Announcing the 2023 Orpheus MeadFest Competition!
With the success of the last two years’ virtual competition, Orpheus is holding the 2023 competition with virtual judging.
The Competition Calendar:
The competition early registration period opens on Monday, May 1, 2023.
The registration deadline is Friday, June 9, 2023.
Entries will be accepted from Friday, May 22, 2023–Sunday, June 11, 2023.
Deadline: All entries must be registered, paid for, and received at one of our drop-off/ship-to locations by the end of business on Sunday, June 11.
The Virtual Judging Period is June 24–July 14.
All winners will be announced at the Orpheus MeadFest Tasting and Awards Ceremony on Saturday, July 22, 2023.
A mead competition from your favorite Meadtubers! A simple, approachable, mead competition – now in its third year! Our team has worked hard to make sure the competition is in line with other homebrewing competitions regarding rules, timeframes, and judging criteria.
Cost is $10 per entry and you are limited to 4 entries.
Be sure to play our Cattle Battle category, too! Mead Stampede organizers will brew up a special batch of mead featuring: hops, citrus, and honey. Here’s the challenge: we just gave you the ingredients, but not the recipe. You brew with these ingredients – trying your best to guess what the Cattle Battle Challenge mead tastes like. Whichever entry gets the closest in flavor to the official brew will be declared the winner!
