Valkyries Horn Mead competition

2023 Commercial Winners

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Mead

Place Organization Entry Name Style
1st Ligno Pasieka Rodzinna Lucjan Lipniak 50A: M4 Open Mead

Winning Entries

Table 1: Dry Trads (5 entries)

Place Organization Name Style
1st White Bear Meadery Freya M1A: Dry Mead
2nd Monks Meadery Monks Mead M1A: Dry Mead
3rd Fitzgibbon Meadery Sahara M1A: Dry Mead

Table 2: Semi Sweet Trads (2 entries)

Place Organization Name Style
1st Run Amok Mead GT-Clover M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead
2nd Sierra Foothills Meadery Orchard In Bloom M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead

Table 3: Sweet Trads (5 entries)

Place Organization Name Style
1st Treehive Sunny Bear Aroeira M1C: Sweet Mead
2nd W A Meadwerks, Inc Charlie Fizzy M1C: Sweet Mead
3rd Treehive Sunny Bear Sunflower M1C: Sweet Mead

Table 4: Cysers (1 entry)

Place Organization Name Style
1st Obscurity Mead Company Nemesis 60A: M2a – Cyser SEMI

Table 5: Pyments (6 entries)

Place Organization Name Style
1st Bluewood Brewing Fauxdeira 55A: M2b – Pyment SWEET
2nd Bluewood Brewing Somm Series Vol. 6 53A: M2b – Pyment DRY
3rd Loew Vineyards Tribute Series, Melo 53A: M2b – Pyment DRY

Table 6: Berry Meads (8 entries)

Place Organization Name Style
1st Atheling Meadworks Shield Maiden 57A: M2c – Berry SEMI
2nd Run Amok Mead Crimson In Clover 56A: M2c - Berry DRY
3rd White Winter Mead, Cider & Spirits Blenda's Blue 56A: M2c - Berry DRY

Table 7: Stone Fruit Meads (7 entries)

Place Organization Name Style
1st Etowah Meadery, Corp. Stone Pile Peach 63A: M2d – Stone Fruit SEMI
2nd Prairie Rose Meadery Chokecherry Mead 63A: M2d – Stone Fruit SEMI
3rd Fitzgibbon Meadery Dryad 62A: M2d – Stone Fruit DRY

Table 8: Melomel (7 entries)

Place Organization Name Style
1st Drinking Horn Unicorn Blood 66A: M2e - Melomel SEMI
2nd Unpossible Mead Mega Meme 67A: M2e - Melomel SWEET
3rd Blue Honey Squashing Pumpkins 66A: M2e - Melomel SEMI

Table 9: Fruit & Spice Meads (9 entries)

Place Organization Name Style
1st Blue Honey Transcendent 69A: M3a – Fruit and Spice SEMI
2nd Treehive Blood Trail 70A: M3a – Fruit and Spice SWEET
3rd Antelope Ridge Mead Baked Alaska 70A: M3a – Fruit and Spice SWEET

Table 10: Spice/Herb/Vegetable Meads (8 entries)

Place Organization Name Style
1st Prairie Rose Meadery Ginger Mead 73A: M3b – S/H/V SWEET
2nd Brix Urban Winery and Market, Llc Ginger Wonderland 73A: M3b – S/H/V SWEET
3rd Fitzgibbon Meadery Cordelia 72A: M3b – S/H/V SEMI

Table 11: Open Category Meads (2 entries)

Place Organization Name Style
1st Ligno Pasieka Rodzinna Lucjan Lipniak 50A: M4 Open Mead
2nd Obscurity Mead Company Good Kiss 50A: M4 Open Mead

Table 12: Session Meads (16 entries)

Place Organization Name Style
1st Manic Meadery Little Sitch 51A: S1 Session Mead
2nd Etowah Meadery, Corp. RB&B 51A: S1 Session Mead
3rd Manic Meadery Blossom 51A: S1 Session Mead

Table 13: Barrel -Aged Meads (5 entries)

Place Organization Name Style
1st Atheling Meadworks Vambrace 52A: B1 Barrel Aged Mead
2nd White Bear Meadery IDUNA RESERVE 52A: B1 Barrel Aged Mead
3rd Antelope Ridge Mead BBA Winter Cranberry 52A: B1 Barrel Aged Mead