2023 Arizona Mead and Cider Homebrew Competition
Thank you for your interest in the 2023 Arizona Mead and Cider Homebrew Competition organized by , Flagstaff, AZ.
You only need to register your information once and can return to this site to enter more brews or edit the brews you've entered. You can even pay your entry fees online if you wish.
Judge and Steward Registration is Open
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Rules
NOTE: The Arizona Mead and Cider Festival is not happening in 2023, but we will still hold the homebrew competition.
This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older.
Only meads and ciders will be allowed into the competition.
The entry fee is $10. Additional entries are $5 each up to a maximum of 4 total entries per person.
All entries must be received at a drop-off location by the drop-off deadline.
Each entry will consist of two 12 to 22 ounce, or one 750ml, capped or corked bottle(s) that are void of all identifying information, including labels and embossing. Printed caps are allowed, but must be blacked out completely.
All entries must be handcrafted products, containing ingredients available to the general public, and made using private equipment by hobbyist brewers (i.e., no use of commercial facilities or Brew on Premises operations, supplies, etc.).
The competition organizers are not responsible for mis-categorized entries, entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged.
The competition organizers reserve the right to combine styles for judging and to restructure awards as needed depending upon the quantity and quality of entries.
Qualified judging of all entries is the primary goal of our event. Judges will evaluate and score each entry. The average of the scores will rank each entry in its category.
The competition committee reserves the right to combine overall style categories based on number of entries. All possible effort will be made to combine similar styles. All brews in combined categories will be judged according to the style they were originally entered in.
The Best of Show judging will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of the top winners.
Bottles will not be returned to entrants.
Competition Officials
You can send an email to any of the following individuals via Contact.
- Stephen Lenhart — Competition Coordinator
- Nick Perez — Club President
Sponsors
Mountain Top Mashers is proud to have the following sponsors for the 2023 Arizona Mead and Cider Homebrew Competition.
Past Winners
Judging Sessions and Dates
Lenhart's House
11/11/2023 12:00 PM, MST.
Account Registration Open
Account registrations accepted 09/01/2023 8:00 AM, MST through 11/04/2023 5:00 PM, MST.
Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 09/01/2023 8:00 AM, MST through 11/10/2023 5:00 PM, MST.
Entry Registration Closed
Entry Drop-Off Closed
Please pay attention to the notes provided for each drop-off location. There could be earlier deadlines for some drop-off locations listed, particular hours when entries are accepted, certain individuals to leave your entries with, etc. All entrants are responsible for reading the information provided by the organizers for each drop-off location.