Your Honey or Your Life
Awards
Judges
Tarn Allen, Edalyn Bernal, Riley Crowder, Dustan Cwick, Cody Gabbard, Steve Jones, Daniel Koperski, Cory Meisch, Scott Nieradka, Alex Parise, Vaerae Reese, Gary Rischitelli, Lee West
Judges - Best of Show
Cody Gabbard, Steve Jones, Scott Nieradka, Gary Rischitelli
Stewards
Benjamin Carnahan, Hannah Martin
By the Numbers
95 Entries
29 Entrants
13 Judges
2 Stewards
1 Staff
35 Placing Entries
Table 1: M1B
8 entries
Judges: Scott Nieradka (Head Judge), Alex Parise
1st
Ryan Guasp
Eighty Five (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)
2nd
Nolan Yost
Bag One Ten Happiness
Drew Peabawls (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)
3rd
JJ Ocampo
Brewers Anonymous
Nova 2025 (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)
Table 2: M1C
7 entries
Judges: Daniel Koperski (Head Judge), Vaerae Reese
1st
Jason Barker
Rodney Begged To Help Me With This Mead (M1C: Sweet Mead)
2nd
Cody Lester
Central Arkansas Fermenters
Golden Waves Of Arkansas (M1C: Sweet Mead)
3rd
Rodney Kibzey
Oregon Brew Crew
Rad (M1C: Sweet Mead)
Table 3: M4C
8 entries
Judges: Riley Crowder, Steve Jones (Head Judge)
1st
Austin Brown
Brewers Anonymous
Acercyserglyn (M4C: Experimental Mead)
2nd
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Borch (M4C: Experimental Mead)
3rd
Cody Lester
Central Arkansas Fermenters
Key Lime For Dessert (M4C: Experimental Mead)
HM
Jake Tweedy
Bag One Ten Happiness
Blueberry Gogurt (M4C: Experimental Mead)
Table 4: M2E
10 entries
Judges: Cody Gabbard (Head Judge), Gary Rischitelli
1st
Alexandria Horn
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
Apollo (M2E: Melomel)
2nd
Melody Stout
Lehigh Valley Home Brewers
Delaware Bay Breeze (M2E: Melomel)
3rd
BC Phillips
High Plains Draughters
Alexa Text My Grandson No Alexa Don't Play That No Text Grandson... (M2E: Melomel)
Table 5: M3A
9 entries
Judges: Edalyn Bernal, Cory Meisch (Head Judge)
1st
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Not Your Grand Mother's Apple Pie (M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead)
2nd
Melody Stout
Lehigh Valley Home Brewers
Mulelody (M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead)
3rd
Louis Strowger
Peninsula Fermentation Society
Not Your Grandma's Fruitcake (M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead)
Table 6: M3B
0 entry
There are no winning entries at this table.
Table 7: M4A, M4B
8 entries
Judges: Riley Crowder, Riley Crowder, Steve Jones (Head Judge), Steve Jones (Head Judge)
1st
BC Phillips
High Plains Draughters
Oat My Gawd (Blueberry Oatmeal) (M4A: Braggot)
2nd
Dustan Cwick
Summer Braggot (M4A: Braggot)
3rd
Ilija Melentijevic
Stary Boczek (M4B: Historical Mead)
Table 8: M1A, M2A
10 entries
Judges: Daniel Koperski (Head Judge), Vaerae Reese
1st
Nolan Yost
Bag One Ten Happiness
Cyser? I Barely Know Her - 2.0 (M2A: Cyser)
2nd
Rodney Kibzey
Oregon Brew Crew
Orange Apple (M2A: Cyser)
3rd
Steven Keller
Madison Homebrewers &...
Them Some Apples (M2A: Cyser)
Table 9: M2D
5 entries
Judges: Cody Gabbard (Head Judge), Cody Gabbard (Head Judge), Gary Rischitelli, Gary Rischitelli
1st
Jordan Willeford
The Worts
Peachy Keen B2 (M2D: Stone Fruit Mead)
2nd
Austin Brown
Brewers Anonymous
Millions Of Peaches (M2D: Stone Fruit Mead)
3rd
Benjamin Tellier
Epoch Cherry (M2D: Stone Fruit Mead)
Table 10: M2B
7 entries
Judges: Scott Nieradka, Lee West
1st
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Castle Anthrax 2025 (M2B: Pyment)
2nd
Jordan Willeford
The Worts
Berserker (M2B: Pyment)
3rd
Ryan Guasp
Cabaret (M2B: Pyment)
Table 11: M2C
7 entries
Judges: Edalyn Bernal, Cory Meisch (Head Judge)
1st
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
French Taunter 2021 V3 (M2C: Berry Mead)
2nd
Nolan Yost
Bag One Ten Happiness
Boofin' Berries (M2C: Berry Mead)
3rd
Garrett Freeman
Red Earth Brewers
Boysenberry Mead (M2C: Berry Mead)
Table 12: Table 12 M3B
10 entries
Judges: Tarn Allen, Edalyn Bernal, Gary Rischitelli, Lee West
1st
Scott Nieradka
Portland Brewers Collective
Red Arrow, Black Shield (M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead)
2nd
Jake Tweedy
Bag One Ten Happiness
The Cheekiest Of Hibiscuses (M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead)
3rd
Nolan Yost
Bag One Ten Happiness
Cheeky Biscus 2.0 (M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead)
Table 13: Mead of Lore
6 entries
1st
Ilija Melentijevic
Water Of Life (35A: Mead of Lore)
Best of Show
Mead
Judges: Cody Gabbard, Steve Jones, Scott Nieradka, Gary Rischitelli
1st
Alexandria Horn
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
Apollo (M2E: Melomel)
2nd
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Not Your Grand Mother's Apple Pie (M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead)
3rd
BC Phillips
High Plains Draughters
Oat My Gawd (Blueberry Oatmeal) (M4A: Braggot)
HM
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Castle Anthrax 2025 (M2B: Pyment)
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners
