Didn't see a new thread for this week's gotmead live so decided to create a thread myself.
Wasn't working the following morning so I got the chance to listen in to the program again. This week's show talked a lot about the mazer cup.
Looked into the site mentioned by Oskaar where you can find score sheets similar to those used in the Mazer cup. Found these two nifty links:
http://www.bjcp.org/mead/Mead_checklist.pdf
http://www.bjcp.org/docs/SCP_MeadScoreSheet.pdf
I found the checklist useful to try to describe our own meads. These sheets are used for traditionals, but if we are taking Oskaar's advice we should be trying to nail traditionals in the beginning anyway. Also had a little chat with a member who went to the mazer cup this year and it was useful to understand what type of feedback one could expect
The following link to a pdf could also help us describe our own meads and help us understand what we are looking for. Of course, personal taste would ultimately trump what is said here. So if it says the taste should be balanced but we like a dominant flavor, for example, then by all means go ahead its your mead!
http://www.bjcp.org/docs/2015_Guidelines_Mead.pdf
I also found the sections of the pdf in webpages through these following links. I might be missing a link.
Traditionals:
http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style24.php
Melomels:
http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style25.php
Metheglins:
http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style26.php
While my post is focusing on what I found in http://www.bjcp.org , this thread is about yesterday's show in general so feel free to chime with anything related to the show!
Wasn't working the following morning so I got the chance to listen in to the program again. This week's show talked a lot about the mazer cup.
Looked into the site mentioned by Oskaar where you can find score sheets similar to those used in the Mazer cup. Found these two nifty links:
http://www.bjcp.org/mead/Mead_checklist.pdf
http://www.bjcp.org/docs/SCP_MeadScoreSheet.pdf
I found the checklist useful to try to describe our own meads. These sheets are used for traditionals, but if we are taking Oskaar's advice we should be trying to nail traditionals in the beginning anyway. Also had a little chat with a member who went to the mazer cup this year and it was useful to understand what type of feedback one could expect
The following link to a pdf could also help us describe our own meads and help us understand what we are looking for. Of course, personal taste would ultimately trump what is said here. So if it says the taste should be balanced but we like a dominant flavor, for example, then by all means go ahead its your mead!
http://www.bjcp.org/docs/2015_Guidelines_Mead.pdf
I also found the sections of the pdf in webpages through these following links. I might be missing a link.
Traditionals:
http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style24.php
Melomels:
http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style25.php
Metheglins:
http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style26.php
While my post is focusing on what I found in http://www.bjcp.org , this thread is about yesterday's show in general so feel free to chime with anything related to the show!