THE MAZER CUP BEGINS AGAIN AS

THE MAZER CUP INTERNATIONAL

Like the proverbial Phoenix rising from the ashes, the Mazer Cup has been re-born to claim it's rightful place among the truly great mead-only competitions.

This new incarnation, The Mazer Cup International, will engage both Professional Meaderies and Home Mead Enthusiasts from around the world in a classic competition that is focused on the best of Professional and Enthusiast meadmakers.

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COMPETITION CONTACTS:

General Information

Commecial Registrar

Judge Director

Home Registrar

Volunteer Corps

Competition Director

Webmaster

 

 

Welcome to The Mazer Cup International
sponsored by GotMead.Com

The Mazer Cup International is a Mead Competition only. No public tastings or events are scheduled for this year's competition.

Commercial entry deadline, April 11, 2009

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Two heavyweights in the Mead world have partnered to bring a new era of mead competitions to the International Mead Community. The MAZER CUP, started by Ken Schramm, Dan McConnell and Mike O'Brien quickly became the de-facto standard for mead competitions in North America and set the standard for all of the mead-only competitions that followed.

Now, with support from Ken Schramm, Dan McConnell and Mike O'Brien, Gotmead.com has picked up the baton and is bringing the Mazer Cup, possibly the most well-known mead competition, back from its hiatus. In keeping with the original Mazer Cup, our competition will give hand-crafter mazers to the winners of our home competition. We are also holding a worldwide commercial mead competition, and will be awarding new and distintive medals that we hope will soon become a coveted achievement in the commercial meadmaking market.

Part of the team managing and supporting this event came out of the same team that brought you the hugely successful 2006, 2007 and 2008 HMMC (Home Meadmakers Competition) and will continue to bring you the best competition we can!

Competition Details

The competitions will be held in Boulder, Colorado, at the Outlook Hotel, April 17-19.

We are now putting our judging team and support staff together, and will be contacting those who have helped with the old Meadfest competitions. There will be home and commercial competitions this year as we want to bring you the best of both worlds. Commercial meadmakers may request additional entry details by clicking this link: commercial entries.

Thanks for your support!

Ken Schramm, Glenn & Dani Exline, Sheron Rowland, & Wayne Boncyk
are your friendly neighborhood MazerCup International organizers

and are supported by
Vicky Rowe and Petar Bakulic, Owners, Gotmead.com

 

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