Mad McCusker's Mead Melee

[CMLarrison]

I just bottled my Berry mead (Raspberry) yesterday.

[tony b]

Well, I finally got off my butt and started my meads - 2 separate batches, a 5 gal (clover) and a 1 gal (Desert Wildflower). They are bubbling away nicely in their carboys. So far, so good. My plan is to break up the 5 gal batch into smaller batches in secondary and do some various things with it - melomels and metheglins. The one gallon batch of wildflower is probably going to be a traditional.

[daryl]

I just bottled my Berry mead (Raspberry) yesterday.

Did you go with a wine bottle with cork...or beer bottle with caps?

[CMLarrison]

Wine bottle and corks is what use.

[daryl]

I have plenty of green champagne bottles, and I am thinking of using some of those and corking.

I am pretty sure a standard wine cork will work with a champagne bottle. Which is quite a bit of mead to sip in one sitting, but it will typically be my wife and I...and I could re-cork for a day or two.

[jjpeanasky]

Did we ever settle that it's an open bottle format?

- Josh Peanasky

[daryl]

Did we ever settle that it's an open bottle format?

- Josh Peanasky

All of the rules I have looked over seem to allow either capped or corked.

If I has submitted to the LOTMW competition, I would have sent capped beer bottles, since all of my mead is still and not sparkling.

My plan is to cork my meads and store them on racks.

[CMLarrison]

All of my bottles are corked so that is how I am rolling.

[Schwerkraftbrauer]

So to clarify , turn in is first quarter of 2018, but won't be judged for another year?, equaling the 15 months?

[wyzzyrdd]

Turn in will be the 3rd Thursday of March 2018. I will arrange for judging prior to the 3rd Thursday of April 2018.

I don't care if they are corked, crown capped, or swing-top. I would assume 2 small format (12 oz or 375 ml) or one large format (22 oz or 750 ml) bottles.

[Schwerkraftbrauer]

Any preferred write up or entry form for the turn in on this next Thursday?
Assuming,
Name
Category
Carb level?
Or recipe card with rubber band work Haha

[wyzzyrdd]

Any preferred write up or entry form for the turn in on this next Thursday?
Assuming,
Name
Category
Carb level?
Or recipe card with rubber band work Haha

I will grab a copy of the entry data for NHC and post it to the forum.

[daryl]

Is it this: https://www.bjcp.org/docs/SCP_EntryRecipe.pdf

[CMLarrison]

My wife usually closes on Thursday nights but I will try and make arrangements to get my entry there.

[daryl]

No problem Clint. I will be collecting that evening. We (Pat or I) can work with you to get your mead entered outside of the meeting.