Michigan Mead Cup
Awards
Sponsors
Judges
John Allison, Bill Bellair, Colin Burton, Sandy Cockerham, Matthew Goebel, Jonathan Greene, Tony Greening, Tom Hayosh, Barry McGough, Matthew Mead, Kevin Meintsma, Gail Milburn, Rob Moskal, Mike Neville, Mike O'Brien, Amy Olsen, Vicky Rowe, Dennis Sage, Konrad Schlenner, Jim Silverstein, Brian Stephens, Spencer Thomas, Doug Vohden, Tom Wilk, Mike Winnie, Annie Zipser
Judges - Best of Show
Sandy Cockerham, Gail Milburn, Mike Winnie
Stewards
Robert Barnhardt, Joshua Brewer, Austin Brown, Diane Satullo, Tony Satullo, Gregory Stachnik
Staff
Organizer
Kevin OBrien
By the Numbers
148 Entries 40 Entrants
26 Judges 6 Stewards
47 Placing Entries
Category 35A: Michigan Only
4 entries
1st
Austin Brown
Brewers Anonymous
Up North & Down Sour (35A: Michigan Only)
2nd
Matthew Mead
PrimeTime Brewers
Michigan U-Pick Red Plum (35A: Michigan Only)
3rd
Bill Bellair
Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers...
Andrew Klines Backyard (35A: Michigan Only)
HM
Barry McGough
Michigan Mead Coalition
Thistle Thimble Springs (35A: Michigan Only)
Category M1A: Dry Mead
8 entries
1st
Nathan Steigman
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Tenebrae Sunt In Corde Amoris Mei (M1A: Dry Mead)
2nd
Austin Brown
Brewers Anonymous
Krispy Kalea (M1A: Dry Mead)
3rd
Allen Martin
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Fireweed (M1A: Dry Mead)
HM
John Bates
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Pink Panther’s Dry Return (M1A: Dry Mead)
Category M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead
9 entries
1st
Allen Martin
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Sweet Clover (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)
2nd
Austin Brown
Brewers Anonymous
A Mead With No Name (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)
3rd
Robert Zograph
Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers...
Coffee Blssom (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)
Category M1C: Sweet Mead
9 entries
1st
Austin Brown
Brewers Anonymous
It Felt Good To Be Out Of The Rain (M1C: Sweet Mead)
2nd
Doug Bulthuis
Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers...
Miambo Mamba (M1C: Sweet Mead)
3rd
John Allison
Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
Sunny Days (M1C: Sweet Mead)
HM
Allen Martin
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Wild Mountain (M1C: Sweet Mead)
Category M2A: Cyser
4 entries
1st
Bill Bellair
Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers...
Fire On Fire (M2A: Cyser)
2nd
Morgan R Williams
Apple Hydro 2 (M2A: Cyser)
3rd
George Turner
Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers...
Warm The Cockles Of Your Heart (M2A: Cyser)
Category M2B: Pyment
8 entries
1st
Nathan Steigman
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Salus Tua Secundum Verbum Tuum Tacitum Est (M2B: Pyment)
2nd
Kyle Ducharme
Green Mountain Mashers
Sir-Ahhhh (M2B: Pyment)
3rd
Barry McGough
Michigan Mead Coalition
Brave Concords Idiom (M2B: Pyment)
Category M2C: Berry Mead
17 entries
1st
Jordan Willeford
The Worts
Strawberry² (M2C: Berry Mead)
2nd
Kyle Ducharme
Green Mountain Mashers
Cassis de Buckwheat (M2C: Berry Mead)
3rd
Andrew Brown
Lancaster County Brewers
Strawberry Fields (M2C: Berry Mead)
Category M2D: Stone Fruit Mead
11 entries
1st
John Allison
Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
Knick Knack Wisniak (M2D: Stone Fruit Mead)
2nd
Cody Lester
Central Arkansas Fermenters
Mango Just In Time (M2D: Stone Fruit Mead)
3rd
Nathan Steigman
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
De Fructu Et Flore (M2D: Stone Fruit Mead)
HM
Kyle Ducharme
Green Mountain Mashers
Bowser (M2D: Stone Fruit Mead)
Category M2E: Melomel
13 entries
1st
Jake Tweedy
Bag One Ten Happiness
Sangriamel (Freezer Dump) (M2E: Melomel)
2nd
Ben Ader
BeerKnobbers
Sour Superfruity (M2E: Melomel)
3rd
Anton Pugh & Amber Brewster-Pugh
Royal Oak Homebrew Club
Dragon's Blood (M2E: Melomel)
Category M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead
19 entries
1st
Kyle Ducharme
Green Mountain Mashers
Liberty Vanilla (M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead)
2nd
Jake Tweedy & Garrett Freeman
Bag One Ten Happiness
Free The Bloobs (M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead)
3rd
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Dark Chocolate Merlot Valkyries Horn (M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead)
Category M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead
12 entries
1st
Bill Bellair
Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers...
One Night In Bangkok (M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead)
2nd
Damon Turner
Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers...
Hazels Burned Nuts (M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead)
3rd
Kevin Meintsma
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Lock Him Up - Elderflower #163 (M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead)
HM
Austin Brown
Brewers Anonymous
Orange You Glad I Didn't Say Banana? (M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead)
Category M4A: Braggot
7 entries
1st
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Pliney The Braggot (M4A: Braggot)
2nd
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Honey Brown (M4A: Braggot)
3rd
Jordan Willeford
The Worts
Everybody Hates Chris (M4A: Braggot)
Category M4B: Historical Mead
8 entries
1st
Kyle Ducharme
Green Mountain Mashers
Cerise and Aroniak (M4B: Historical Mead)
2nd
John Allison
Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
Jablkowy (M4B: Historical Mead)
3rd
Ryan Vigne
Pittsburgh Mead Makers And...
Trojniak - Jezyniak (M4B: Historical Mead)
Category M4C: Experimental Mead
19 entries
1st
Ryan Vigne
Pittsburgh Mead Makers And...
Epitomead (Br) (M4C: Experimental Mead)
2nd
Garrett Freeman
Red Earth Brewers
Cram (M4C: Experimental Mead)
3rd
Daniel Kukuk
Motor City Mashers
Mhp Made Me Do It (M4C: Experimental Mead)
Best of Show
Mead
Judges: Sandy Cockerham, Gail Milburn, Mike Winnie
1st
John Allison
Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
Knick Knack Wisniak (M2D: Stone Fruit Mead)
2nd
Allen Martin
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Sweet Clover (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)
3rd
Jordan Willeford
The Worts
Strawberry² (M2C: Berry Mead)
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners