Mazer Cup

Our First Place Mazer Cup in the Metheglin Homebrew Competition!

Mazer Cup Results



Our Basilisk mead, a semi-sweet mead made from Sweet Basil and Lime Basil we grew ourselves won the gold medal in the Metheglin category at the Mazer Cup International. We are ecstatic! Jon knew the moment he tasted Basilisk that it was a mead that would win competitions. We are glad to have that confirmed! Now we wait for our score sheets and the lovely, shiny gold medal and miniature Mazer Cup to get mailed to our house!

This year's Mazer Cup was the largest mead-only competition ever held with over 500 entries between the homebrew and commercial competitions. Homebrew had 277 entries across all categories! Needless to say we are very proud to take home a gold medal and participate with such amazing and passionated meadmakers from all over the world!

Competition - Entering The Mazer Cup International

We finished up bottling and labeling our entries for competition today. Jon hasn't entered a mead competition since 2007 and we are feeling the need for feedback and constructive criticism on some of our favorite meads. We've decided to enter eight meads into The Mazer Cup International a mead competition sponsored by the awesome and very informative Got Mead?. The Mazer Cup takes place in Boulder, Colorado April 1-2, 2011. The competition is judged using the Beer Judge Certification Guidelines for mead. We are hoping to win some medals and score highly in each style we've entered our meads, but the notes on improvement and taste will be helpful as we move on to becoming commercial. The eight meads we have entered are:

Audhumla - Traditional Buckwheat honey mead
Ravenberry - Melomel with Elderberry, Blueberry, & Blackberry
Sleipnir's Breath - Metheglin with assorted Fresh Mint & Lemon Zest
Summer Rose - Metheglin (technically a Rhodomel) with Red Rose Petals
Basilisk - Metheglin with Sweet Basil  & Lime Basil
Feathered Serpent - Open category with Agave Nectar, Cocoa Nibs, Ancho Chillies, Vanilla Bean, & Annato Seed
Holda's Cyser - Open category with Apple, Meadowsweet Flowers, & Chamomile Flowers
Four Dwarves in Cider - Open category with Apple, Peach, Apricot & Orange Blossom Honey

We'll find out in about a month and a half how we did! Cheer for us!