2022 Mead CRAFTERS Competition
2022 Awards
More than 380 entered, but only one came out on top. Gin Barrel Metheglin from The Brimming Horn Meadery, LLC of Milton, DE, took home Best of Show honors at the 2022 Mead Crafters Competition, hosted by the National Honey Board. This year’s competition welcomed commercial meads which were submitted from craft meaderies across the United States.
The Mead Crafters Competition is a BJCP certified program and judged by mead certified judges, mead makers and sommeliers. The submitted meads were judged on their aroma, appearance, flavor and overall impression.
2022 Mead Crafters Competition Winners

Best of Show: Gold
Gin Barrel Metheglin
The Brimming Horn Meadery
Milton, DE

Best of Show: Silver
Elderberry Mead
Wyldewood Cellars
Peck, KS

Best of Show: Bronze
Raspberry
Wyldewood Cellars
St. Joseph, IL
Dessert Mead — Set Adrift, Pye Road Meadworks
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Dry — Ironsides Reign, Four Brothers Mead
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Dry — Bee 100, 1634 Meadery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — Purple Reign, Blue Honey
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — Oaked Black Cherry, Wandering Bard Meadery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Rhubarb/Raspberry Blossom, Arsenal Cider House & Wine Cellar
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Raspberry, Wyldewood Cellars
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Elderberry Mead, Wyldewood Cellars
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Elderberry/Blackberry Mead, Wyldewood Cellars
Metheglin Sweet — Bumble, The Mead Werks at Wilderbee Farm
Pyment Semi-Sweet — Eir’s Song, Atheling Meadworks
Pyment Semi-Sweet — Black Rabbit of Bordeaux, Bluewood Brewing
Pyment Sweet — Somm Series Syrah, Bluewood Brewing
Specialty Dry — Nursery Crimes, House Bear Brewing, LLC
Specialty Dry — Raspberry Chamomile Hydromel, Whistle Hop Brewing Company
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Hibiscus Lime, Wild Blossom Meadery
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Granny’s Apple Pie, Etowah Meadery / The Dahlonega Brewery
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Grand Admiral, Queen City Meadery
Specialty Sweet — Arrangement of Beliefs, Pye Road Meadworks
Specialty Sweet — Gin Barrel Metheglin, The Brimming Horn Meadery
Specialty Sweet — Grand Noir, Bluewood Brewing
Specialty Sweet — Barrel Aged Stop Pecan Me, Unpossible Mead, Inc.
Traditional Dry — Dry Wildflower Mead, Martin Brothers Winery
Traditional Semi-Sweet — Orange Blossom Mead, Martin Brothers Winery
Varietal Dry — Hawaiian Lehua Blossom, Heidrun Meadery
Varietal Dry — Oregon Chicory Blossom, Heidrun Meadery
Varietal Semi-Sweet— Mamane, Garagiste Meadery
Varietal Semi-Sweet— Orange Blossom Traditional, Wandering Bard Meadery
Varietal Semi-Sweet— Mesquite Blossom, Feisty Brood Meadery, Inc.
Varietal Sweet— Orange Blossom, The Brimming Horn Meadery
Design — Tempest, Batch Mead
Braggots — Tacos @ Noon (Jalapeno Cornbread), Wild West Mead Company
Cyser — Apple 3.14, Monks Meadery
Dessert Mead — Aelfwynn’s Song, Atheling Meadworks
Dessert Mead — Beary Cherry Cheesecake, Unpossible Mead, Inc.
Dessert Mead — Bit of Cherry Chocolate, Honeybound Meadery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Dry — #notapineapple, Honey & Hops Brew Works
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Dry — Bacchus Blushed, Monks Meadery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Dry — Blossom, Clear Skies Meadery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Dry — Midsummer Night’s Mead, Oran Mor Artisan Mead, LLC
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Dry — Shield Maiden, Atheling Meadworks
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Dry — Wild Berry Mead, Five Sons Winery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — Linnunratta, Oran Mor Artisan Mead, LLC
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — That’s My Jam, Blue Honey
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — Cranberry Limeade, KingView Mead, Wine, and Hard Cider
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — Rubee, Queen’s Reward
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — Chaucer’s Pomegranate Mead, Chaucer’s Cellars
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — Chaucer’s Raspberry Mead, Chaucer’s Cellars
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — RB&B, Etowah Meadery / The Dahlonega Brewery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — Blueberry, Wandering Bard Meadery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — Got the Blues, Etowah Meadery / The Dahlonega Brewery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — The Overview Effect, Space Time Mead & Cider Works
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — Berry’d Gold, Contrivance
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — AMY, Queen City Meadery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — AnnannTe, Keeper’s Cult Meadery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Livid, Fitzgibbon Meadery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Across the Volga, The Brimming Horn Meadery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Fafnir’s Blood, Williamson Mead and Brewing
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Valkyrie, Williamson Mead and Brewing
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Strawberry Shortcake Mead, Batch Mead
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Midnight Sun, Honey & Hops Brew Works
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Cherry/Japanese Knotweed, Arsenal Cider House & Wine Cellar
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Honey of a Plum, White Winter Mead, Cider, Spirits
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Berry Nice, Fitzgibbon Meadery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Easier on the B’s, Treehive Inc.
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Puffs Sweet Heat, Saga Meadery
Metheglin Semi-Sweet — Friar Lukes, 1634 Meadery
Pyment Dry — Gemütlichkeit, Waldmet Cellars
Pyment Dry — Cherokee Street Connection, Bluewood Brewing
Pyment Dry — Honey Zin, Juniper Tree Meadery
Pyment Dry — Scarlet Noir, Queen’s Reward
Pyment Semi-Sweet — Somm Series Riesling, Bluewood Brewing
Pyment Sweet — Cernunnos, Williamson Mead and Brewing
Specialty Dry — Guava Galaxy, Thorax Meadworks
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Beltane Blossom, Mcgee’s Mead
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Earl Grey’s Kumquats, Mcgee’s Mead
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Barrel Aged Cyser, Dragon Meadery
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Mango Chili, Flora de Mel
Specialty Sweet — House Honeybrew, Leaf & Hive Brew Lab
Specialty Sweet — Make It So, Odd Elixer MeadWorks
Specialty Sweet — Hibiscus Honeybrew, Leaf & Hive Brew Lab
Specialty Sweet — Lavender Lemongrass Honeybrew, Leaf & Hive Brew Lab
Specialty Sweet — Pear Lavender, Dragon Meadery
Specialty Sweet — Bellerophon, Williamson Mead and Brewing
Specialty Sweet — Lemon Blueberry Scone, Garagiste Meadery
Specialty Sweet — Knotty Soda, Clear Skies Meadery
Specialty Sweet — Memnto Mori, Odd Elixer MeadWorks
Specialty Sweet — Chocolate Barrel Aged Strawberry Sunrise, Superstition Meadery
Specialty Sweet — Wolves of the Iron Wood, The Brimming Horn Meadery
Specialty Sweet — Smolder, Moonlight Meadery
Traditional Dry — Original Dry, Charm City Meadworks
Traditional Dry — High Oak Orange Blossom Mead, Martin Brothers Winery
Traditional Semi-Sweet — Sparkling Mead, Broken Brix
Traditional Semi-Sweet — Chaucer’s Mead, Chaucer’s Cellars
Traditional Semi-Sweet — Semi-Sweet, Bee-Town Mead & Cider, LCC
Traditional Semi-Sweet — Wildflower Mead, Martin Brothers Winery
Traditional Sweet — Sweet Mead, White Winter Mead, Cider, Spirits
Traditional Sweet — The Allfather’s, Valhalla Meadery
Traditional Sweet — Mead, Wyldewood Cellars
Traditional Sweet — Stinger, Winehaven Winery
Varietal Dry — Hawaiian Macadamia Nut Blossom, Heidrun Meadery
Varietal Semi-Sweet — Show Me the Honey Angico, W A Meadworks Inc
Varietal Sweet — Snowberry, Garagiste Meadery
Braggot — Buzzworthy, Smog City Brewing Co. and Moonlight Meadery
Cyser — Honeybound Cyser, Honeybound Meadery
Dessert Mead — Blackberry Mead, Contrivance
Dessert Mead — Cytherea, The Brimming Horn Meadery
Dessert Mead — Holiday Harbor, White Winter Mead, Cider, Spirits
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Dry — Make My Mead Mango, The Mead Werks at Wilderbee Farm
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Dry — Apricot Mead Off-Dry, Starrlight Mead
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Dry — Follow the Sun, Lilly Belle Meads
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Dry — Strawberry Mead, Wassail Inc DBA Maine Mead Works
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Dry — Blueberry Mead Off-Dry, Starrlight Mead
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — Fable Farms Fig Forbidden, Fable Farms Meadery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — Magnificent Bird of Paradise, Artivem Mead Co.
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — Scarlet Flycatcher, Artivem Mead Co.
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — Embrace, Moonlight Meadery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — Admiral, Queen City Meadery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — Coffee Mead, Duck Creek Vineyard and Winery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Semi-Sweet — Blackberry, Keeper’s Cut Meadery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Sunburst Citrus, Saga Meadery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Peach Mead, Wyldewood Cellars
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Jason’s Blunder, 1634 Meadery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Blueberry, Contrivance
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Sigrid, Fitzgibbon Meadery
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel Sweet — Red Totality, Garagiste Meadery
Metheglin Dry — Berserker Hop, Valhalla Meadery
Metheglin Dry — Juniper’s Choice, Juniper Tree Meadery
Metheglin Semi-Sweet — Aphrodite’s Obsession, Oran Mor artisan Mead, LLC
Metheglin Semi-Sweet — Hibiscus Ginger, Clear Skies Meadery
Metheglin Semi-Sweet — Vanilla Cinnamon Mead, Prairie Rose Meadery
Metheglin Sweet — Cinnabunfun, Williamson Mead and Brewing
Metheglin Sweet — Sweet Chai, Valhalla Meadery
Metheglin Sweet — Spiced Mead, Wassail Inc DBA Maine Mead Works
Pyment Dry — Delta Dry, Queen’s Reward
Pyment Semi-Sweet — Purple and Gold, KingView Mead, Wine, and Hard Cider
Pyment Semi-Sweet — Nectar, Bears Bluff Meadery
Pyment Sweet — Delta Gold, Queen’s Reward
Pyment Sweet — Collaboration Pyment, Space Time Mead & Cider Works
Specialty Dry — Cherry Sour, Wehrloom Honey & Meadery
Specialty Dry — Werebear, House Bear Brewing, LLC
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Persephone, Mcgee’s Mead
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Viking Grog, KingView Mead, Wine, and Hard Cider
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Blackberry Mojito Hydromel, Whistle Hop Brewing Company
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Mead with Fig & Creamsicle, Bee-Town Mead & Cider, LLC
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Winter Berry, Sierra Foothills Meadery
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Tranquila, Superstition Meadery
Specialty Semi-Sweet — The Burnt Altar Bochet, Valhalla Meadery
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Barrel Aged Bobby, Lilly Belle Meads
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Happy Meadium After Dark, The Mead Werks at Wilderbee Farm
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Strandurlaub “Beach Vacation”, Waldmet Cellars
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Mutiny in Paradise, Superstition Meadery
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Captain Magpie, Artivem Mead Co.
Specialty Semi-Sweet — Barrel Aged Bochet, Honeygirl Meadery
Specialty Semi-Sweet — From the Ashes, Batch Mead
Specialty Sweet — PB&J, Wild Blossom Meadery
Specialty Sweet — Bourbon Barrel Aged Winter Cheer, Saga Meadery
Specialty Sweet — Smoked Cherry, Dragon Meadery
Specialty Sweet — Winter Spice, Queen’s Reward
Specialty Sweet — Chai Honeybrew, Leaf & Hive Brew Lab
Specialty Sweet — Blood of the Knights, Pye Road Meadworks
Specialty Sweet — Barrel Aged Mead, Feisty Brood Meadery, Inc.
Specialty Sweet — Polypore “Stout-Sour”, Leaf & Hive Brew Lab
Specialty Sweet — Knot Your Average Plum, Honeybound Meadery
Specialty Sweet — To the Pain, Odd Elixer Meadworks
Specialty Sweet — Creeper, Honey & Hops Brew Works
Traditional Dry — Sierra Gold, Sierra Foothills Meadery
Traditional Semi-Sweet — SuB, KingView Mead, Wine, and Hard Cider
Traditional Semi-Sweet — Honeycomb Mead, Five Sons Winery
Traditional Semi-Sweet — Vintage Mead, Lilly Belle Meads
Traditional Semi-Sweet — Scenic Drive, Honey & Hops Brew Works
Traditional Semi-Sweet — Traditional Mead, Prairie Rose Meadery
Traditional Semi-Sweet — Sol, Oran Mor Artisan Mead, LLC
Traditional Semi-Sweet — Sweet Blossom, Charm City Meadworks
Traditional Semi-Sweet — Orange Blossom Traditional, Slaymaker Cellars
Traditional Semi-Sweet — Mäusespeck “Marshmallow”, Waldmet Cellars
Traditional Sweet — Honeybound Red Bamboo, Honeybound Meadery
Traditional Sweet — Resplendent Quetzal, Artivem Mead Co.
Varietal Dry — California Buckwheat Blossom, Heidrun Meadery
Varietal Dry — Oregon Radish Blossom, Heidrun Meadery
Varietal Dry — Mead from Cotton Blossom Honey, Bee-Town Mead & Cider, LLC
Varietal Semi-Sweet — Orange Blossom Semi-Sweet, Feisty Brood Meadery, Inc.
Varietal Semi-Sweet — Orange Blossom, Sierra Foothills Meadery
Varietal Semi-Sweet — Marshmallow Fields, Unpossible Mead, Inc.
Varietal Sweet — Honeybound Traditional, Honeybound Meadery
Varietal Sweet — Sunny Bear Sweet Clover, Treehive Inc.
Varietal Sweet — OB Traditional, Dragon Meadery
Session Meads

Best of Show: Gold
Warhammer
Crafted Artisan Meadery
Mogadore, OH

Best of Show: Silver
Berry Savage
Crafted Artisan Meadery
Mogadore, OH

Best of Show: Bronze
The Fuzz and The Flower
Unpossible Mead, Inc.
Dwight, IL
Gold Medal Winner — The Fuzz and The Flower, Unpossible Mead, Inc.
Silver Medal Winner — Bee Lucky, Lilly Belle Meads
Bronze Medal Winner — Monkacino, Monks Meadery
Gold Medal Winner — Warhammer, Crafted Artisan Meadery
Silver Medal Winner — Key Lime Pie, Crafted Artisan Meadery
Bronze Medal Winner — Beelini, Superstition Meadery
Gold Medal Winner — Berry Savage, Crafted Artisan Meadery
Silver Medal Winner — Apple Crumble, Crafted Artisan Meadery
Bronze Medal Winner — Rococo, Zen Bee Meadery