2013 Mazer Cup Results

The 2013 Mazer Cup International Mead Competition took place March 15 and 16 in beautiful, mead-loving city of Boulder, Colorado. The Mazer Cup is one of the world events that is responsible for letting the general public know that mead, the honey-based alcoholic beverage with an ancient and honorable pedigree, is making a comeback in a big way.

More than 500 home-made meads were entered in the home competition, and an astounding 350 commercially-made meads were assessed in the commercial mead category.  What made this competition in both categories so exciting is that the winners came from a wide variety of mead-makers; this goes to show that there are not only two or three mead-makers of outstanding quality, more and more are arising every year. As mead becomes more and more popular, the number of superb mead companies is going to continue to increase, to the delight of consumers who are looking for alternatives to the everyday beverages of beer and wine.

In the commercial category, one mead-making company that certainly made a name for itself is Andre Abi Raad’s Intermiel. Intermiel’s marvellous meads won four categories and came in second in two; it furthermore won a bronze medal in one category. In the home competition, Marc Bivins of the GotMead meadmakers club won the Best of Show award for his Other Fruit Melamel (Sweet) category winning Orange Marmalade Mead. Below are the rest of the results, can’t wait to see how the turnout will be next year!

Commercial Meadery Competition

Bracket or Braggot
		Diabhal	Rabbits Foot Meadery
		Bier De Miel	Rabbits Foot Meadery
Cyser
		Stonewall’S Cyser	Celestial Meads
		Pomme D’Api	Intermiel
		Blossom	Moonlight Meadery
Dessert Mead-Sweet
		Oaked Traditional	Sap House Meadery
		Utopian #5	Moonlight Meadery
		Médiéval	Intermiel
Other Fruit/Vegetable Melomel – Dry
		Honeymaker Strawberry	Maine Mead Works
		Yellow Egg Plum	Campbell’S Gold Honey Farm
		Raspberry Melomel	Campbell’S Gold Honey Farm
Other Fruit/Vegetable Melomel – Semi-Sweet
		Honey And Blackcurrants	Intermiel
		Blueberry Mead	Wild Blossom Meadery
		Black Currant Melomel	Munro Honey & Meadery
Other Fruit/Vegetable Melomel – Sweet
		Pirtle Raspberry Mead	Pirtle Winery
		Cranberry Mead	Mountain Meadows Mead
		Trybunalski	Pasieka Jaros Maciej
Metheglin
		Trnavska Medovina	Apimed
		Archer	Orchid Cellar
		Maxwell Liqueur Mead	Maxwell Wines
Pyment
		Que Syrah – Syrah	Celestial Meads
		Saw Turn	Celestial Meads
		El Dorado Zinfandel Port-Style	Mountain Meadows Mead
Session Mead
		Raspberry Rave	St. Ambrose Cellars
		Verge D’Or	Intermiel
		Boysenberry Nectar	Redstone Meadery

Specialty (Open Category) – Dry
		Bos Meadery Pomegranate Pyment	Bos Meadery Llc
		Lagrimas De Oro	Superstition Meadery
		Spring Surrender	Honeymoon Meadery At Planet Bee
Specialty (Open Category) -Semi-Sweet
		Rosée	Intermiel
		Earl Greg	Hunters Moon Meadery
		Pirtle Effervescent Mead	Pirtle Winery
		Batch #73	Celestial Meads
Specialty (Open Category) – Sweet
		Chocolate Honey Buzz	Wild Blossom Meadery
		Hunter	Orchid Cellar
		Vcelovina Special	Vcelco S.R.O.
Traditional – Dry
		Three Honey	Hermit Woods
		Trappers Cask	Hunters Moon Meadery
		Oak Barrel Reserve	St. Ambrose Cellars
		The Golden Drop	Honeydew Apiaries
Traditional – Semi-Sweet
		Summer Mead	The Hive Winery
		Moonlight Magic Mead	Mountain Meadows Mead
		Traditional Show Mead	Moon struck Meadery
Traditional – Sweet
		Chouchen	Intermiel
		Honeymoon Nectar Sweet Honeywine	Mountain Meadows Mead
		Original Slovenska Medovina	Apimed
Varietal – Dry
		Harvest Gold	Rosewood Estates Winery
		Star Thistle	St. Ambrose Cellars
Varietal – Semi-Sweet
		Benoite	Intermiel
		Tupelo Mead	Crafted Artisan Meadery
Varietal – Sweet
		Staroslovanska Medovina Tmava	Apimed
		Jet’Aime	Moonlight Meadery

Home Competition

Dry Mead
		Michael Long	Blue Breeze
		Brian Stover	Orange Blossom Traditional
		Joshua Nelson	Fireweed Mead
Semi-Sweet Mead
		Scott Behrens	R
		John Carlson	Blueberry Traditional
		Patrick Quigley	The Unstung Heroes
Sweet Mead
		Bev Maxson	Natural Sack
		Earl Itrich
		Morgan Wolf
Cyser (Apple Melomel)
		Andre Bajorek	Wilde & Crab Apple Mead 4
		Andre Bajorek	Wilde & Crab Apple Mead 4
		Curtis Todd	Ocd3
Pyment (Grape Melomel)
		Bryon Hays	Pandora’S Plenty
		Aaron Zaccagnino
		Eric Lowe
Other Fruit Melomel (Dry)
		Bryan Clogg
		Luke Kostu	Lemon Mead
		Carl Mcmillihn	Brian’S Pear Tree
Other Fruit Melomel (Semi-Sweet)
		Jacob Lauser	Apricot Mango Mead
		Yancy Bodenstein	Hey That Is My Cherry!
		Mark Tanner	Pomegranate Cure-All Mead
Other Fruit Melomel (Sweet)
		Marc Bivins	Orange Marmalade Mead
		Brian Pride	Beepride’S Elderberry
		Tiara Paris	Queen Bee Mead: Cherry
		Marek Leczycki	Jeleniogorski 2011
Other Fruit Melomel (Sweet)
		Chris Vansice	Blueberry Blitz
		Carl Mcmillihn	Tart Cranberry
		John Kole	B033

Other Fruit Melomel -Berry (Semi-Sweet)
		Gary Gross	Menage A Trois
		Mark Tanner	Joe Conrad Mead
		Roger Kee	Dark Seduction
Other Fruit Melomel -Berry (Sweet)
		Tom Lemanczyk	Black Currant
		Leczycki Marek	Jagodziak 2011
		Mike Simmons	Berry Hard To Concentrate

Metheglin (Dry)
		Christopher Mort	Orange Peel Mead
		David Theibault	Ipm – India Pale Mead
		Marshall Allin	Rhag
Metheglin (Semi-Sweet)
		Brendan Dillon	Shades Of Earl
		Mark Tanner	Spruce Ob
		Chris Longpre	Mowachaht Metheglin
		Sean Benjamin	Jumpin Juniper!
Metheglin (Sweet)
		Sergio Moutela	Dolce Chipotle
		Jason Phelps	Ancient Fire Vanilla Mead
		Mark Schoppe	Elderflower Metheglin
Braggot
		Josh Mahoney
		Kyle Byerly	Gsa Braggot
		Elspeth Payne	Killer Braggot
Open Category Mead (Dry)
		John Carlson	Thai Cyser
		Laurel Christopher
		Anthony Nigro	Trinacria Special Mead
Open Category Mead (Semi-Sweet)
		Mark Tanner	Berry Cyser
		Bob Slanzi	Ghost Pepper Mead
		Mike Simmons	Bourbon Barrel Cyser
Open Category Mead (Sweet)
		Mark Tanner	Rhu The Day!
		Mark Tanner	Srb Mead
		David Theibault	Port Mead
		David Theibault	Gingerbread Mead
Best of Show
		Marc Bivins	Orange Marmalade Mead