2015 Mazer Cup Results

The worlds largest mead competition, The Mazer Cup takes place in march and brings together both commercial and home-brewed mead to be evaluated by a panel of judges. The mead is organized into categories and medals are provided to the top three in the category.

This year’s big winner in the commercial category was Moonlight Meadery and head mead maker Michael Fairbrother. Moonlight won an impressive 3 gold and a total of 5 medals. They won the Specialty – Sweet category with the delicious Last Apple – which i reviewed last year.

Every year, Superstition Meadery gives category topping performances. This year is no different. They too won 3 golds for the Varietal – Sweet, Dessert Mead – Semi-Sweet, and Dessert Mead – Sweet categories.

The Colony Meadery also won a solid 5 medals, along with an honorable mention. Their Mo-Me-Doh taking top honors in the Specialty – Semi-Sweet category. Nectar Creek pulled in 2 golds and swept the “Session Mead – Dry” category. Another sweep happened in the Braggot category with Rabbits Foot Meadery – making them the masters of malt.

For the home competition, every category winner is pitted against each other to crown the “Best in Show” this year’s judging was so tough that for the first time, best in show included an honorable mention. Tom Repas, won Best in Show with his amazing Strawberry melomel, while Steve Patik won honorable mention with his Pilsmeer Braggot.

Below are the rest of the results. Congratulations to all the winners and a big thanks to all those who entered. Keep creating and pushing the industry further!

Commercial Meadery Competition

Bracket or Braggot Honey Stout Rabbits Foot Meadery Bier de Miel Rabbits Foot Meadery Diabhal Rabbits Foot Meadery

Cyser HoneyMaker Apple Cyser Maine Mead Works Southern Apple Melovino Meadery Rooftop Cyser Green Bench Mead & Cider

Dessert Mead-Semi-Sweet Blood Eagle Superstition Meadery Beso Exotico The Colony Meadery No. 1 Mj°dbryggeriet Petersen & S°nn

Dessert Mead-Sweet Chocolate Raspberry Pyment Kuhnhenn Brewing Co Medievale intermiel Blue Berry White Superstition Meadery

Other Fruit/Vegetable Melomel – Dry Embrace Moonlight Meadery LLC Raspberry Peach Nectar Wild Blossom Meadery & Winery Pikwant Field The Colony Meadery

Other Fruit/Vegetable Melomel – Semi-Sweet Berry Chic Melovino Meadery Apricots ‘N Honey Talon Wine Brands Frozen Digits The Colony Meadery

Other Fruit/Vegetable Melomel – Sweet The Red Menace Celestial Meads Passiflora Costa Rica Meadery Mulberry Muse Four Quarters Meadery

Metheglin – Dry Demonic Presents House Bear Brewing Mabon Meadow Vista Honey Wines Scarlet Letter Monks Meadery Hon Woofiedog The Colony Meadery

Metheglin – Semi-Sweet Kitl Mead Kitl Old Guy Gunpowder Metheglyn Dragonmead FIRE AND SPICE CHINOOK ARCH MEADERY

Metheglin – Sweet Fury Moonlight Meadery LLC Trnavska medovina (Trnava Mead) Apimed Wicked Moonlight Meadery LLC Hon Capsumel Moonstruck Meadery

Pyment Sweet Affair Hers Melovino Meadery Aphrodisia Superstition Meadery Dancing Bare St. Ambrose Cellars

Session Mead  – Dry Sting Nectar Creek Waggle Nectar Creek Honeycone Nectar Creek

Session Mead – Semi-Sweet Verge D’Or intermiel A Good Sarsaparilla The Colony Meadery Rose_ Leger intermiel

Session Mead – Sweet Haven Meridian Hive Meadery Pollen Angels – Bee Mine Sunset Heights Meadery Pollinator Crafted Artisan Meadery Hon Chipotle Pollinator Crafted Artisan Meadery

Specialty (Open Category) – Dry Reserve Series Batch #3 Nectar Creek Peachin to the Choir Monks Meadery Nursery Crimes House Bear Brewing Hon Chipotle Pollinator Crafted Artisan Meadery

Specialty (Open Category) -Semi-Sweet Mo-Me-Doh The Colony Meadery LADY EVA Hunters Moon Meadery The Remedy Hunters Moon Meadery

Specialty (Open Category) – Sweet Last Apple Moonlight Meadery LLC Big Game Hunter Orchid Cellar Hunter Orchid Cellar

Traditional – Dry Cloud Horse Meadow Vista Honey Wines Star Thistle St. Ambrose Cellars Dry Mead Munro Honey & Meadery

Traditional – Semi-Sweet Traditional Mead Laurel Highlands Meadery Spring Mead The Hive Winery John Cameron Classic CHINOOK ARCH MEADERY

Traditional – Sweet Original Slovenska medovina (Origin Apimed Elegance (2014) Kookoolan World Meadery Meloluna Blacksnake Meadery

Varietal – Dry Bee d’Vine – Brut The Honey Wine Company Snowberry Dragonmead Oak Barrel Mead St. Ambrose Cellars

Varietal – Semi-Sweet Tupelo Ambrosia St. Ambrose Cellars Bourbon Barrel Buckwheat Artisan Beverage Coop Orange Blossom Kuhnhenn Brewing Co

Varietal – Sweet Super Bee Superstition Meadery Raspberry Blossom Moonlight Meadery LLC Melia Rabbits Foot Meadery

 

Home Competition

Best in Show

	Thomas Repas	Strawberry
Hon	Steve Patik	Pilsmeer

 

Dry Mead

	Justin Chamberlain, Will Crapser & David Woods	Mead15
	Seth Langford & Autumn Manning	Carrots in the Meadow Mead
	Mark Mattingly	Dry Sack Mead
Hon	Rick Sorensen	White Clover

Semi-Sweet Mead

	Rick Sorensen & Chris Cope	Field Flowers
	Jason Meehan	Carrot Honey Mead
	Dan Rosenberg	Tupelo Honey Traditional Mead

Sweet Mead

	Jovilin Grunewald & Mark Tanner	OB Trad
	Steve Patik	Blackberry sweetness
	Casey Stuck	Ambrosia

Cyser

	Robert Eltringham	Idunn’s Treasure
	Michael Ryder
	Wes Underwood	Mad_Cyser
Hon	Jon Talkington	Fuji Cyser

Pyment

	David Theibault	Barolo
	Tim Artz	BURP 30th Anniversary Mead
	Pat Idzik & Ruth Paschal	Concord Pyment

Other Fruit Melomel – Dry

	Mark Tanner	Pomegranate Cure All
	Ivan Kozoletov	Cupid’s Revenge
	Kyle Byerly	Cherry Mead

Other Fruit Melomel – Semi-Sweet

	Tim Leber	Lady In Red
	Brent Leffler	Fig Mead
	David Theibault	mystic blueberry

Other Fruit Melomel – Sweet

	Leczycki Marek	Wisniak 2010
	Duane Adams	Raspberry Sunshine
	Leczycki Marek	Glogowiak 2011

Berry Melomel – Dry

	Dan Daugherty	Berry and Blaze
	Wayne Boncyk & Bryon Hays	Klingon Bloodwine
	Justin Chamberlain, Will Crapser & David Woods	Blueberry JC_223

Berry Melomel – Semi-Sweet

	Mark Tanner	Raspberry 2013
	Ivan Kozoletov	Honeyberry Twist
	Pat Idzik & Ruth Paschal	Strawberry Melomel
Hon	rob hurt	blueberry smothie

Berry Melomel – Sweet

	Thomas Repas	Strawberry
	Scot Schaar	Misguided Angel
	Tim Leber	RB&L
Hon	Duane Adams	Blackberry

Metheglin – Dry

	John Wirkner & David Myers	Gleipnir
	DeAnne Ienna	Bazooka Bubble Gum
	glenn Lavender	Scarborough Fair

Metheglin – Semi-Sweet

	Scott Behrens	Cinammon
	Steve Patik	Black magic
	Scott Behrens	Vanilla
Hon	Steve Fletty	Damage Control

Metheglin – Sweet

	Scott Behrens	Cinammon
	Steve Patik	Black magic
	Scott Behrens	Vanilla
Hon	Steve Fletty	Damage Control

Braggot

	Steve Patik	Pilsmeer
	Mark Tanner	Kriek Berry
	Josh Mahoney	Glorious Braggot

Open Category Mead – Dry

	Adam Crockett	Old Fashion
	Dan Daugherty	Kvasir’s Gift
	Glenn Lavender	Voulez_Vous?

Open Category Mead – Semi-Sweet

	Scot Schaar	Angels In The Wilderness
	Jon Talkington	Ancient Kemet
	Jason Meehan	Country Breakfast

Open Category Mead – Sweet

	Justin Chartier	Hungarian Oaked Orange Blossom
	JERZY KASPERSKI	JEZYNIAK POLDWOJNIAK
	Robert Eltringham	Dragons breath