The Mazer Cup International - Home Competition
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i have a question for someone who isnt going to be a judge at the mazer cup.i need to figure out what category a specific ingredient falls under and think i should pm the question rather than say what it is out loud,maybe vicky or oskaar?
You can PM me if you'd like. I can give you an opinion if nothing else.
:: PM Glenn. He'd be able to give you a more definitive answer :: :cheers:
:: PM Glenn. He'd be able to give you a more definitive answer :: :cheers:
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You can also PM me. As Judge Director, I can't actually judge at the event. (Oskaar and Vickie will probably be judging though)
Cheers,
Glenn
Cheers,
Glenn
Ahh... I am but a humble brewer (with a knack) who's still learning the details of what this hobby is about. Glenn is actually someone who can tell you definitively.
I appreciate the compliment though Pete. Thanks for the vote of support.
:cheers:
I appreciate the compliment though Pete. Thanks for the vote of support.
:cheers:
Inquiring minds want to know if the entry numbers are in yet on the Mazer Cup (Comm&HB)? TIA
:cheers:
:cheers:
Current rough count (subject to final verification which will happen tonight): 181 entries in the Home Competition. ;D
That sound's great!
By the way, I don't recall seeing a category for Show Meads in the competition. While I realize that BJCP guidelines don't have that as a category, I'm wondering if that category should be added in the future. Perhaps we can lobby the BJCP to do so.
I do think the art of meadmaking using nothing but honey, water, and yeast should be honored.
By the way, I don't recall seeing a category for Show Meads in the competition. While I realize that BJCP guidelines don't have that as a category, I'm wondering if that category should be added in the future. Perhaps we can lobby the BJCP to do so.
I do think the art of meadmaking using nothing but honey, water, and yeast should be honored.
If I remember correctly, Medsen, the BJCP calls them "Traditional Mead" (Cat. 24). The sub categories within determine the Dry, Semi-Sweet or Sweet...
I think if more people refer to them as Show Meads, then it should be changed to reflect this in the BJCP guidelines...maybe we should all talk to Charlie Papazian and try to influence this?
I think if more people refer to them as Show Meads, then it should be changed to reflect this in the BJCP guidelines...maybe we should all talk to Charlie Papazian and try to influence this?
Any mead made as a show mead would be entered as a traditional mead, but not all traditional meads are show meads. If you use nutrient, oak, additives and what-not, it is no longer a show mead. Making a show mead can be quite a challenge - without nutrients, buffers and such they are prone to stick, and may develop off flavors. Anyone who can make good mead using just honey, water and yeast without all our modern conveniences deserves special recognition in my book.
Agreed! Perhaps it really should be a Category 24D?? Or maybe push everything else down one and put it as a 24A? I think you make a good point, Medsen...we just need the one's "in control" to agree!
181 entries!?! 
Dang dude, this competition is going to really be something this year. Very exciting stuff. We'll be waiting anxiously for the results around here. (Here being the forums of course) LOL ;D
Good luck with the judging guys... and good luck to all who've submitted entries. This kind of competition only spreads the word of mead further and further out into the brewing communities.
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Dang dude, this competition is going to really be something this year. Very exciting stuff. We'll be waiting anxiously for the results around here. (Here being the forums of course) LOL ;D
Good luck with the judging guys... and good luck to all who've submitted entries. This kind of competition only spreads the word of mead further and further out into the brewing communities.
:cheers:
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Dude, we can't have you posting your entry number and description of what you entered for any reason on the public forums. That would compromise our blind judging pool.
In the future, everyone please do not post what you entered no matter how proud or not proud you are of it. This applies to after the competition as well as we don't want to put any association from entries to actual persons names.
Please help us out on this one.
Thanks, Oskaar
Dude, we can't have you posting your entry number and description of what you entered for any reason on the public forums. That would compromise our blind judging pool.
In the future, everyone please do not post what you entered no matter how proud or not proud you are of it. This applies to after the competition as well as we don't want to put any association from entries to actual persons names.
Please help us out on this one.
Thanks, Oskaar
Hi all,
We're in the middle of the commercial competiton and it's seriously fun here! The Colorado weather is making a great show for everyone with heavy giant snowflakes! We have over 130 commercial entries from 30 different meaderies!
But it's warm and wonderful in the hotel!
Wish you were here!
All the best,
Leonora
We're in the middle of the commercial competiton and it's seriously fun here! The Colorado weather is making a great show for everyone with heavy giant snowflakes! We have over 130 commercial entries from 30 different meaderies!
But it's warm and wonderful in the hotel!
Wish you were here!
All the best,
Leonora
Okay Leonora,
Now that you're rubbing our noses in it, all of us poor schnooks who can't be there are expecting you to make it up to us. You can give some play by play on the competition. Things like,
What mead has come from farthest away?
What mead has the prettiest color?
What is the weirdest weirdomel in the competition?
What mead has the most creative name?
Which meadery has the most entries?
And anything else you think would be interesting. Inquiring minds want to know!
We're counting on you.
Medsen
Now that you're rubbing our noses in it, all of us poor schnooks who can't be there are expecting you to make it up to us. You can give some play by play on the competition. Things like,
What mead has come from farthest away?
What mead has the prettiest color?
What is the weirdest weirdomel in the competition?
What mead has the most creative name?
Which meadery has the most entries?
And anything else you think would be interesting. Inquiring minds want to know!
We're counting on you.
Medsen
Aack!! It's been over 24 hours and no one is posting in this topic!
No fair no fair!!!
I'm dying to hear a synopsis of the days events.
No fair no fair!!!
I'm dying to hear a synopsis of the days events.
Howdy all,
I'll be posting up the results later today. I'm working remotely (from Boulder, CO) on this and our Mazer Cup Team has been working from about 7:30 AM in the morning to about 12:00AM the following morning. There are a tremendous number of things to do when you have over 300 entries in a competition. This amounts to about 510 bottles of mead for the home competition, and about 520 bottles of mead for the commercial competition.
All those bottles have to be transported from the recpetion point to the competition and checked in, verified, checked for entry fees, checked for accuracy, moved to a staging area before both competitions (the home and commercial must be stored and staged in different areas) and then on competition day we orient the stewards and table captains on how they are to be delivered to the tables during judging and supervise the stewards, answer judges questions. But, the job isn't over when the last mead is judged. Everything is then cleaned up, removed from the tables, packed back into boxes, the scores are tallied, verified and then compiled and placed in a sealed envelope to be presented on the awards night.
This is a gross oversimplification of what the team does on the course of one day of the competition, and I could literally go on until I run this post to the character limit in the forums here.
Suffice to say that we will have the information up later today, we know you're all waiting and anxious for the results. Please try to understand that we literally didn't finish up with things until about 12:00 AM this morning and we need a bit of time to get things in order for the posting.
Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Petar Bakulic, 2009 Mazer Cup International Home Competition Director
I'll be posting up the results later today. I'm working remotely (from Boulder, CO) on this and our Mazer Cup Team has been working from about 7:30 AM in the morning to about 12:00AM the following morning. There are a tremendous number of things to do when you have over 300 entries in a competition. This amounts to about 510 bottles of mead for the home competition, and about 520 bottles of mead for the commercial competition.
All those bottles have to be transported from the recpetion point to the competition and checked in, verified, checked for entry fees, checked for accuracy, moved to a staging area before both competitions (the home and commercial must be stored and staged in different areas) and then on competition day we orient the stewards and table captains on how they are to be delivered to the tables during judging and supervise the stewards, answer judges questions. But, the job isn't over when the last mead is judged. Everything is then cleaned up, removed from the tables, packed back into boxes, the scores are tallied, verified and then compiled and placed in a sealed envelope to be presented on the awards night.
This is a gross oversimplification of what the team does on the course of one day of the competition, and I could literally go on until I run this post to the character limit in the forums here.
Suffice to say that we will have the information up later today, we know you're all waiting and anxious for the results. Please try to understand that we literally didn't finish up with things until about 12:00 AM this morning and we need a bit of time to get things in order for the posting.
Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Petar Bakulic, 2009 Mazer Cup International Home Competition Director
