Drunk Monk Challenge

04/04/2026

Special thanks to our BoS sponsors for DMC 2026 who provided some very generous gift certificates to our BoS Winners. Make sure to check them out and give them your support!

Gnome Brew, Bräu Supply, and Anvil Brewing Equipment

04/04/2026

DMC 2026 is in the books. All medals have been shipped and BJCP points awarded. Huge thanks to our judges, stewards, and entrants. And, an extra special thanks to our sponsors!

03/15/2026

Results for this year's competition have been posted. Thanks to all who entered!

03/14/2026

We are running a little later than expected, so the awards ceremony will start 6:15 to 6:30. Stay tuned!

03/14/2026

Our final day of Drunk Monk Challenge judging is underway...as well as setup for the awards ceremony and our big raffle.

We've had 4 great days if judging leading up to this. Everything has been running fairly smoothly.

Thank you to everyone who entered.

The awards ceremony will be broadcast live on Facebook this evening... sometime around 6. We'll let you know for sure what's happening.

For those in the area, our doors open to the public around 4:30 for the raffle and awards ceremony. Come on out and claim your medals in person!

03/14/2026

Drunk Monk Judging is well underway, with lots of good beer, mead, and cider judged already.

As of now, we are planning on the hosting the awards ceremony tomorrow at 6:30. We will live stream, so check out the event on the DMC page.

For those who can come in-person, we'll open to the public about 4:30 when you can grab some tickets for the raffle starting at 5 to 5:15.

03/10/2026

Our UKG members came out in force on Sunday to Two Brothers Roundhouse to help with the Unpacking and Sorting for the 2026 Drunk Monk Challenge.

We very efficiently knocked out the unpacking and sorting in around 2 hrs 15 mins which may be a new record for us. We landed at roughly 581 entries for this year's comp due to no shows.

After that, it was just a matter of getting all the entries down to the cooler and stacked in an organized fashion for easy access throughout our week of judging.

Good Luck to everyone who entered. Judging begins Tuesday night and continues through the rest of the week.

01/11/2026

Entries for the 2026 Drunk Monk Challenge open today at 12 PM CT. We will initially limit people to 3 entries to avoid filling up to fast. We will increase our entry limit to 6 starting on 1/25 if we aren't yet full.

We look forward to seeing many of your entries in what promises to be another competitive year at DMC!

Thank you for your interest in the 28th Annual Drunk Monk Challenge organized by Urban Knaves Of Grain (UKG), Two Brothers Roundhouse, Aurora, Illinois.

11/20/2025

The Urban Knaves of Grain organizers of the Drunk Monk Challenge wish to thank our sponsors for their generous support of our 2025 competition.

Please visit, click Like or Follow them, and support our sponsor(s) listed below:

Werk Force Brewing

https://www.werkforcebrewing.com/

11/04/2025

The Urban Knaves of Grain organizers of the Drunk Monk Challenge wish to thank our sponsors for their generous support of our 2025 competition.

Please visit, click Like or Follow them, and support our sponsor(s) listed below:

Hop Butcher for the World

https://www.hopbutcher.com/

10/29/2025

The Urban Knaves of Grain organizers of the Drunk Monk Challenge wish to thank our sponsors for their generous support of our 2025 competition.

Please visit, click Like or Follow them, and support our sponsor(s) listed below:

Standard Meadery

https://www.standardmeadery.com/