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PBakulic said:
"You may enter 12 oz, brown or green crown capped beer bottles. No designs, no logos, raised lettering, etc. on the caps or bottles, or your entry will be disqualified."
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Well, I picked up a capper, some oxygen absorbing caps, and a case of brown 12oz bottles today on the way home from work. My entries have now been rebottled and are ready and waiting to be shipped in. Two 750ml bottles filled four 12 oz bottles with half a glass left over for my wife. Minimal investment and now I'm ready for different competitions as they occur. ;D
 
Well, I figure I can use some of my brother's CO2 setup to rebottle the two bottles I currently have. Luckily, I had just realized a few days ago that I have a source for a 3rd bottle. A while back I gave my bosses two bottles of mead, a JAO and my traditional mead. They tried the JAO one, but hadn't opened the traditional (one of them claimed that she wanted to see how it aged, although I think that they were just procrastinating in trying it). She said that she'd be willing to return it so that I could use it for the competition, provided that I later replace it (I'm making another batch this weekend using the same recipe).
 
Hello. Being that I am having difficulty locating 375 ml bottles, (The splits I find are 187 ml), I am bottling into 750 ml plain clear bottles with unmarked corks. I shall send three to the competition and I shall pray that they don't disqualify me for bottle size. Anyone out there wish to send up a red flag to this strategy?
Many thanx, Xixist
 
Edit: OK, I really should learn to check my own rules....this is what happens when you don't sleep I guess.

Correction:
We can't take the 750 clears because they are too easy to identify. The bottle requirements are:

# Beer Bottles: Two or three 12 oz brown or green crown capped beer bottles. Crown caps must be plain or blacked out with permanent marker.
# Wine Bottles: Two or three 375 ml clear or green wine-style bottles with cork closures. Corks may not bear any designs and may not be sealed with wax, foil or heat shrink capsules.

I'm afraid we can't take non-conforming bottles because the bottles come to the judging tables, and must not be identifiable, to ensure fair judging on all entries. We can't re-bottle those that aren't using the standard bottles, so they can't be judged if they come in not in the bottles..

We'd love to have you enter, Xixist. See if you can lay your hands on some beer bottles. They're super cheap at the brew shop, or you could just drink a six and refill them.

Vicky - who has another case of used wine bottles from friends to soak, de-label, sanitize and fill....
 
Sorry, but we cannot accept 750ml bottles in the home comp. (See page 2 of this thread!)

1) They would be too distinct. 2) They will not fit into standard case boxes which means they are at risk of breakage during transfer.

I know this makes it a bit more difficult for folks, but the integrity of the competition and safety of our volunteers have to come first.

Do you have any friends who are homebrewers? (Do you want some? :-) )

If you PM me with your location I may be able to help hook you up with someone who has access to a capper which will mean you have to send a lot less of your precious mead as well. :-)

Cheers,
Glenn
 
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Hello. I am unable to locate 375 ml bottles and there is little time left to order up some. I plan on bottling my Mazer Cup entry in three 750 ml clear, unmarked bottles with blank corks. Does anyone see a red flag in my strategy? Will it be accepted for judging?
Thanx -Xixist
 
Save your mead and bottle your entries in three 12 ounce beer bottles.

You're about a 45 minute drive away from More Beer in Riverside as well. You can purchase bottles there and if you don't have a bottle capper I'll speak to Rob (the Manager) and ask him to help you cap them. They're very cool folks there and will be more than willing to help. They can also get you a box of bottles in plenty of time for you to fill them and ship them before the entry deadline.

There are also several meadmakers there in the Riverside area that would probably be willing to help you bottle up some mead (for a glass or two :) ) and I would be happy to put them in touch with you to see if they can help.

Hope that helps, Oskaar
 
Thanx so much Pete and Vicky. Sorry about the multiple posts in different areas. I am better at mazing than I am at computers, at least I hope so.
Xixist
 
sandman said:
I'm in it mostly for the feedback, but it really is pretty exciting to submit a mead for competition.
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I think you really touched on what the whole idea of a competition is. That is the excitement of entering your mead into a field of meads made by people who really like mead. However you fare in the competition itself, I can tell you that the judging experience is really and extension of what you're saying. I remember different competitions from the really great meads that were entered and the really unique styles, combinations of ingredients and blending of characters that make each mead stand out on it's own.

There will be some meads that people will remember for a lifetime, some that are truly outstanding and others that need refinement and reformulation; but, it doesn't alter the fact that they all touch me as a judge in a very real way. That is, each of them are an extension of the creative thought and style of the meadmaker at the time they were formulating the mead. It's a living history of the meadmaker in a glass, and a way to connect to other meadmakers, enthusiasts and people in general.

Mead is about life in my opinion. It's a reflection of how we live, love, and celebrate life and living.

Cheers, Oskaar
 
is there a way to find out if your bottles made it to the shipping point intact or would notifying be too much extra work for the people receiving them? just curious
 
You can send an email to HomeRegistrar AT mazercup DOT com, and they will check as time permits and get back to you.

Cheers, Oskaar
 
Since I'm managing the home entry receipts, you can PM me directly if you'd like, and I can check for you. I wouldn't want to do this for everyone who enters (verifying over a hundred deliveries will be tedious, especially since 80% of them will come in during the last week prior to competition) but anyone in the Gotmead community who happens to read this note can consider it one of the fringe benefits of Gotmead participation -- and of course, Patrons will get their acknowledgements first! ;D
 
Wayne et All,

Please do not PM Wayne.....

for these types of requests. We already have an official Home Registrar email on the Mazer Cup website specifically for this purpose. Our process is to have a single request channel in order to ensure that we address these requests as we are able and time permits without having to check multiple sources.

Thanks, Pete
 
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