We're moving along by fits and starts. Lots of work to do!
A suggestion I can make for further involvement of homemeadmakers -- set your calendars for the next International Meadfest and give serious consideration (if you have prior experience) to serving as a judge for the competition judging. Also, take a look at any proposed meetings and be there to lend your opinion!
It's always hard to find well qualified judges. If the competition at the annual International Meadfest (which will become the annual meeting of the IMA) is expanded to include both home and commercial meadmakers at the next meeting, we're going to need lots of judges! Judges who know mead and can give a well qualified opinion.
Myself, I was asked to be a judge at the 2004 meadfest but turned it down, with reluctance. I'm more of a bibliophile than a good judge of mead, and don't trust my palate sufficiently to serve as a judge in competition. Plus, I roomed with Ken Schramm at the meadfest -- both an educational and intimidating experience when it comes to learning about the proper evaluation of a good mead. I'm not ready to be a judge, but if you are, step up!
A suggestion I can make for further involvement of homemeadmakers -- set your calendars for the next International Meadfest and give serious consideration (if you have prior experience) to serving as a judge for the competition judging. Also, take a look at any proposed meetings and be there to lend your opinion!
It's always hard to find well qualified judges. If the competition at the annual International Meadfest (which will become the annual meeting of the IMA) is expanded to include both home and commercial meadmakers at the next meeting, we're going to need lots of judges! Judges who know mead and can give a well qualified opinion.
Myself, I was asked to be a judge at the 2004 meadfest but turned it down, with reluctance. I'm more of a bibliophile than a good judge of mead, and don't trust my palate sufficiently to serve as a judge in competition. Plus, I roomed with Ken Schramm at the meadfest -- both an educational and intimidating experience when it comes to learning about the proper evaluation of a good mead. I'm not ready to be a judge, but if you are, step up!