustle	27A2 - Kentucky Common	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Brett Vodicka	Hat Trick	11A - Ordinary Bitter	IBRU

Bock - 16 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jon N. Phillips	I think all the Helles Puns are Taken	4C - Helles Bock	C.H.A.O.S.
2nd	Bill Goetz	Billy Goetz Bock	6C - Dunkles Bock	Boss
3rd	Kevin Olson	Buckle Bunnies	9A - Doppelbock	ZZ Hops

Brown Ale and Porter - 11 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Morel	Cat Face Mild	13A - Dark Mild	Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS)
2nd	Dan Janiczek	The Dark Side of the Grain	13A - Dark Mild	IBRU
3rd	John Dalton	Baltic Porter	9C - Baltic Porter	Brewer's of South Suburbia

Continental European Amber Ale - 11 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Whelpley	Biere de Garde	24C - Biere de Garde	CHAOS Brew Club
2nd	Scott Pointon	Alt Style	7B - Altbier	Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS)
3rd	Jared Teaney	Alternative Redneck	7B - Altbier	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Dark Lager - 13 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Veers	Schwarzbier	8B - Schwarzbier	Brewers of South suburbia
2nd	Charles Nadolski	Czech Please	3D - Czech Dark Lager	Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS)
3rd	Ross Stuart	Schwarzbier	8B - Schwarzbier	Arizona Society of Homebrewers

IPA - 14 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jared Teaney	Spacebar Hero	21A - American IPA	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Joe Skiles	Make IPA Clear Again	21A - American IPA	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Anthony Aquino	Beautiful Day	12C - English IPA	Joliet Brewers Guild

Irish Beer - 13 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brett Vodicka	Thin Lizzy	15B - Irish Stout	IBRU
2nd	Sebastian Seith	Remix Red	15A - Irish Red Ale	Brixie's Brewers
3rd	Jeff Alcorn	St. Brigid's Lake of Beer	15B - Irish Stout	None

Pale American Ale - 16 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jon Lamere	Jump Around	1C - Cream Ale	Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS)
2nd	Kevin Pyle	Blonde, James Blonde	18A - Blonde Ale	Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS)
3rd	Kevin Bencz	BT	18B - American Pale Ale	NA

Pale European Ale - 14 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Todd	Critical Mass	26A - Belgian Single	Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS)
2nd	Steve Ristau	Double Grisette VI	25B - Saison	Ale Riders Homebrew Club
3rd	Kevin Wojdak	Elk Grove Village Zot	25A - Belgian Blond Ale	Urban Knaves of Grain

Pale Lager - 16 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Stuart	German Leichtbier	5A - German Leichtbier	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Stephen Schmitt	Bayern Munich	4A - Munich Helles	Evanston Homebrew Club
3rd	Gregory Ellwanger	CZ Pale Lager	3A - Czech Pale Lager	UKG

Pilsner - 10 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dave Hoppert	Destination	5D - German Pils	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Zach Fritts	Gingerballs	X5 - New Zealand Pilsner	Club Wort
3rd	Rich Rawlings	Carlos	27A6 - Pre-Prohibition Lager	C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club

Smoked, Wood, and Specialty Beer - 17 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gregory Ellwanger	Tuba Wine	33B - Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	UKG
2nd	Mark Westmeyer	Consternation	34A - Commercial Specialty Beer	Brewers of South Suburbia
3rd	Ross Stuart	DH Ella Blonde	34B - Mixed-Style Beer	Arizona Society of Homebrewers

Specialty IPA - 9 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doug Bulthuis	Rye Don't You Stop Talking For a Minute	21B5 - Rye IPA	Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers
2nd	Ross Stuart	Hazy IPA	21C - Hazy IPA	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
3rd	Joe Skiles	Make IPA Black Again	21B2 - Black IPA	Urban Knaves of Grain

Stout - 15 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Formanek	Black Velvet Export Stout	16D - Foreign Extra Stout	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Joe Formanek	Three Tsarina's Imperial Stout	20C - Imperial Stout	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Chris Schmelzer	Ghosts of Alderaan	16A - Sweet Stout	Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS)

Strong Ale - 16 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Art Kim	Liquid Moral Courage	17C - Wee Heavy	Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU)
2nd	Aaron Pigors	Arthur, King of Camelot	17D - English Barley Wine	Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU)
3rd	Daniel Hayosh	Hops	22A - Double IPA	Urban Knaves of Grain

Strong Belgian - 11 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doug Bulthuis	Because I Said So, That's Why	26C - Belgian Tripel	Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers
2nd	Chuck Redpath	Elephant in the Room	25C - Belgian Golden Strong Ale	n/a
3rd	Dave Hoppert	Velvet Fog	26D - Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Urban Knaves of Grain

Wheat Beer - 11 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Neely	I'm not so Weiz or Witty	1D - American Wheat Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Kevin Wojdak	Can't Wait To See Where This Gueuze	23E - Gueuze	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Zach Fritts	Wreathed in smoke	27A5 - Piwo Grodziskie	Club Wort

Wild, Sour, Fruit, Spiced, and Alternative Beer - 17 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Silverstein	Flanders Old Fashioned	29A - Fruit Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Dan Janiczek	Chocolate Nanners	31B - Alternative Sugar Beer	IBRU
3rd	Eric Martin	ROTB IGA	X3 - Italian Grape Ale	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Cider - 6 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Art Kim	Cecret Sider	C1A - New World Cider	Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU)
2nd	Joe Formanek	Cathy's Cider	C1A - New World Cider	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Michael T Bardusk	Perry	C1D - New World Perry	Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS)

Mead - 15 Entries

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Olson	Meadowfoam Madness	M1B - Semi-Sweet Mead	ZZ Hops
2nd	David Warner	Desire-ish	M2E - Melomel	None
3rd	Dan Acheson	Liquid Marshmallow	M3B - Spice, Herb or Vegetable Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain