7th Annual Drunk Monk Challenge Fellow homebrewers and beer judges, It's nearly spring... that can only mean one thing: It's time for the 7th Annual Urban Knaves of Grain Drunk Monk Challenge! The DMC is an AHA sanctioned competition, a qualifying event for the MCAB (Master Championship of Amateur Brewing), and a leg of Midwest Homebrewer of the Year. In addition to the 2004 BJCP categories of beer, mead, and cider, we'll once again feature our own special category, the Menace of the Monastery, for beer styles with roots in the monastic brewing traditions of Belgium and Germany: Belgian blonde, dubbel, tripel, pale, strong golden, and strong dark ales, plus German doppelbock. This year, the winner of Best of Show Beer will have the opportunity to brew their beer at Walter Payton's Roundhouse, the Menace of the Monastery champion will have the same opportunity at Govnor's Pub in Lake of the Hills, IL and the Best of Show Mead will be made at Bev Art Brewer & Winemaker Supply in Chicago, IL. The competition will be held on Saturday, March 12th, at Walter Payton's Roundhouse - America's Brewery, in Aurora IL. Entries will be accepted between February 21st thru March 5th. Please visit the competition website for additional information, forms, and on-line registration: http://www.knaves.org/dmc/ If you are interested in judging at the DMC, please contact Joe Formanek by e-mail at jformanek(a)griffithlaboratories.com, or by phone at (630) 378-4694. We will need to know your current BJCP experience level; what styles you are entering in the competition (if any); and any styles you would prefer to judge (or not judge). Thanks. So, its not too late to brew up a batch or two or three to enter. Cheers! Rodney Kibzey (Organizer) -Urban Knaves of Grain www.knaves.org -Drunk Monk Challenge www.knaves.org/dmc