Valkyries Horn Home Mead Competition

Thanks to all who participated in the Valkyries Horn Home Mead Competition.

There were 276 entries judged and 139 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Mead

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gonçalo Costa	The Return Of The Revenge Of The Freezer Dump, Part 3 - Revolutions	M2e3: SWEET Melomel
2nd	Bill Boyer	Chocolate Trojiniak	MCHK1: CHOCOLATE!	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Sergio Quevedo	Port Of Fragaria	M4a3: SWEET Experimental

Winning Entries

Table 1: Dry Trads (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dan Acheson MHP	Sesh	M1A: Dry Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Jeff Case MHP	The Honey Dried Up	M1A: Dry Mead	QUAFF
3rd	Ryan Vigne MHP	When The Dreamer Dies	M1A: Dry Mead	Pittsburgh Mead Makers And Homebrewers

Table 2: Semi Sweet Trads (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Allen Martin	Sweet Clover	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	John Malaty	Buzzin'	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	Hogtown Brewers
3rd	Dominic Roth	Follow The Sunshine	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead

Table 3: Sweet Trads (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Allen Martin	Orange Blossom Trad	M1C: Sweet Mead	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Chris Radel Co-Brewer: Jake Lefever & Matt Dulas	Tradish	M1C: Sweet Mead
3rd	Dan Acheson MHP	Another Sweet Clover	M1C: Sweet Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 4: Cyser (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer MHP	The Anti Cyser	M2a2: SEMI-SWEET CYSER	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Garrett Freeman MHP	Simple Cyser	M2a3: SWEET CYSER	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Nathan Steigman	Pomum	M2a2: SEMI-SWEET CYSER	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Table 5: Pyment (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Austin Stevens	Southern Exposure	M2b3: SWEET Pyment
2nd	Nathan Steigman	Perpetua	M2b3: SWEET Pyment	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd	Traci A Kuhfuss	Dry Pinot Noir Pyment	M2b1: DRY Pyment	Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 6: Dry & Semi Sweet Berry (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer MHP	Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-Ptang. Zoom-Boing, Z'nourrwringmm	M2c2: SEMI-SWEET Berry	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	John Jacob	Blueberry Bombshell	M2c2: SEMI-SWEET Berry	Hellgate Homebrewers
3rd	Kelly Phillips	Mulberry	M2c2: SEMI-SWEET Berry

Table 7: Sweet Berry (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gonçalo Costa	Arch Lychberry, Destroyer Of Worlds	M2c3: SWEET Berry
2nd	Kyle Ducharme	Cassis D'horse	M2c3: SWEET Berry	Green Mountain Mashers
3rd	Sergio Quevedo	Simply Strawberry	M2c3: SWEET Berry

Table 8: Stone Fruit (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Stephen Clifford	Calypso's Cherry	M2d3: SWEET Stone Fruit	Michigan Mead Coalition
2nd	Ryan Vigne MHP	Killed In A Dream	M2d2: SEMI-SWEET Stone Fruit	Pittsburgh Mead Makers And Homebrewers
3rd	Jordan Willeford	Peachy Keen B2	M2d3: SWEET Stone Fruit	The Worts

Table 9: Dry Melomel (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alexandria Horn MHP	Strawberry Lemonade	M2e1: DRY Melomel	QUAFF
2nd	Mark Hamilton	Strawberry & Pineapple Lemonade	M2e1: DRY Melomel
3rd	Austin Stevens	Passionfruit Point Blanc	M2e1: DRY Melomel

Table 10: Semi Sweet Melomel (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Jacob	Citrus Blueberry	M2e2: SEMI-SWEET Melomel	Hellgate Homebrewers
2nd	Bill Boyer MHP	Black Is Beautiful 2021 - Sack Edition	M2e2: SEMI-SWEET Melomel	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Austin Brown	Blood Orange Crush	M2e2: SEMI-SWEET Melomel	Michigan Mead Coalition

Table 11: Sweet Melomel (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style
1st	Gonçalo Costa	The Return Of The Revenge Of The Freezer Dump, Part 3 - Revolutions	M2e3: SWEET Melomel
2nd	Sergio Quevedo	Whispers Of The Grove	M2e3: SWEET Melomel
3rd	Austin Stevens	Tahitian Treat Yourself	M2e3: SWEET Melomel

Table 12: Dry Fruit & Spice (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Benjamin Tellier	Cinnabloobies	M3a1: DRY Fruit and Spice
2nd	Nathan Steigman	Proelium	M3a1: DRY Fruit and Spice	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd	Shawn Brady	Cherry Ginger Mead	M3a1: DRY Fruit and Spice	Madison Homebrewers & Tasters

Table 13: Semi Sweet Fruit & Spice (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sean Perkins	An Apple A Day	M3a2: SEMI-SWEET Fruit and Spice
2nd	Peter Knox	Tamarind Arbol II	M3a2: SEMI-SWEET Fruit and Spice
3rd	Michał Wawszczak	Azura Sweet (2024)	M3a2: SEMI-SWEET Fruit and Spice	Polski Miód Pitny

Table 14: Sweet Fruit & Spice (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle Ducharme	Red Crème Soda	M3a3: SWEET Fruit and Spice	Green Mountain Mashers
2nd	Jordan Willeford	BA Cyser Of My Eye	M3a3: SWEET Fruit and Spice	The Worts
3rd	Steve Ristau MHP	Nut 'n Honey	M3a3: SWEET Fruit and Spice	Ale Riders Homebrew Club

Table 15: Dry and Semi Sweet Spice/Herb/Veg (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tanner Geiss	Tanner Geiss	M3b2: SEMI-SWEET Spice/Herb/Vegetable
2nd	Jeff Case MHP	WOAH! Coffee Mead	M3b2: SEMI-SWEET Spice/Herb/Vegetable	QUAFF
3rd	Dustan Cwick	Dustan's Blackberry Blossom 1	M3b2: SEMI-SWEET Spice/Herb/Vegetable

Table 16: Sweet Spice/Herb/Veg (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dominic Roth	Souled Out	M3b3: SWEET Spice/Herb/Vegetable
2nd	Allen Martin	Morning Coffee	M3b3: SWEET Spice/Herb/Vegetable	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
3rd	Gian Sari	"Our Every Move Is The New Tradition"	M3b3: SWEET Spice/Herb/Vegetable	Garden State Homebrewers

Table 17: Dry Experimental (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Melissa Greenfield MHP	Acerglyn	M4a1: DRY Experimental	QUAFF
2nd	Bradley Cole	It's Maple Time!	M4a1: DRY Experimental	Nordeast Brewers Alliance
3rd	John Jacob	Hazy Propolis Pear Emulsion	M4a1: DRY Experimental	Hellgate Homebrewers

Table 18: Semi Sweet Experimental (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Vigne MHP	The Dogs Of War Have Come For Blood	M4a2: SEMI-SWEET Experimental	Pittsburgh Mead Makers And Homebrewers
2nd	Jordan Willeford	Frostbite	M4a2: SEMI-SWEET Experimental	The Worts
3rd	Stephen Clifford	BA Empirical	M4a2: SEMI-SWEET Experimental	Michigan Mead Coalition

Table 19: Sweet Experimental (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sergio Quevedo	Port Of Fragaria	M4a3: SWEET Experimental
2nd	Matthew Mead MHP	Painkiller	M4a3: SWEET Experimental	PrimeTime Brewers
3rd	Jordan Willeford	BA Strawbrûlèe	M4a3: SWEET Experimental	The Worts

Table 20: Braggot (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Melissa Greenfield MHP	Smoked Porter Bochet Braggot	M4A: Braggot	QUAFF
2nd	John Jacob Co-Brewer: Charles Webster	Black Braggot	M4A: Braggot	Hellgate Homebrewers
3rd	John Jacob	Base Camp Braggot IPA Style	M4A: Braggot	Hellgate Homebrewers

Table 21: Historical (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nathan Steigman	Zjedz Owoc I Pocałuj Węża Na Dobranoc	M4B: Historical Mead	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2nd	Nathan Steigman	Zwycięzca Bierze Trochę	M4B: Historical Mead	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd	Bill Boyer MHP	Wiśnia Z Miodem Eukaliptusowym	M4B: Historical Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys

Table 22: CHOCOLATE! (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer MHP	Chocolate Trojiniak	MCHK1: CHOCOLATE!	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Traci A Kuhfuss	Black Currant Cacao	MCHK1: CHOCOLATE!	Cane Island Alers (CIA)
3rd	Richard Furlong	Myan Chocolate Mead	MCHK1: CHOCOLATE!	Hogtown Brewers

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 2024/12/14 5:00 PM, CST through 2025/02/19 6:00 PM, CST.

Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 2024/12/14 5:00 PM, CST through 2025/03/08 7:00 PM, CST.