2021 Mead CRAFTERS Competition
2019 Awards
More than 340 entered, but only one came out on top. The S’mores the Merrier from Dragon’s Lair Meadery in Lakewood, Washington, took home Best of Show honors at the 2019 Mead Crafters Competition, hosted by the National Honey Board. This year’s competition welcomed commercial meads which were submitted from craft meaderies throughout North America.
The Mead Crafters Competition was 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.
2019 Mead Crafters Competition Winners
Best of Show: Gold
The S’mores the Merrier
Dragon’s Lair Meadery
Lakewood, WA
Best of Show: Silver
Sweet Burn Dude!
Ancient Fire Mead & Cider
Manchester, NH
Best of Show: Bronze
Heavy Meadow
Lost Cause Meadery
San Diego, CA
Bracket / Braggot
Gold
Heaven and Heathen
Guadalupe Brewery in collab with Mjodhall Meadery
New Braunfels, TX
Silver
10 Penny Lane
GoodRoad CiderWorks
Charlotte, NC
Bronze
Honigbiene
Locavore Beer Works
Littleton, CO
Cyser
Gold
Dakota Apple
Prairie Rose Meadery
Fargo, ND
Silver
Buccaneers’ Bounty
Honey Grail
Leesburg, VA
Bronze
Cyser Kose’
GoodRoad CiderWorks
Charlotte, NC
Dessert Mead — Semi-Sweet
Gold
Bourbon Stag
Haymaker Meadery
Montgomeryville, PA
Silver
Ella
Meridian Hive Meadery
Austin, TX
Dessert Mead — Sweet
Gold
Sky River Solas Honey Wine
Sky River Mead
Redmond, WA
Silver
Our Buns Have No Seeds
Garagiste Meadery
Tampa, FL
Bronze
Nectarious After Dark
The Mead Werks at Wilderbee Farm
Port Townsend, WA
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel — Dry
Gold
Embrace
Moonlight Meadery
Londonderry, NH
Silver
Brilliant Disguise
Melovino
Vauxhall, NJ
Bronze
Native Plum
Hunters Moon Meadery
Severance, CO
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel — Semi-Sweet
Gold
Red Dress
Moonlight Meadery
Londonderry, NH
Silver
Mid Life Crisis
7C’s Winery
Walnut Grove, MO
Bronze
Raspberry Passion
Silver Hand Meadery
Williamsburg, VA
Fruit / Vegetable Melomel — Sweet
Gold
Heavy Meadow
Lost Cause Meadery
San Diego, CA
Silver
End Game
Black Labs Craft Meadery
Olathe, KS
Bronze
Three’s Company
W A Meadwerks Inc
Lindenhurst, NY
Metheglin — Dry
Gold
Lipgloss & Gunpowder
Unpossible Mead
Dwight, IL
Silver
Scarborough Fair
Silver Hand Meadery
Williamsburg, VA
Bronze
Magdalena
Queen Bee Brews
Denver, CO
Metheglin — Semi-Sweet
Gold
Zydeco Buzz
Lost Cause Meadery
San Diego, CA
Silver
Root Beer Mead
Duck Creek Vineyard and Winery
Denmark, WI
Bronze
The Beerded One
Dancing Bee Winery
Rogers, TX
Metheglin — Sweet
Gold
Sweet Burn Dude!
Ancient Fire Mead & Cider
Manchester, NH
Silver
Sky River Hopped Honeywine
Sky River Mead
Redmond, WA
Bronze
Vanilla Cinnamon
Prairie Rose Meadery
Fargo, ND
Pyment — Dry
Gold
Melissa
Meridian Hive Meadery
Austin, TX
Silver
Scarlet Noir
Queen’s Reward Meadery
Tupelo, MS
Bronze
By Any Other Name
Melovino
Vauxhall, NJ
Pyment — Semi-Sweet
Gold
Zen Orange Blossom
Feisty Brood Meadery
Northfield, OH
Silver
In Yo’ Face Pyment
Crafted Artisan Meadery
Mogadore, OH
Bronze
Arsenal Pyment
Arsenal Cider House & Wine Cellar
Pittsburgh, PA
Pyment — Sweet
Gold
Sky River Pyment
Sky River Mead
Redmond, WA
Silver
Vonn-Yay
Queen Bee Brews
Denver, CO
Bronze
En Orama di Tamiami
Garagiste Meadery
Tampa, FL
Session Mead — Dry
Gold
Standard Ile
Philadelphia Mead Well
Philadelphia, PA
Silver
Sauvage Mead Blanc
Annapurna Mead
Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze
Folklore
Haymaker Meadery
Montgomeryville, PA
Session Mead — Semi-Sweet
Gold
Pollen-Nation
Crafted Artisan Meadery
Mogadore, OH
Silver
Oregon Marionberry Draft Mead
Author Mead Co.
Vancouver, WA
Bronze
Oregon Raspberry Draft Mead
Author Mead Co.
Vancouver, WA
Session Mead — Sweet
Gold
Apple Crumble
Crafted Artisan Meadery
Mogadore, OH
Silver
With Malus
Ancient Fire Mead & Cider
Manchester, NH
Bronze
Bananas Foster Forever
Crafted Artisan Meadery
Mogadore, OH
Specialty — Dry
Gold
Hawaiian Lehua Blossom Naturally Sparkling Dry Mead
Heidrun Meadery
Point Reyes Station, CA
Silver
Mule Street Blues
GoodRoad CiderWorks
Charlotte, NC
Bronze
Broken Crown
Meridian Hive Meadery
Austin, TX
Specialty — Semi-Sweet
Gold
Collaboration Peach Methomel
Space Time Mead & Cider Works in collab with Honey Hole Winery
Drums, PA
Silver
Hot For Teacher
Melovino
Vauxhall, NJ
Bronze
Nice As Pie
Melovino
Vauxhall, NJ
Specialty — Sweet
Gold
The S’mores the Merrier
Dragon’s Lair Meadery
Lakewood, WA
Silver
Imperial Stranger Bings
Crafted Artisan Meadery
Mogadore, OH
Bronze
Old Bourbon Barrel
Hive and Barrel Meadery
Crestwood, KY
Traditional — Dry
Gold
Brother Adam
The Mead Werks at Wilderbee Farm
Port Townsend, WA
Silver
Wildflower Dry Mead
Martin Brothers Winery
Hermann, MO
Bronze
Cheechako
Hunters Moon Meadery
Severance, CO
Traditional — Semi-Sweet
Gold
Orange Blossom Mead
Martin Brothers Winery
Hermann, MO
Silver
Happy Meadium
The Mead Werks at Wilderbee Farm
Port Townsend, WA
Bronze
Moonlight Nectar
Hunters Moon Meadery
Severance, CO
Traditional — Sweet
Gold
Boudica’s Uprising
Honey Grail
Leesburg, VA
Silver
Chaucer’s Mead
Chaucer’s Cellar
Soquel, CA
Bronze
Stinger
Winehaven Winery
Chisago City, MN
Varietal — Dry
Gold
2018 All-Wise Rhodomel
All-Wise Meadery
Brooklyn, NY
Varietal — Semi-Sweet
Gold
Buckwheat Mead
Feisty Brood Meadery
Northfield, OH
Silver
Alfalfa Mead
7C’s Winery
Walnut Grove, MO
Bronze
Liquid Sunshine
7C’s Winery
Walnut Grove, MO
Varietal — Sweet
Gold
Oak Meadowfoam
Garagiste Meadery
Tampa, FL
Silver
Honey River Basswood Mead
Healthberry Farm
Dry Fork, WV
Design / Packaging
Gold
Meloluna
Blacksnake Meadery
Dugspur, VA
Silver
The Beerded One
Dancing Bee Winery
Rogers, TX
Bronze
Buckwheat Blossom Orange Peel
Western Reserve Meadery
Cleveland, OH