Valkyries Horn Mead competition

Best of Show – Mead

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gonçalo Costa	The Return Of The Revenge Of The Freezer Dump, Part 3 - Revolutions	SWEET Melomel
2nd	Bill Boyer	Chocolate Trojiniak	CHOCOLATE!	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Sergio Quevedo	Port Of Fragaria	SWEET Experimental

Winning Entries

Table 1: Dry Trads (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dan Acheson	Sesh	Dry Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Jeff Case	The Honey Dried Up	Dry Mead	QUAFF
3rd	Ryan Vigne	When The Dreamer Dies	Dry Mead	Pittsburgh Mead Makers And Homebrewers

Table 2: Semi Sweet Trads (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Allen Martin	Sweet Clover	Semi-Sweet Mead	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	John Malaty	Buzzin'	Semi-Sweet Mead	Hogtown Brewers
3rd	Dominic Roth	Follow The Sunshine	Semi-Sweet Mead

Table 3: Sweet Trads (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Allen Martin	Orange Blossom Trad	Sweet Mead	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Chris Radel	Tradish	Sweet Mead
3rd	Dan Acheson	Another Sweet Clover	Sweet Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 4: Cyser (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	The Anti Cyser	SEMI-SWEET CYSER	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Garrett Freeman	Simple Cyser	SWEET CYSER	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Nathan Steigman	Pomum	SEMI-SWEET CYSER	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Table 5: Pyment (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Austin Stevens	Southern Exposure	SWEET Pyment
2nd	Nathan Steigman	Perpetua	SWEET Pyment	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd	Traci A Kuhfuss	Dry Pinot Noir Pyment	DRY Pyment	Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 6: Dry & Semi Sweet Berry (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-Ptang. Zoom-Boing, Z'nourrwringmm	SEMI-SWEET Berry	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	John Jacob	Blueberry Bombshell	SEMI-SWEET Berry	Hellgate Homebrewers
3rd	Kelly Phillips	Mulberry	SEMI-SWEET Berry

Table 7: Sweet Berry (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gonçalo Costa	Arch Lychberry, Destroyer Of Worlds	SWEET Berry
2nd	Kyle Ducharme	Cassis D'horse	SWEET Berry	Green Mountain Mashers
3rd	Sergio Quevedo	Simply Strawberry	SWEET Berry

Table 8: Stone Fruit (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Stephen Clifford	Calypso's Cherry	SWEET Stone Fruit	Michigan Mead Coalition
2nd	Ryan Vigne	Killed In A Dream	SEMI-SWEET Stone Fruit	Pittsburgh Mead Makers And Homebrewers
3rd	Jordan Willeford	Peachy Keen B2	SWEET Stone Fruit	The Worts

Table 9: Dry Melomel (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alexandria Horn	Strawberry Lemonade	DRY Melomel	QUAFF
2nd	Mark Hamilton	Strawberry & Pineapple Lemonade	DRY Melomel
3rd	Austin Stevens	Passionfruit Point Blanc	DRY Melomel

Table 10: Semi Sweet Melomel (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Jacob	Citrus Blueberry	SEMI-SWEET Melomel	Hellgate Homebrewers
2nd	Bill Boyer	Black Is Beautiful 2021 - Sack Edition	SEMI-SWEET Melomel	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Austin Brown	Blood Orange Crush	SEMI-SWEET Melomel	Michigan Mead Coalition

Table 11: Sweet Melomel (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gonçalo Costa	The Return Of The Revenge Of The Freezer Dump, Part 3 - Revolutions	SWEET Melomel
2nd	Sergio Quevedo	Whispers Of The Grove	SWEET Melomel
3rd	Austin Stevens	Tahitian Treat Yourself	SWEET Melomel

Table 12: Dry Fruit & Spice (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Benjamin Tellier	Cinnabloobies	DRY Fruit and Spice
2nd	Nathan Steigman	Proelium	DRY Fruit and Spice	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd	Shawn Brady	Cherry Ginger Mead	DRY Fruit and Spice	Madison Homebrewers & Tasters

Table 13: Semi Sweet Fruit & Spice (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sean Perkins	An Apple A Day	SEMI-SWEET Fruit and Spice
2nd	Peter Knox	Tamarind Arbol II	SEMI-SWEET Fruit and Spice
3rd	Michał Wawszczak	Azura Sweet (2024)	SEMI-SWEET Fruit and Spice	Polski Miód Pitny

Table 14: Sweet Fruit & Spice (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle Ducharme	Red Crème Soda	SWEET Fruit and Spice	Green Mountain Mashers
2nd	Jordan Willeford	BA Cyser Of My Eye	SWEET Fruit and Spice	The Worts
3rd	Steve Ristau	Nut 'n Honey	SWEET Fruit and Spice	Ale Riders Homebrew Club

Table 15: Dry and Semi Sweet Spice/Herb/Veg (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tanner Geiss	Tanner Geiss	SEMI-SWEET Spice/Herb/Vegetable
2nd	Jeff Case	WOAH! Coffee Mead	SEMI-SWEET Spice/Herb/Vegetable	QUAFF
3rd	Dustan Cwick	Dustan's Blackberry Blossom 1	SEMI-SWEET Spice/Herb/Vegetable

Table 16: Sweet Spice/Herb/Veg (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dominic Roth	Souled Out	SWEET Spice/Herb/Vegetable
2nd	Allen Martin	Morning Coffee	SWEET Spice/Herb/Vegetable	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
3rd	Gian Sari	"Our Every Move Is The New Tradition"	SWEET Spice/Herb/Vegetable	Garden State Homebrewers

Table 17: Dry Experimental (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Melissa Greenfield	Acerglyn	DRY Experimental	QUAFF
2nd	Bradley Cole	It's Maple Time!	DRY Experimental	Nordeast Brewers Alliance
3rd	John Jacob	Hazy Propolis Pear Emulsion	DRY Experimental	Hellgate Homebrewers

Table 18: Semi Sweet Experimental (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Vigne	The Dogs Of War Have Come For Blood	SEMI-SWEET Experimental	Pittsburgh Mead Makers And Homebrewers
2nd	Jordan Willeford	Frostbite	SEMI-SWEET Experimental	The Worts
3rd	Stephen Clifford	BA Empirical	SEMI-SWEET Experimental	Michigan Mead Coalition

Table 19: Sweet Experimental (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sergio Quevedo	Port Of Fragaria	SWEET Experimental
2nd	Matthew Mead	Painkiller	SWEET Experimental	PrimeTime Brewers
3rd	Jordan Willeford	BA Strawbrûlèe	SWEET Experimental	The Worts

Table 20: Braggot (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Melissa Greenfield	Smoked Porter Bochet Braggot	Braggot	QUAFF
2nd	John Jacob	Black Braggot	Braggot	Hellgate Homebrewers
3rd	John Jacob	Base Camp Braggot IPA Style	Braggot	Hellgate Homebrewers

Table 21: Historical (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nathan Steigman	Zjedz Owoc I Pocałuj Węża Na Dobranoc	Historical Mead	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2nd	Nathan Steigman	Zwycięzca Bierze Trochę	Historical Mead	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd	Bill Boyer	Wiśnia Z Miodem Eukaliptusowym	Historical Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys

Table 22: CHOCOLATE! (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	Chocolate Trojiniak	CHOCOLATE!	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Traci A Kuhfuss	Black Currant Cacao	CHOCOLATE!	Cane Island Alers (CIA)
3rd	Richard Furlong	Myan Chocolate Mead	CHOCOLATE!	Hogtown Brewers