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
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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
2018 Mazer Cup International Mead Home MeadMaker Competition rules update.
Over the past few years we have noticed a growing number of home meadmakers are entering the home competition using a meadery name (i.e. Orange County Meadery or Pete’s Wicked Meadery) We want to make it clear that this is a competition for home meadmakers only.
This competition is not in place to advertise for startup meaderies or to act as a marketing vehicle for them. The awards from this competition speak for themselves, and reflect the level of excellence you have achieved in having won a medal competing against the best home meadmakers on the planet.
When registering for the 2018 Mazer Cup International Home Meadmaker Competition no meadery name or designations will be allowed. Entrants will register their entries using their first and last name. If a meadery name is entered in the comments section we will not include it in the entry name. If bottles for registered entries are received bearing a meadery name, logo or references to a pending business or meadery name, that entry will be disqualified. We want to make it clear in no uncertain terms that this is a competition for home meadmakers.
Commercial Meaderies, Commercial meadmakers and former commercial meadmakers are not eligible to enter. Mead produced on commercial equipment, commercial pilot brew systems or systems pending commercial licensing is not permitted, and any such entries will be disqualified.
Please see the complete rules for entering the Mazer Cup International Home Meadmaker Competition at:
mazercup.org/2017/01/02/home-competition-rules/
Home Competition Rules | Mazer Cup International
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Home Competition Rules by Glenn Exline | Jan 2, 2017 | Home Comp | 0 comments ENTRY AND LABEL This is a competition for home crafted mead. Commercial Meaderies, Commercial meadmakers and former commercial meadmakers are not eligible to enter. Mead produced on commercial equipment, commercial pilot b...
Meadology with Melovino Meadery and Mazer Cup International.
Enjoying the Game of Thrones premiere with some delicious mead!
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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.
Yvonne Helms, Burt Renard and 7 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 months ago
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.
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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…
Terry Norseworthy, Matt Weide and 23 others like this
Carvin WilsonDefinitely doing this! Awesome idea!
3 months ago · 2Amy OlsenI'm excited about this one! I'm in!
3 months ago · 2John WayLove the idea so much we just bought a copy of the book, it will be here next week!
3 months agoJosh MahoneyCount me in!
3 months agoJeremy VoeltzI'm in!
3 months agoKim WalbridgePerfect!! I'm a historical home brewer, 90% of my brews use Digby recipes and his methods to brew them!!!
3 months ago · 2Ryan CarlsonI'm in!
3 months agoRobert RatliffI'm in.
3 months agoDavid TheibaultWait, I get to make mead? Okay, twist my arm. I am so in.
3 months ago · 2Angie ColwellWhy not? Count me in :)
3 months 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 months 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 months ago · 3Michael L. HallExcellent idea! Please consider me for judging!
3 months agoMatthew ChrispenDefinitely in!
3 months agoDan BremerI am also inne
3 months agoDeAnne IennaI'm in.
3 months agoKen StuartSusan Verberg for your consideration.
3 months agoShelley StuartGreat idea - I'll play too!
3 months agoThe Great UntamedWe'll participate
3 months agoMichael PelikanI'm in
3 months ago0k 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 16 others like this
Athreya RajanCJ Clarke
4 months ago · 1Hamish LucasUnfortunately, I have all the Aus scoresheets with me. I do hope next year more of my brethren will enter the cup.
4 months agoVicky RoweMore Aussies in the MCI!!
4 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?
4 months agoYvonne Helms, Kathy Yan Li and 20 others like this
Mazer 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/
5 months ago · 1Mazer 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.
Moises Martinez, Fernanda Lazzari and 23 others like this
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Athreya RajanAndrew Lynch Josh Kirk; still going but cannot enter.
3 days agoRobert RatliffFair enough.
3 days agoDaniel BauerI think this is a good move
3 days ago · 2Warren EarleWill we still be allowed to enter our local club name we are part of in order to represent them as well?
3 days ago · 21 Reply
Chad WiltzCan you define what entails commercial equipment more succinctly? What if a commercial Meadery uses buckets and carboys? How exactly do you plan on assessing where the mead was made and with what type of equipment? Our entries were made in buckets and carboys from our home over the course of a year leading up to the most recent competition. After registering and paying our entry fees we were later informed that we were disqualified as we had been granted a commercial license a few weeks after the registration. We were told our entries would be refunded but our bottles not returned. When we inquired about entering the commercial competition we were left without a response from MCI. We had a piece of paper and an empty building. Our Meadery opened some 6 months later. You can imagine my frustration as we were apparently neither homebrew (despite being made at home) or commercial apparently. Meanwhile, several of this years entrants in the home competition had applied for TTB licensure and were far further along in their commercial endeavor than we were. In fact, several were granted licenses immediately following the competition. They too made meads in buckets and carboys from their home while going commercial and yet were allowed to compete. Other medalists in the homebrew competition used commercial style Glycol chilled fermenters for their meads. I applaud their commitment; but, under your newest regulation you've potentially left them out of next years competition. Just looking for clarity and fairness. Mazer Cup labels itself as the best of the best; but, doesn't allow everyone to compete. Rather, it appears you've somewhat arbitrarily decided that being granted a license irrespective of the meads origin decides if you can compete and where. Now you've only complicated matters with the equipment clause. I think it's in MCI's best interest to be inclusive. You should be celebrating those making the jump to pro. As mead continues to grow there will only be more people like ourselves who find themselves as neither home nor commercial. Perhaps it would be easier to do this. If it was made in a licensed commercial Meadery with a TTB approved formula and label its a commercial entry. If it wasn't, it's a homebrew. Seems remarkably straightforward to me and leaves the equipment part unaddressed thus not putting the zealous homebrewer out of the competition or the persons working from home who have commercial aspirations.
3 days ago · 6Mazer Cup InternationalChad, the equipment rule was there last year as well.
3 days agoFrank RetellIf you want to make the competition better, lower the bottle limit. 10 is just way too many. If everybody entered ten then the competition would be between the 40 quickest respondants. This is hardly representitive of the whole mead culture worldwide.
3 days ago · 127 Replies
Robert RatliffActually, with how much growth there has been the last few years, lowering the bottle limit isn't a horrible idea to consider. More people can enter that way and if the numbers aren't there, last minute entries can be added.
3 days ago · 6Joshua MasonRoy Quinn
2 days agoAmy OlsenI have to agree that 10 entries per person with a cap of 400 entries is way too high. The popularity of mead making is growing. With the limit of 10 entries per person you can't even get 1 representative entry from each of the 50 states...and this is world wide! Please lower the entry limit or expand the cap.
1 day ago · 21 Reply
Angie ColwellFor quite a few folks, entering a ridiculous number of bottles is simply playing the numbers. Lower the bottle limit!
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