Valkyries Horn Mead competition

Best of Show – Mead

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steve Fletty	Chateau Fletty	SEMI-SWEET Pyment	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
2nd	Renea Clark	Strawberry Punch	SEMI-SWEET Berry	Northern Washington Homebrewers Guild

Winning Entries

Table 1: Dry Trads (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steven Phillips	Rich City Dry	Dry Mead	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
2nd	Josh Mahoney	Skeet Skeet Skeet Skeet	Dry Mead	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd	Steve Fletty	Chateau Fletty Clover Blossom Select	Dry Mead	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club

Table 2: Semi-Sweet Trads (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steven Phillips	Meadowfoam	Semi-Sweet Mead	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
2nd	Josh Mahoney	Mahalo	Semi-Sweet Mead	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd	Amy Olsen	Sweet Clover	Semi-Sweet Mead	Michigan Mead Coalition

Table 3: Sweet Trads (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Harper	High Plains Drifter	Sweet Mead
2nd	Paweł Knap	#102 Trojniak	Sweet Mead	Polski Miód Pitny
3rd	Amy Olsen	Lemon Tree	Sweet Mead	Michigan Mead Coalition

Table 4: Cyser (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Mead	Husted's Orchards Semi-Sweet English Cyser	SEMI-SWEET CYSER	PrimeTime Brewers
2nd	Steve Fletty	Apple Sauced	SEMI-SWEET CYSER	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
3rd	Josh Mahoney	Let's Take A 5 Minute Break Before I Announce This	SEMI-SWEET CYSER	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Table 5: Pyment (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steve Fletty	Chateau Fletty	SEMI-SWEET Pyment	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
2nd	Stephen Wilson	Pyment	SWEET Pyment
3rd	Nathan Steigman	Dominus Sedit	SWEET Pyment	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Table 6: Dry Berry (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Garrett Freeman	No More Sugar Berry	DRY Berry	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	John Jacob	Dry Blueberry	DRY Berry	Hellgate Homebrewers
3rd	Jeremy Olsen	Raspberry Beret	DRY Berry	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club

Table 7: Berry: Semi-Sweet (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Renea Clark	Strawberry Punch	SEMI-SWEET Berry	Northern Washington Homebrewers Guild
2nd	John Jacob	Semi Sweet Sparkling Blueberry	SEMI-SWEET Berry	Hellgate Homebrewers
3rd	Derek Coleman	Sprinkles	SEMI-SWEET Berry	Doin' The Most Discord

Table 8: Berry: Sweet (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Hudson	King Crimson Requiem	SWEET Berry	Keystone Hops
2nd	Michael Harper	Thrill? Found!	SWEET Berry
3rd	Jacob Thill	Blackcurrant BFM	SWEET Berry

Table 9: Stone Fruit (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steve Fletty	Cherry Tupelo	SEMI-SWEET Stone Fruit	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
2nd	Matthew Mead	Michigan U-Pick: Montmorency Vs. Balaton Vs. Danube	SWEET Stone Fruit	PrimeTime Brewers
3rd	Jordan Willeford	Peachy Keen	SWEET Stone Fruit	Burnt Barrel Homebrew Club

Table 10: Melomel: Dry and Semi-Sweet (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steve Fletty	Mo Passion Mo Problems	SEMI-SWEET Melomel	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
2nd	Steven Phillips	Peach Pyment	SEMI-SWEET Melomel	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
3rd	Mark Simpson	Multi Fruit Melomel	DRY Melomel	Ames Brewers League

Table 11: Melomel: Sweet (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Hudson	Kiwi Blueberry	SWEET Melomel	Keystone Hops
2nd	Paul Johnson	Zeeeee Lingonberry OB	SWEET Melomel	River City Brewers [MN]

Table 12: Fruit & Spice: Dry and Semi-Sweet (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Jacob	Cinnamon Blueberry	SEMI-SWEET Fruit and Spice	Hellgate Homebrewers
2nd	Matt Lagueux	I'll B-BAC	SEMI-SWEET Fruit and Spice	Big Fruit Mafia
3rd	Melissa Greenfield	Chocolate Raspberry Bochet	SEMI-SWEET Fruit and Spice	QUAFF

Table 13: Fruit & Spice: Sweet (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Harper	Wyoming Wassail	SWEET Fruit and Spice
2nd	Josh Mahoney	Sloppy Tincture	SWEET Fruit and Spice	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Table 14: SHV: Dry (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Melissa Greenfield	Coffeemel	DRY Spice/Herb/Vegetable	QUAFF
2nd	Matt Lagueux	Prickle Surprise	DRY Spice/Herb/Vegetable	Big Fruit Mafia
3rd	Andre Lex	YmbYr	DRY Spice/Herb/Vegetable	Fredericks Original Ale Makers (FOAM)

Table 15: SHV: Semi-Sweet (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Simpson	Sweet And Warm	SEMI-SWEET Spice/Herb/Vegetable	Ames Brewers League
2nd	Michael Harper	Bleu Basil	SEMI-SWEET Spice/Herb/Vegetable
3rd	Amy Olsen	Mack The Knife	SEMI-SWEET Spice/Herb/Vegetable	Michigan Mead Coalition

Table 16: SHV: Sweet (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steven Keller	Garden Pepper	SWEET Spice/Herb/Vegetable	Madison Homebrewers & Tasters
2nd	Mark Simpson	Chocolate Mint Mead	SWEET Spice/Herb/Vegetable	Ames Brewers League
3rd	Daniel Kukuk	La Flama De Chocolate	SWEET Spice/Herb/Vegetable	Motor City Mashers

Table 17: Braggot (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi	Braggot	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Josh Mahoney	Arrow To The Knee	Braggot	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd	Josh Mahoney	2 Legit	Braggot	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Table 18: Historical (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nathan Steigman	Obsesyjno-Kompulsyjne	Historical Mead	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2nd	Kyle Ducharme	Aronia Cerise	Historical Mead	Green Mountain Mashers
3rd	Kyle Sarles	Let's Try Again	Historical Mead

Table 19: Experimental: Dry (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dylan Feltz	Mead-A-Rita	DRY Experimental
2nd	Kyle Ducharme	Mead-Fashion	DRY Experimental	Green Mountain Mashers
3rd	Kyle Ducharme	Pear-Burana	DRY Experimental	Green Mountain Mashers

Table 20: Experimental: Semi-Sweet (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Harper	Smoking Jacket	SEMI-SWEET Experimental
2nd	Garrett Freeman	Peach Pie Mead	SEMI-SWEET Experimental	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Kyle Sarles	Darkness Everybody Darkness	SEMI-SWEET Experimental

Table 21: Experimental: Sweet (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Renea Clark	Spiced Brownie Bochet	SWEET Experimental	Northern Washington Homebrewers Guild
2nd	Charlotte Skelton	You Said I Could...	SWEET Experimental
3rd	Amy Olsen	Blame It On The Rum	SWEET Experimental	Michigan Mead Coalition

Table 22: Hoppy Meads (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Daniel Kukuk	Hive Hoppin	HOPPY	Motor City Mashers
2nd	Kyle Ducharme	Tropic Thiols	HOPPY	Green Mountain Mashers
3rd	Renea Clark	Citrus Hopped Hydromel	HOPPY	Northern Washington Homebrewers Guild