Valkyries Horn is one of the a newer mead competitions, but is already highly regarded among mead makers and mead judges. In 2020, comp organizers pivoted and persevered to create a fun and unique virtual judging experience, and by doing so helped rewrite the rules and guidelines on coordinating contests in the age of COVID.
It’s a meeting of mead minds up in here! 2020 National Meadmaker of the Year Josh Holbrook interviews the two-time AHA Meadmaker of the Year (2007 & 2016) Steve Fletty. They discuss a LOT of mead making and mead judging topics including: what a good scoresheet looks like, how to be more than a “flaw detective”
Meadmaker of the Year Josh Holbrook interviews the Godfather of Mead Ken Schramm for our collaborative Better Judge a Mead series. Ken is the author of the essential meadmaking tome “The Compleat Meadmaker” and founder of Schramm’s Mead. Ken and Josh discuss many mead topics: achieving balance and what balance even means, fruit preparation,
