Valhalla: The Mead-ing Of Life
Awards
Sponsors
Judges
Mike Bury, Peter Garofalo, Joseph Jancuk, Brian Pylant, Keith Wickstrom
By the Numbers
213 Entries 45 Entrants
5 Judges
41 Placing Entries
Table 1: Alpha
8 entries
Judges: Joseph Jancuk (Head Judge)
1st
Luke Eperthener & DJ Cook
Buckshot For Breakfast Braggot (M4A: Braggot)
2nd
John Jacob & Charles Webster
Hellgate Homebrewers
Black Braggot (M4A: Braggot)
3rd
John Jacob
Hellgate Homebrewers
Three Two One Braggot (M4A: Braggot)
Table 2: Bravo
7 entries
Judges: Keith Wickstrom (Head Judge)
1st
Brian Dvorak
Society of Akron Area Zymurgists...
Cyser 2022 (M2A: Cyser)
2nd
Nathan Steigman
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Mel Nebula (M2A: Cyser)
3rd
Nolan Yost
Bag One Ten Happiness
Cyser? I Barely Know Her. (M2A: Cyser)
Table 3: Charlie
4 entries
1st
Steve Fletty
Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
Golden Prairie (M1A: Dry Mead)
2nd
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Sir Galahad The Pure - Blueberry Blossom - Petillant (M1A: Dry Mead)
3rd
Nathan Steigman
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Hac Vanitate (M1A: Dry Mead)
Table 4: Delta
8 entries
1st
Matthew Mead
PrimeTime Brewers
Colorado Palisade Peach (M2D: Stone Fruit Mead)
2nd
Garrett Freeman
Red Earth Brewers
Plum Mead (M2D: Stone Fruit Mead)
3rd
Steve Fletty
Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch Cherry Bomb! (M2D: Stone Fruit Mead)
Table 5: Echo
11 entries
1st
Kyle Ducharme
Green Mountain Mashers
Red Miombo (M2B: Pyment)
2nd
Steve Fletty
Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
Chateau Fletty (M2B: Pyment)
3rd
Melody Stout
Lehigh Valley Home Brewers
Wedding Bells Malbec Mead (M2B: Pyment)
Table 6: Foxtrot
9 entries
1st
Amy Olsen
Michigan Mead Coalition
Mac The Knife (M1C: Sweet Mead)
2nd
Matthew Mead
PrimeTime Brewers
Yaupon Holly Blossom (M1C: Sweet Mead)
3rd
Scott Estlund
The Brü Club
Tropical Hot Dog Night (M1C: Sweet Mead)
Table 7: Golf
11 entries
1st
Garrett Freeman
Red Earth Brewers
My Polish Mead Attempt (M4B: Historical Mead)
2nd
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Trójniak Vs Montmorency Cherry Vs Matthew Mead (M4B: Historical Mead)
3rd
Austin Brown
Michigan Mead Coalition
Sagarmāthā (M4B: Historical Mead)
Table 8: Hotel
32 entries
1st
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Whizzo Chocolates (M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead)
2nd
Jake Tweedy
Bag One Ten Happiness
Red Sloom (M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead)
3rd
Jake Tweedy
Bag One Ten Happiness
Peachy Roobe (M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead)
Table 9: India
26 entries
Judges: Mike Bury, Peter Garofalo, Brian Pylant
1st
Michael Harper
Bleu Basil (M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead)
2nd
Michael Harper
Desert Rose (M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead)
3rd
Ilija Melentijevic
Pippali (M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead)
Table 10: Juliet
16 entries
1st
Amy Olsen
Michigan Mead Coalition
The Linden (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)
2nd
John Litak
Lehigh Valley Home Brewers
First Mead (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)
3rd
Austin Brown
Michigan Mead Coalition
Whisper (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)
Table 11: Kilo
23 entries
1st
Garrett Freeman
Red Earth Brewers
No Water Blueberry (M2C: Berry Mead)
2nd
Ryan Vigne
Pittsburgh Mead Makers And...
War Paint (M2C: Berry Mead)
3rd
Kevin Hudson
Keystone Hops
The Wedding Crasher (M2C: Berry Mead)
Table 12: Lima
23 entries
1st
Kyle Ducharme
Green Mountain Mashers
VT HoD (M2E: Melomel)
2nd
Jason Rohloff
Beer Barons of Milwaukee
Lakeview CherBerry (M2E: Melomel)
3rd
Ryan Vigne
Pittsburgh Mead Makers And...
Killed In A Dream (M2E: Melomel)
HM
Ryan Vigne
Pittsburgh Mead Makers And...
Into The Fray (M2E: Melomel)
Table 13: Mike
35 entries
1st
Kyle Ducharme
Green Mountain Mashers
Thiolized (M4C: Experimental Mead)
2nd
Michael Harper
Meadhatten (M4C: Experimental Mead)
3rd
Andrew Brown
Lancaster County Brewers
S'mores (M4C: Experimental Mead)
HM
Ryan Vigne
Pittsburgh Mead Makers And...
Wolves To Sheep (M4C: Experimental Mead)
Best of Show
Mead
1st
Kyle Ducharme
Green Mountain Mashers
VT HoD (M2E: Melomel)
2nd
Amy Olsen
Michigan Mead Coalition
The Linden (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)
3rd
Michael Harper
Bleu Basil (M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead)
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners