Valkyries Horn Amateur Mead competition: 2023
Awards
Judges
Al Boyce, Adam Bystrom, Stephen Cook, Michael Cote, Patrick Curme, Kristen England, Steve Fletty, Wayne Gibbons, Jon Hamilton, Christy Helps, Richard Helps, Dan Holbrook, Josh Holbrook, Mitchell Johnson, Paul Johnson, Amanda Kutzke, Gera Exire LaTour, Josh Mahoney, Will Otte, Steve Piatz, Scot Schaar, Jeff Shouse, Mark Simpson, Nathan Steigman, Taylor Stevenson, Garrick Van Buren, Matthew Weide, Carvin Wilson
Judges - Best of Show
Adam Bystrom, Steve Fletty, Josh Holbrook, Steve Piatz, Matthew Weide
Stewards
Art Arsenault, Katie Brine, Tony Doeden, Austin Kroll, Matt Radniecki, Mark Wersal
Staff
Josh Holbrook, Taylor Stevenson
Organizer
Kevin Meintsma
By the Numbers
254 Entries
64 Entrants
28 Judges
6 Stewards
2 Staff
254 Placing Entries
Table 1: Dry Trad
8 entries
Judges: Adam Bystrom, Kristen England, Mark Simpson, Carvin Wilson
1st
Nathan Steigman
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Campus Florum (M1A: Dry Mead)
2nd
Nathan Steigman
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Condemnantes (M1A: Dry Mead)
3rd
Nathan Steigman
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Coronam Mellis (M1A: Dry Mead)
Table 2: Semi-Sweet Trads
20 entries
Judges: Al Boyce, Adam Bystrom, Steve Fletty, Dan Holbrook, Josh Holbrook, Matthew Weide
1st
Ryan Vigne
Monkey Pod Blossom (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)
2nd
Eric Martin
Kansas City Bier Meisters
Pumpkin (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)
3rd
Dan Hervey
MASH Fort Wayne Homebrew Club
Big Island (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)
Table 3: Sweet Trads
12 entries
Judges: Al Boyce, Steve Fletty, Jon Hamilton, Matthew Weide
1st
Allen Martin
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Sweet Clover (M1C: Sweet Mead)
2nd
Nathan Steigman
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Incursio (M1C: Sweet Mead)
3rd
Josh Mahoney
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Valley Gold (M1C: Sweet Mead)
Table 4: Cyser
10 entries
Judges: Adam Bystrom, Richard Helps, Dan Holbrook, Matthew Weide
1st
Paul Johnson
River City Brewers [MN]
Crabby Cyser (57A: Cyser SWEET)
2nd
Josh Mahoney
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2 Legit 2 Quit (57A: Cyser SWEET)
3rd
Susan Jimenez
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Cyzer (56A: Cyser SEMI)
Table 5: Pyment
20 entries
Judges: Adam Bystrom, Patrick Curme, Steve Fletty, Mitchell Johnson, Paul Johnson, Steve Piatz, Matthew Weide, Carvin Wilson
1st
Allen Martin
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Ps Pyment (59A: Pyment SEMI)
2nd
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Quest For the Holy Grail 2023 (60A: Pyment SWEET)
3rd
Michael Harper
Musser's Muscadine (59A: Pyment SEMI)
Table 6: Dry Berry
7 entries
Judges: Will Otte, Steve Piatz (Head Judge)
1st
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
The Black Knights Left Arm (52A: Berry DRY)
2nd
Allen Martin
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Crymel (52A: Berry DRY)
3rd
John Jacob
Hellgate Homebrewers
Dry Blueberry (52A: Berry DRY)
Table 7: Semi-Sweet Berry
11 entries
Judges: Mitchell Johnson, Scot Schaar, Jeff Shouse, Garrick Van Buren
1st
Allen Martin
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Carvin's Berries (53A: Berry SEMI)
2nd
Allen Martin
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Blueberry (53A: Berry SEMI)
3rd
Renea Clark
Northern Washington Homebrewers...
Skagit Strawberry 2.0 (53A: Berry SEMI)
Table 8: Sweet Berry
11 entries
Judges: Al Boyce, Dan Holbrook, Gera Exire LaTour, Jeff Shouse
1st
Nicholas Laur
The Red (54A: Berry SWEET)
2nd
Jason Rohloff
Beer Barons of Milwaukee
Diversion (54A: Berry SWEET)
3rd
Sean O'Leary
Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
Dark Spark (54A: Berry SWEET)
Table 9: Stone Fruit
13 entries
Judges: Steve Fletty, Christy Helps, Steve Piatz, Jeff Shouse
1st
Matthew Mead
Michigan Mead Coalition
Michigan Upick: Montmorency Verses Balaton Verses Danube (63A: Stone Fruit SWEET)
2nd
Ryan Vigne
Sticky Beard (63A: Stone Fruit SWEET)
3rd
Brian Stephens
Keepers of Craft
Back To the O.G. (63A: Stone Fruit SWEET)
Table 10: Melomel Dry and Semi-Sweet
21 entries
Judges: Al Boyce, Michael Cote, Kristen England, Steve Fletty, Mitchell Johnson, Scot Schaar, Jeff Shouse, Carvin Wilson
1st
Richard Helps
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Jj Hod Hydro (65A: Melomel SEMI)
2nd
Daniel Kukuk
Motor City Mashers
Paradise Gold (65A: Melomel SEMI)
3rd
Steven Phillips
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
Peach Pyment (65A: Melomel SEMI)
Table 11: Melomel Sweet
14 entries
Judges: Al Boyce, Steve Fletty, Josh Holbrook, Matthew Weide
1st
Allen Martin
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Duo (66A: Melomel SWEET)
2nd
Matthew Mead
Michigan Mead Coalition
Sacrilicous (66A: Melomel SWEET)
3rd
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh!!!! (66A: Melomel SWEET)
Table 12: Fruit Spice Semi-Sweet
17 entries
Judges: Patrick Curme, Kristen England, Paul Johnson, Gera Exire LaTour, Scot Schaar, Carvin Wilson
1st
Allen Martin
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Everything But The... (68A: Fruit and Spice SEMI)
2nd
Jeremy Voeltz
Ode To Repas (68A: Fruit and Spice SEMI)
3rd
Christy Helps
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Botanical Blueberry (68A: Fruit and Spice SEMI)
Table 13: Fruit and Spice Sweet
12 entries
Judges: Wayne Gibbons, Josh Holbrook, Will Otte, Will Otte
1st
Peter Knox
Blueberry Bliss (69A: Fruit and Spice SWEET)
2nd
Eric Lutz
Three Rivers Alliance of Serious...
Pear Vanilla Chai (69A: Fruit and Spice SWEET)
3rd
Gian Sari
Garden State Homebrewers
"Hey, Brett! Meet Katie." (69A: Fruit and Spice SWEET)
Table 14: S/H/V Dry and Semi-Sweet
14 entries
Judges: Christy Helps, Richard Helps, Paul Johnson, Gera Exire LaTour, Steve Piatz, Matthew Weide
1st
Michael Harper
Flower Power (71A: S/H/V SEMI)
2nd
David Boswell
Unbeetable (71A: S/H/V SEMI)
3rd
David Boswell
Serrano's Glory (71A: S/H/V SEMI)
Table 15: S/H/V Sweet
13 entries
Judges: Stephen Cook, Dan Holbrook, Amanda Kutzke, Josh Mahoney
1st
Gian Sari
Garden State Homebrewers
"All of the World, At Home, John..." (72A: S/H/V SWEET)
2nd
Daniel Kukuk
Motor City Mashers
Southwest Sweet Heat (72A: S/H/V SWEET)
3rd
Renea Clark
Northern Washington Homebrewers...
Spiced Brownie Bochet (72A: S/H/V SWEET)
Table 16: Braggot
5 entries
Judges: Adam Bystrom, Dan Holbrook
1st
Steven Phillips & Spencer Janney
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
Young Buck (M4A: Braggot)
2nd
Matthew Mead
Michigan Mead Coalition
Belgian Sunset B4 (M4A: Braggot)
3rd
Dylan Feltz
Hey Ma (M4A: Braggot)
Table 17: Historical
5 entries
Judges: Michael Cote, Scot Schaar
1st
Nathan Steigman
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Nienasycony. Spróbuj, Oceń Sam. (M4B: Historical Mead)
2nd
Nathan Steigman
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Diabelski Miód I Przeklęty Wytwórca Miodu (M4B: Historical Mead)
3rd
Kyle Ducharme
Green Mountain Mashers
Session Tej (M4B: Historical Mead)
Table 18: Experimental Semi-Sweet
15 entries
Judges: Al Boyce, Al Boyce, Josh Holbrook, Josh Holbrook, Will Otte, Steve Piatz (Head Judge)
1st
Timothy Leber
Beer Renegades of Everett...
Old Fashioned (74A: Experimental SEMI)
2nd
Jonathan Moore
KGB
Empty, and Become Wind (74A: Experimental SEMI)
3rd
Susan Jimenez
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
B Bochet (74A: Experimental SEMI)
Table 19: Experimental Sweet
13 entries
Judges: Adam Bystrom, Patrick Curme, Dan Holbrook, Will Otte
1st
Jeremy Olsen
Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
Barrel Project 3.0 (75A: Experimental SWEET)
2nd
Josh Mahoney
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
If This Wins Bos, the Vikings Win the Super Bowl (75A: Experimental SWEET)
3rd
Nathan Zangmeister & Karysa Kent
Pecan Pie Mead B56 (75A: Experimental SWEET)
Table 20: No Water Melomel
13 entries
Judges: Al Boyce, Michael Cote, Jon Hamilton, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Steigman
1st
Jason Rohloff
Beer Barons of Milwaukee
Lakeview Triplets (76A: No Water Melomel)
2nd
Nathan Zangmeister & Karysa Kent
Pear Pressure B63 (76A: No Water Melomel)
3rd
Kyle Ducharme
Green Mountain Mashers
Das Bloob (76A: No Water Melomel)
Best of Show
Mead
Judges: Adam Bystrom, Steve Fletty, Josh Holbrook, Steve Piatz, Matthew Weide
1st
Gian Sari
Garden State Homebrewers
"All of the World, At Home, John..." (72A: S/H/V SWEET)
2nd
Jason Rohloff
Beer Barons of Milwaukee
Lakeview Triplets (76A: No Water Melomel)
3rd
Jeremy Olsen
Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
Barrel Project 3.0 (75A: Experimental SWEET)
HM
Allen Martin
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Sweet Clover (M1C: Sweet Mead)
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners
