Texas Mead Cup (Commercial Competition)
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By the Numbers
80 Entries 26 Entrants
35 Placing Entries
Table 1: Traditional Mead
3 entries
1st
Dancing Bee Winery
Traditional Sweet Mead (M1C: Sweet Mead)
2nd
Slaymaker Cellars
Wildflower Traditional (M1A: Dry Mead)
Table 5: Varietal Mead
7 entries
1st
Honey Buzz Winery
Queen's Revenge (37A: M5C - Varietal Mead (Sweet))
2nd
Slaymaker Cellars
Orange Blossom Traditional (36A: M5B - Varietal Mead (Semi-Sweet))
3rd
White Bear Meadery
Freya (35A: M5A - Varietal Mead (Dry))
Table 6: Session Mead (Hydromel)
6 entries
1st
Breaking Brew Meadery
Java Bomb (40A: M6C- Session Mead - Sweet)
2nd
Rohan Meadery
Blind Date (39A: M6B - Session Mead - Semi-Sweet)
3rd
Fox and Raven Llc
Desdemona (39A: M6B - Session Mead - Semi-Sweet)
Table 7: Dessert
2 entries
1st
White Bear Meadery
Wanderer (42A: M7B - Dessert Mead - Sweet)
2nd
Happy Bear
Love Potion (42A: M7B - Dessert Mead - Sweet)
Table 8: Cyser
3 entries
1st
The Ferm Meadery
Apple Pieser (45A: M8C - Sweet Cyser)
2nd
Honey Buzz Winery
Cyser (44A: M8B - Semi-sweet Cyser)
3rd
White Bear Meadery
Iduna (45A: M8C - Sweet Cyser)
Table 9: Pyment
4 entries
1st
Wildflyer Mead Co.
Mielleux Blanc (46A: M9A - White Pyment)
2nd
Atheling Meadworks
Eir's Song (48A: M9C - Red Pyment)
3rd
Dancing Bee Winery
Texas Two Step (48A: M9C - Red Pyment)
Table 10: Berry Melomel
13 entries
1st
Treehive
Vexalator (51A: M10C - Berry Melomel - Sweet)
2nd
Elk Valley Brewing Company
St. Vincent's (51A: M10C - Berry Melomel - Sweet)
3rd
Gryphon Mead
Black Currant (50A: M10B - Berry Melomel - Semi Sweet)
Table 11: Other Fruit and Mixed Fruit Blend Melomel
8 entries
1st
Beach Bee Meadery
Pirate Daze (54A: M11C - Other Fruit and Mixed Fruit Blend Melomel - Sweet)
2nd
Elgin Meadery
Cherry Nice To Meet You (54A: M11C - Other Fruit and Mixed Fruit Blend Melomel - Sweet)
3rd
Happy Bear
Joy (54A: M11C - Other Fruit and Mixed Fruit Blend Melomel - Sweet)
Table 12: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead
3 entries
1st
Gryphon Mead
Yuletide (57A: M12C - Metheglin - Sweet)
2nd
Atheling Meadworks
Rheda's Longing (57A: M12C - Metheglin - Sweet)
3rd
White Bear Meadery
Ravn (59A: M12E - Vegetable Mead - Semi-sweet)
Table 13: Bracket or Braggot
1 entry
1st
Maryland Meadworks
Miambo No. 5 (61A: M13A -. Bracket/Braggot)
Table 14: Specialty Mead
17 entries
1st
Elk Valley Brewing Company
St. Urban's Mead (62A: M14A - Fruit and Spiced Mead)
2nd
Beach Bee Meadery
Strong Currant (62A: M14A - Fruit and Spiced Mead)
3rd
The Ferm Meadery
Mornin Honey (63A: M14B - Vegetable and Spiced Mead)
Table 15: Wood Aged Mead
9 entries
1st
Antelope Ridge Mead
French Blue (70A: M15A - Wood Aged Mead)
2nd
Celestial Artisan Meads
Pandora's Barrel (71A: M15B - Specialty Wood Aged Mead)
3rd
Dragon Meadery
Barrel Aged Cyser (71A: M15B - Specialty Wood Aged Mead)
Table 16: Experimental Mead (open)
4 entries
1st
Hex Meadery
Rccv (72A: M16A - Experimental)
2nd
Antelope Ridge Mead
Pb&j Xl (72A: M16A - Experimental)
3rd
Beach Bee Meadery
Strawberry Rhubarb Reserve (72A: M16A - Experimental)
Best of Show
Mead
1st
Antelope Ridge Mead
French Blue (70A: M15A - Wood Aged Mead)
2nd
Beach Bee Meadery
Pirate Daze (54A: M11C - Other Fruit and Mixed Fruit Blend Melomel - Sweet)
3rd
Wildflyer Mead Co.
Mielleux Blanc (46A: M9A - White Pyment)
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners