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Mazer Cup International 2010 - The Results are in!

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Hello everybody

Hello I'm Michał from Poland.
I am also very happy with the results of the Mazer Cup 2010.
It's great feeling to receive Best of Show award.
 
Michał Saks;141007 said:
Hello I'm Michał from Poland.
I am also very happy with the results of the Mazer Cup 2010.
It's great feeling to receive Best of Show award.
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Congratulations Michal!

We were very happy to have such an excellent mead from Poland that was chosen as best of show! Next year we want even more entries from Poland and the rest of the world as well. Having many entries from many different countries will show how important mead is around the world, and how different people make different mead with different honey.

We look forward to seeing what you produce for the competition next year!

Cheers,

Oskaar
 
Michał Saks;141007 said:
Hello I'm Michał from Poland.
It's great feeling to receive Best of Show award.
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Congratulations Michał! That must be some outstanding mead. It is great to have international participation in a competition like this.

Sambuci Flos means "elder flower" in English, yes? I'm curious; what type of honey did you use to make it?

Medsen


Edit - I did just receive my mazer in the mail, and I must say it is absolutely beautiful. I tip my hat to the artist - Peri Charlifu. He's made some truly lovely pieces, and I will display mine prominently! Thank you Peri.
 
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Well I say well done to one and all.

I don't "do" competitions myself. I'm not a competitive person and far too "haphazard" in my approach to mead making......

But it would be a real treat to watch something like the Mazer cup going on and understand how the "big boys" play.......

It'd be an added bonus to meet a few of you lot as well.

Hey ho! maybe next year........

regards

fatbloke
 
Start saving your pennies, FB! We'd love to have you here next year!!

BTW - We do take the competition part of the event seriously, but unlike some of the wine related competitive events I've been to, the Mazer Cup is the friendliest, most participant-interactive major fermentation event I've ever seen. I wholeheartedly encourage any of you interested in making mead, drinking mead, and learning more about mead in one weekend than you ever thought possible (along with partying with some of the best meadmakers on the planet!) to plan to attend at least one time. You'll definitely be glad that you did!
 
I got mine also, I'm happy with a 37 for my first mead, and only the fourth batch of anything I ever brewed. I thought it interesting to see the variance (5 points) in the judges' scores and see the things that they focused on. Definitely gives me hope for the future, and I should be able to serve this mead with pride at my wedding next month :)
 
I'd love to see as many people as possible post their specific comments and results in their brewlogs, assuming they're comfortable doing that of course. It's pretty educational to see how a certain recipe is scored by experienced people and their subjectice comments as well.
 
capoeirista13 said:
I just got my MCI results back. They are posted here
http://www.gotmead.com/forum/showthread.php?p=141112#post141112
in the brewlog that they are evaluating.

It was really cool to see what the judges said, even if I don't get it all (mid palate? wha?)
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Mid-palate: A term referring to the feel and taste of a wine in the middle of your mouth. This can range from full and rich to thin and acidic.
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From the Wine Glossary at www.supplewine.com. So, basically the impression that you get from a wine/mead/etc., after the first tastes hit you.
 
All,

No problems posting up your results. I would ask that you leave judge names and ID's out of it though. I have a big enough challenge wrangling judges each year. I would really hate for someone to be offended by having their name and ID posted.

So Capoeirista13 if you could please remove the judge names and ID's from your post I would REALLY appreciate it. 8)

Your humble MCI Judge Director
(AKA Cat Herder)
 
exlineg said:
All,

No problems posting up your results. I would ask that you leave judge names and ID's out of it though. I have a big enough challenge wrangling judges each year. I would really hate for someone to be offended by having their name and ID posted.

So Capoeirista13 if you could please remove the judge names and ID's from your post I would REALLY appreciate it. 8)

Your humble MCI Judge Director
(AKA Cat Herder)
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sorry about that, I didn't know it would be a problem.
 
No worries. Thanks for editing your post!!

I'm probably being a bit over paranoid, but some folks just don't like their personal info being posted on the Internets...

As I said tough, absolutely now problem posting up comments and results from scoresheets. In fact, I think it will turn out to be very educational to folks on how their meads are evaluated and what the judges detected. 8)

Cheers,
Glenn
 
I would first like to chime in with my congratulatory remarks to all the winners. I am especially excited for Michael taking the Best in Show cup for Poland. The MCI is now truly an international compitition.

This was my first mead compitition to which I entered only one. A melomel with coriander, cinnamon, nutmeg and clove. This has been a Christmas favorite for several years. I am away from home at the moment for work, but my wife called a while ago to let me know I had received the judges comments, which she read to me. I will post everything after I get home in a few weeks.

I was amazed at some of the things the judges picked up on. They all said to tone down the coriander. I found that quit interesting as I had planned on increasing it for the next batch. I thought it was too subtle. Who am I to judge? :P

Has the MCI comittee ever considered taking the compitition on the road? I mean holding it in different cities each year? If so I'd like to offer the City of Lakewood as an option. It is a suburb of Tacoma. Just a thought.
 
Dragon's Lair said:
Has the MCI comittee ever considered taking the compitition on the road? I mean holding it in different cities each year? If so I'd like to offer the City of Lakewood as an option. It is a suburb of Tacoma. Just a thought.
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Chris, we have in fact discussed hosting the event in different cities around North America, and eventually (if interest and budgets support it) in other world venues. However, that is something for the future -- right now it is more important to build up the status and reputation of the MCI in the world meadmaking community. One of the necessary prerequisites for that is to hold a succession of first-rate, "professional" events over the course of these first several years. That's a tough challenge in and of itself, since none of us are professionals - we all volunteer to put this event on. With an all-volunteer staff, the event naturally gets better with each passing year as the majority of that staff gain experience from previous contests, and we tweak and tune our processes to optimize how things work. Keeping that staff continuity is far easier if we hold the events in the same place year after year, at least for these first few years. So, for the next couple of years it is likely that we'll stay in Boulder. After that, who knows? ;D
 
Dragon's Lair said:
I would first like to chime in with my congratulatory remarks to all the winners. I am especially excited for Michael taking the Best in Show cup for Poland. The MCI is now truly an international compitition.

This was my first mead compitition to which I entered only one. A melomel with coriander, cinnamon, nutmeg and clove. This has been a Christmas favorite for several years. I am away from home at the moment for work, but my wife called a while ago to let me know I had received the judges comments, which she read to me. I will post everything after I get home in a few weeks.

I was amazed at some of the things the judges picked up on. They all said to tone down the coriander. I found that quit interesting as I had planned on increasing it for the next batch. I thought it was too subtle. Who am I to judge? :P

Has the MCI comittee ever considered taking the compitition on the road? I mean holding it in different cities each year? If so I'd like to offer the City of Lakewood as an option. It is a suburb of Tacoma. Just a thought.
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When we originally put the competition together the idea was to make it modular and move-able so that it could mature into a traveling competition. The feedback we received last year from the commercial meaderies and home entrants was to keep it in Boulder for the time being. We anticipate significant growth next year so we will be examining our options.

Cheers,

Oskaar
 
I completely understand and support your position on locations. I asked for two basic reasons; 1) not everyone who would like to go has the time or money so coming to their town might make it feasible, and 2) by the time you are ready to do such a thing I hope my winery is stable enough to provide sponsorship. I also have several years of experience organizing these types of events and would love the opportunity to be involved.

In the meantime, keep up the good work. I look forward to next years competition. I already have several meads on the shelf waiting. :cheers:
 
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