Mad McCusker's Mead Melee

[tony b]

Just thought I'd start a thread on Pat's Mead Challenge, aka, M to the Fourth Power (Mad McCusker's Mead Melee)!!

Pat can fill in the details.

[wyzzyrdd]

You can make anything in the BJCP 2015 Mead Guidelines.

http://bjcp.org/docs/2015_Guidelines_Mead.pdf

Turn in will be 1st quarter of 2018. So you have 15 months or so.

I will provide the winner with one gallon of honey (probably basswood, but I may splurge on something else).

[daryl]

Meaning that you have less than 3-months or so to make your mead, if you want to have any aging time in the bottle.

[wyzzyrdd]

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[daryl]

I'm in....anyone else?

Or, do ya just want to give up now....cuz my honey liquor is going to be the best!

PAT - we are going to need to setup a special tasting session for this one! Maybe a tasting Tech Meeting at Lion Bridge if we have enough interest. But no worries, we've some time to plan.

[whitedj]

I'll see if I can't make a prison mead...

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[andrewmaixner]

I'll see if I can't make a prison mead...

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That's going to take a lot of single serving 'honey sauce' packets :p

[UndeadFred]

Hmm.. I should have seen this months ago. I tend to make ghetto meads as well. Interesting. I'm tempted to try to make a so-called quick mead just to see how different they taste than then properly aged ones. I could take one for the team for this. I tend to make ghetto meads anyway.

[daryl]

Let me guess, Pop Tarts will be your secret ingredient!

Hmm.. I should have seen this months ago. I tend to make ghetto meads as well. Interesting. I'm tempted to try to make a so-called quick mead just to see how different they taste than then properly aged ones. I could take one for the team for this. I tend to make ghetto meads anyway.

[wyzzyrdd]

Hmm.. I should have seen this months ago. I tend to make ghetto meads as well. Interesting. I'm tempted to try to make a so-called quick mead just to see how different they taste than then properly aged ones. I could take one for the team for this. I tend to make ghetto meads anyway.

uh, you have a year still.

[whitedj]

I'm guessing turn in will be qty 1-750ml or qty 2-12 Oz vessels?


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[wyzzyrdd]

I'm guessing turn in will be qty 1-750ml or qty 2-12 Oz vessels?

I hadn't thought about it. I assume we will try to be consistent with BJCP practice of 2 12-oz bottles. But I don't think we want to turn away 375-ml or 750-ml bottles that have been properly corked. I am open to recommendations.

[tony b]

I vote for open bottle format.

[carrisr]

I intend to enter this. Hopefully it won't suck.

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[wyzzyrdd]

To clarify the rules.

You may enter more than one product, but only one per sub-category as in the National Homebrew Competition.

Traditional Mead
35A. Dry Mead
35B. Semi-Sweet Mead
35C. Sweet Mead

Fruit Mead
36A. Cyser
36B. Pyment
36C. Berry Mead
36D. Stone Fruit Mead
36E. Melomel

Spiced Mead
37A. Fruit & Spice Mead
37B. Spice, Herb, Vegetable Mead

Specialty Mead
38A. Braggot
38B. Historical Mead
38C. Experimental Mead

Anyone out there going to force me to put a maximum number of entries in the rules?