Welcome to Valkyries Horn Mead Competition 2025
It's coming up quickly, and we have lots of great things in store for the '25 competition, so please join us!
Commercial and Amateur entries open on December 20th, 2024.
Amateur special category is CHOCOLATE!
Educational offering is a tasting of a traditional mead with Gardner Bees SW Minnesota wildflower. The educational component is a side by side tasting of wood aging:
- 12 different wood species
- 5 months contact time
- 1 month contact time
- Zero months control sample
Key Dates
12/20/24: Account Registration Opens
12/20/24: Entries Open
01/03/25: Shipping Opens (contact us for early shipping outside of USA)
02/14/25: Shipping/Dropoff/Edits Close
03/07/25: Judging/Social/Bottle Share
03/08/25: Judging/Education/Banquet/Awards/Bottle Share
Awards shipping
Excepting custom items, our goal is to have awards shipped 2 weeks after awards announcements.
Volunteers
Whether you're an avid home brewer or a commercial meadery, there's a place for you here. Volunteers are a vital part of our competition and are invited to attend all events. We can't wait to see you!
Accomodations
We have secured a block of discounted rooms for the competition.
We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to be safe, and enjoy exclusive use of a private party room for our bottle shares on Friday and Saturday nights.
We have a booking link that includes the discounted rate on the competition registration websites.
LivINN Hotels
5201 Central AVE NE
Fridley, MN 55421
763-571-9440
www.livinn.com
Entries and Registration
Get your evaluations by logging into the competition websites below. Navigate to your Account Details and scroll down or select "Entry Details". Scoresheets can be downloaded by selecting the icon that looks like a document on the far right of the entry details.
Sponsors
Please contact us at [email protected] if you would like to be a sponsor.