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Deathmash 2025

Congratulations to the Royal Oak Area Homebrew Club on winning the 2025 Celebrity Deathmash Competition and taking home the coveted Deathmash paddle. This was Royal Oak’s first year in the competition and they definitely brought it and squeezing out the win over Motor City Mashers and Keepers of Craft by one point.

Rational Belgians (27 Entries)

    Gold (4 points): Ken Cleary – Royal Oak Area Homebrew Club: 26C:Belgian Tripel – Tripel Trouble
    Silver (2 points): Nicholas Satterfield – Royal Oak Area Homebrew Club: 26B:Belgian Dubbel – The Nightman Cometh
    Bronze (1 point): Cory Emal – Ann Arbor Brewers Guild: 26A:Belgian Single – Stability, Fidelity, Obedience

    Honorable Mention:
    Timothy Wicklund- Keepers of Craft: 26B:Belgian Dubbel – Lagerboyz Dubbel
    Nathan Kanous – Keepers of Craft : 26C:Belgian Tripel – Triple Threat

    Unamerican Lagers (47 Entries)

      Gold (4 points): Ryan Moore – Motor City Mashers: 2A:International Pale Lager- La Flama Blanca
      Silver (2 points): Brian Stephens – Keepers of Craft: 2C:International Dark Lager – Sneaky Sneaky
      Bronze (1 point): Michael Neville – Motor City Mashers: 8B:Schwarzbier – I’m Told Schwarz Means Black in German

      Honorable Participation:
      Jerry Sadowski – Ann Arbor Brewers Guild: 8A:Munich Dunkel – Bishop of Munich
      William Blakeslee – Keepers of Craft: 2B:International Amber Lager
      Will Moreau – Cass River Homebrew Club: 2C:International Dark Lager – Bon Fire Bier
      Sean H Miller – Motor City Mashers: 6A:Marzen
      Tony Satullo – Motor City Mashers: 2B:International Amber Lager
      Doug Bulthuis – Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers (KGB) : 6B:Rauchbier – Here I Am Rauch Me Like A Hurricane
      Gregory Stachnik – Motor City Mashers: 8A:Munich Dunkel
      Bevan Zarges-Griego – Keepers of Craft: 6B:Rauchbier – Cauchbier
      Aaron Sanchez – Ann Arbor Brewers Guild: 8A:Munich Dunkel

      Sour Patch Kids (30 Entries)

        Gold (4 points): Mark Kanczuzewski – Royal Oak Area Homebrew Club: 23F:Fruit Lambic – Cherry Lambic
        Silver (2 points): Brandon T Edwards – Keepers of Craft: 28C:Wild Specialty Beer – Pit Happens
        Bronze (1 point): Patrick Young – Keepers of Craft: 28C:Wild Specialty Beer

        Tales from the Darkside (29 Entries)

          Gold (4 points): Patrick Young – Keepers of Craft: 16D:Foreign Extra Stout
          Silver (2 points): Melissa Edmunds – Ann Arbor Brewers Guild: 13C:English Porter – Dorman mets Bailey
          Bronze (1 point): Sean H Miller – Motor City Mashers: 20C:Imperial Stout

          Honorable Mention:
          Cory Emal – Ann Arbor Brewers Guild: 15C:Irish Extra Stout – Nothing Succeeds Like Excess

          King Charles (18 Entries)

            Gold (4 points): George Turner Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers (KGB): 12B:Australian Sparkling Ale – Gone walk about
            Silver (2 points): Anthony Leithauser – Ann Arbor Brewers Guild: 11B:Best Bitter – Ted LassAle
            Bronze (1 point): Josh Dugger – Cass River Homebrew Club: 11B:Best Bitter – Swollen Goat

            Best of Show

            Ryan Moore – Motor City Mashers: 2A:International Pale Lager- La Flama Blanca (3 Points). This award winning beer will be brewed by Ryan at Brewery Becker in the near future for all. to enjoy!

            Club Results:

            • Royal Oak Area Homebrew Club 10 points
            • Motor City Mashers 9 points
            • Keepers of Craft 9 points
            • Ann Arbor Brewers Guild 5 points
            • Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers (KGB) 4 points
            • Cass River Homebrew Club 1 point
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            CELEBRITY DEATHMASH 2023 Results

              Congratulations to this year’s Celebrity Deathmash winning club, Keeper of Craft! Also congratulations to Brandon Edwards on his BOS German Helles Exportbier. This year’s Deathmash was definitely a Battle Royale with only 4 points separating the first and second place clubs with the overall BOS beer being the deciding winning factor. Most clubs brought their A game and placed in at least one category and overall scores for individual beers was high.

              Also Many Thanks

              We would like to thank Eternity Brewing and Cadillac Straits for serving as drop off sites.

              A BIG Thank you to Matt Becker and Brewery Becker for providing the Best of Show prize.

              Finally thank you to everyone who entered, organized, stewarded, and judged the competition.

              There were 89 total entries in this year’s Deathmash.

              German Engineering (19 entries)
              1st Brandon Edwards (5C – German Helles Exportbier) 4 (KC)
              2nd Kevin O’Brien (7B – Altbier) 2 (MC)
              3rd Doug Vohden (5B – Kölsch) 1 (KC)

              Not Yeast (15 entries)
              1st Nathan Kanous (23B – Flanders Red Ale) 4 (KC)
              2nd Steven Vroegop (23F – Fruit Lambic) 2 (KC)
              3rd Duke Turner (23C – Oud Bruin) 1 (KG)

              Waffle House (13 entries)
              1st Daniel Kukuk (25B – Saison) 4 (MC)
              2nd Jeff Chase (25A – Belgian Blond Ale) 2 (MC)
              3rd Doug Vohden (24C – Bière de Garde) 1 (KC)

              Just a Flesh Wound (25 entries)
              1st Craig Matney (13B – British Brown Ale) 4 (MC)
              2nd William Blakeslee (13A – Dark Mild) 2 (KC)
              3rd Gregory Stachnik (13A – Dark Mild) 1 (MC)

              Drink Your Wheaties (17 entries)
              1st Jared Aumen (10A – Weissbier) 4 (AA)
              2nd Jared Aumen (10C – Weizenbock) 2 (AA)
              3rd Doug Bulthuis (10C – Weizenbock) 1 (KG)

              Overall Best-Of-Show
              Brandon Edwards (5C – German Helles Exportbier) 3 (KC)

              Club Total Points

              • KEEPERS OF CRAFT (KC) 17 Total Points
              • MOTOR CITY MASHERS (MC) 13 Total Points
              • ANN ARBOR BREWERS GUILD (AA) 6 Total Points
              • KGB (KG) 2 Total Points
              • LIVINGSTON SOCIAL (LS) 0 Total Points
              • SONS OF LIBERTY (SL) 0 Total Points

              Please visit our Competition Results page for previous years winners.