March 8, 2017 UPDATE: Hi Folks! We haven’t forgotten that many of you wish to attend the awards ceremony. We are working on finalizing the the number of tickets we can make available to the Awards Banquet based on the room capacity. Once we have that number we will add a link to our storefront where you may purchase tickets. We’ll announce on the website and on the Facebook page once we have firm numbers before we put the link to purchase tickets up on our website. Thank you for your patience.
Both the Home and Commercial entry systems are open.
Mazer Cup Competition! Mar 9-11, 2017
Day(s)
:
Hour(s)
:
Minute(s)
:
Second(s)
The Mazer Cup International Mead Competition is operated and hosted by the Mazer Cup International Incorporated., a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization. No funds are disbursed to board or planning committee members except to reimburse out of pocket expenses which are verified by receipts/invoices. The Mazer Cup International is an IRS approved and registered non-profit as well as a State of Colorado registered non-profit. All proceeds from entry fees and associated events are used to fund the competitions and to give financial support to the Community Food Share.
The Mazer Cup International Mead Competition and associated events are funded by competition entry fees, donations, sponsorships and proceeds from the admission and table fees from the Mead Mixer. This revenue also enables us to donate to the Community Food Share serving the Boulder and Broomfield communities. In 2016 our donation funded 12,000 meals distributed to those in need.
Federal Tax ID #: 46-2154298
ADVANCED MEAD MAKING
June 19-22, 2017
The Honey and Pollination Center at
The Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science
University of California, Davis
Hi Everybody!
This is going to be an awesome session that you won't want to miss with five (count 'em FIVE!) of the top Meadmakers in the USA talking about the things you need to know about growing your meadery successfully!
We already have attendees registered from Korea, South Africa, Chile and India! We're approaching the minimum number of people needed to ensure the course is presented (it takes a lot to put this course on so don't hold back, register soon to make this happen!). The networking with other meadery and meadery start-ups alone is worth the price of admission.
Registration Link: honey.ucdavis.edu/events/advanced-mead-making
Featured Mead Makers are:
Michael Fairbrother - Moonlight Meadery
Mike Faul - Rabbit's Foot Meadery
Ash Fishbein - Saphouse Meadery
Frank Golbeck - Golden Coast Mead
Ken Schramm, Schramm's Mead
Each day has a unique focus – Production, Sensory, Touring facilities and Business. Obviously, some of these overlap. Please read the specific descriptions below.
DON'T MISS OUT!
honey.ucdavis.edu
Learn more in-depth about the science of mead, sensory analysis from mead makers and UC Davis Viticulture & Enology professors.
HEAR YE HEAR YE!
In order to celebrate the Ten Year Anniversary of the Right Honourable Mazer Cup International Mead Competition, a Special Mead Tourney has been commissioned for 2018.
This special Tourney will henceforth be known as:
THE KNIGHTS EXEMPLAR OF THE MAZER CUP
Rules of the Tourney
Be it known:
Entries in this special category must be based on a recipe from The Closet of Kenelm Digby Opened
(www.gutenberg.org/files/16441/16441-h/16441-h.htm).
Be it known:
Recipes are limited to honey-based beverages and may be historically accurate, or altered to fit modern meadmaking conventions.
Be it known:
Copies of the original recipe and your entry notes/recipe will be provided to the judges.
Be it known:
Judges will have wide discretion in awarding the top three awards in this category.
Be it known:
A special panel of judges will be assembled for both the home and commercial special competitions.
Be it known:
Special awards will be bestowed in the home and commercial categories.
Be it known:
Any entries listing or containing psychotropic or toxic ingredients will be disqualified.
Be it known:
The Mazer Cup International staff asks that any meadery or home mead maker planning to enter this category notify us as soon as possible so that we can assure sufficient interest.
Be it known:
A notice of intent and a paid entry in this category guarantees access to one additional entry in another category (not free, but not subject to entry caps).
Be it known:
Commercial entries are not required to be made on commercial equipment or offered for sale to the public.
The Project Gutenberg eBook of THE CLOSET OF SIR KENELM DIGBY KNIGHT OPENED, by SIR KENELM DIGBY.
gutenberg.org
With the waning of Sir Kenelm Digby's philosophic reputation his name has not become obscure. It stands, vaguely perhaps, but permanently, for something versatile and brilliant and romantic. He remains a perpetual type of the hero of romance, the double hero, in the field of action and the realm of…
John Kaufman, Georgia Flair and 23 others like this
Amy OlsenI'm excited about this one! I'm in!
3 weeks ago · 2
John WayLove the idea so much we just bought a copy of the book, it will be here next week!
3 weeks agoJosh MahoneyCount me in!
3 weeks agoJeremy VoeltzI'm in!
3 weeks agoKim WalbridgePerfect!! I'm a historical home brewer, 90% of my brews use Digby recipes and his methods to brew them!!!
3 weeks ago · 2Ryan CarlsonI'm in!
3 weeks agoRobert RatliffI'm in.
3 weeks agoDavid TheibaultWait, I get to make mead? Okay, twist my arm. I am so in.
3 weeks ago · 2Angie ColwellWhy not? Count me in :)
3 weeks agoHoward ElandThese being so Excellent in their kinde, so beneficial and so well ordered, I think it unhandsome, if not injurious, by the trouble of any further Discourse, to detain thee any longer from falling to; Fall to therefore, and much good may it do thee, I am in. (Used without permission)
3 weeks ago · 1Mike FaulI'm in. My entry is already ready. One bottle 25 years old with documentation. I'll just set this aside now.
3 weeks ago · 3Michael L. HallExcellent idea! Please consider me for judging!
3 weeks agoMatthew ChrispenDefinitely in!
3 weeks agoDan BremerI am also inne
3 weeks agoDeAnne IennaI'm in.
3 weeks agoKen StuartSusan Verberg for your consideration.
3 weeks agoShelley StuartGreat idea - I'll play too!
3 weeks agoThe Great UntamedWe'll participate
3 weeks agoMichael PelikanI'm in
2 weeks agoOH yes! We did say this week!
Mikey Quatros, Todd Williamson and 4 others like this
0k folks! Keep your eyes open for an announcement about a special competition commemorating the Mazer Cup International Mead Competition 2018. Details will follow this week!
Steve Patik, Tamara Kosoris and 23 others like this
Heads up to all of you eagerly waiting for scoresheets. All but a few international scoresheets are in the mail.
Yoginee Budhkar Patnaik, Mads Rosenberg Petersen and 15 others like this
Hamish LucasUnfortunately, I have all the Aus scoresheets with me. I do hope next year more of my brethren will enter the cup.
2 months agoVicky RoweMore Aussies in the MCI!!
2 months ago · 1Elaine AllisonHi! We emailed about this a few times but didn't hear back- we submitted in several categories last year but never received score sheets :( Commercial category, Tallgrass Mead. Deterred us from entering this year. Any ideas of where those sheets ended up?
2 months agoMazer Cup International added an event.
The 10th Annual Mazer Cup International Mead Competition And Mead Mixer
Omni Interlocken Resort
Kathy Yan Li, Pavel An and 19 others like this
James TiemannDeAnne Ienna. It begins =-)
2 months ago · 1Mazer Cup International shared a post.
Great article about the Mazer cup International and the AMMA.
I wrote up my experiences at the 2017 AMMA Conference and Mazer Cup for my blog. Thought I would share. Thumbs up to Vicky Rowe , Peter Bakulic , Glenn Exline, Ryan Thomas and the volunteers for a wonderful weekend. I borrowed a couple of pictures...
Jeanne Donahoo Repas, Warren Bader and 11 others like this
Thank you for your participation in the 9th Annual Mazer Cup International Commercial Competition!
To all of you who came to Broomfield, Colorado, I’d like to extend our sincere thanks for your participation! Our events are enriched by the participation of each and every one of you who take the time to travel from your homes to spend the weekend here with us making our events great. Very special thanks to the tabulation room staff, judges, stewards, pouring room staff, table captains, all of our valued staff and volunteers. You are all the beating heart of our competition and associated events. Without you it couldn’t run as smoothly and efficiently as it does!
Thanks to your support of the MCI we are the largest mead-only competition in the world, and our commitment to excellence in judging has the Mead Industry Calling us the ‘Olympics of Mead.’ We are thrilled, and very much appreciate you helping us to conduct and improve this event.
In 2017, we increased entry limits for both the home and commercial competition. This was possible because of the marked increase in the number of judges who volunteered. We were able to judge 400 commercial entries on Friday, March 10, and 447 home entries on Saturday, March 11, 2017.
Entries came from all over the world including: USA, UK, Canada, Poland, Denmark, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, and Switzerland.
Special thanks to the meaderies who poured their meads at the Mead Mixer, and helped to support the Community Food Share of Broomfield and Boulder County.
Pete Bakulić
President, Mazer Cup International Mead Competition
DeAnne Ienna, Warren Bader and 23 others like this
Jeff RothrockLooks like results are already posted on the website: mazercup.org/2017/03/12/2017-home-competition-results/
2 months ago · 1Lost and found notice:
We found what looks like an iPhone charger or adapter of some type attached to the podium used at the Mead Mixer and the Awards Ceremony. If you are missing such a device or know of someone who may have lost their device. Please contact the front desk at the Omni Interlocken Hotel to claim it.
Michael Jordanwanted to know when you will mail out the judges notes on the meads?
2 months ago
Michael L. Hall, Doug Fenske and 23 others like this
Kimberly Allen PughI can't wait to hear all about it! I hate that I missed it this year.
3 months ago · 1Ffranek Dolass Na PlażyThe pestilence cleave ;) (y) (y) (y)
3 months ago · 1Hannah HirschAre the award results going to be posted online? I'd love to know 😊
3 months ago · 2Cameron Keith MyersWhere will the winners be posted online? Thank you.
3 months ago · 1Mazer Cup InternationalThe results will be posted online, usually by Monday Evening once we have broken everything down and cleared all of the equipment from the hotel, then safely traveled to our homes.
3 months ago · 5Mazer Cup International 2017 – Mead Mixer to Benefit
We are pleased to announce that once again a portion of the proceeds from this year’s Mead Mixer will benefit the Community Food Share of Boulder and Broomfield Counties.
Their mission is to be a leader in the effort to end hunger in Boulder and Broomfield Counties.
Burt Renard, Beth Goodsell and 6 others like this
Mazer Cup InternationalThe Show MUST go on! The course is definitely On! . Sorry for any confusion! Hope this clears things up and we will see you in June!
2 weeks agoComment on Facebook