Valhalla: The Meading of Life
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Valhalla: The Meading of Life is a BJCP-sanctioned mead-only homebrew competition held each fall at the Iron Hill Brewery in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The third annual Valhalla will be held on October 20, 2007.
[edit] 2006 Competition
In 2006, 66 entries were received from 37 different meadmakers. The 2006 winners were:
| Category | First place | Second place | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best of Show | Mary Reiland, McFarland WI. Heirloom apple cyser | Jeffery Swearengin, Tulsa OK. Sol de Blanc (traditional sweet mead) | Steve Fletty, Falcon Heights MN. Chateu Fletty (pyment) |
| Dry/semi-sweet traditional | Chad Gould, St. Petersburg. FL Anniversary Mead | Luke Kostu, Hopelawn, NJ D-47 Mead | Richard Weiss, New Bern, NC |
| Sweet traditional | Jeffrey Swearengin, Tulsa OK, Sol de Blanc | Glenn and Dani Exline, Rockledge, FL, TKO | Curt and Kathy Stock, St. Paul, MN Tupelo Taming |
| Cyser | Mary Rieland, McFarland, WI | Lyle Brown, Fredricksberg, VA | Patrick Payne, Melbourne, FL, Super Sizer |
| Pyment | Steve Fletty, Falcon Heights, MN Chateau Fletty | Micheal Fairbrother, Londonderry, NH, Wild NH pyment | Deborah Lee, Thornton, CO, Zinfully Wild |
| Other Fruit Melomels | Curt and Kathy Stock, St. Paul, MN Plum Crazy | Ed Walkowski, Dalton, PA Raspberry melomel | Howard Curran, Oviedo, FL Guavalicious |
| Metheglin | Christopher Clair, West Chester, PA Jenn & Barry's Matrimonial Mint Mead | Luke Kostu, Hopelawn, NJ Chili Mead | Ed Walkowski, Dalton, PA Apple Butter Cyser |
| Braggot | Patrick Payne, Melbourne, FL Braggon Rights | Patrick Payne, Melbourne, FL There's Creek in me Honey | Glenn and Dani Exline, Rockledge, FL, St. Bernardus |
| Open Category Mead | Patrick Payne, Rockledge, FL Paynes Pomegranate Braggot | Jeffrey Swearengin, Tulsa, OK Cornucopias | Lyle Brown, Fredricksburg, VA, Meloglin |
