We will be joined by Mark Tanner, owner of Seattle Mead Company &

Deception Cellars meadery.  Mark will be discussing:

How he develops many of his award-winning flavor profiles

How he is creating meads that will positively age for decades

The differences between red wine from honey and red wine from

We will also be sampling and evaluating 3 of their Mazer Cup winning meads:

Ballard Berry (Seattle Mead) – Raspberry, Blackberry and Black Currant

1st Place - 2022 Mazer Cup – Semi-sweet Berry Category

Chocolate Berry (Seattle Mead) – Black Currant, Blackberry and Chocolate

1st Place - 2022 Mazer Cup – Semi-sweet, Fruit and Spice Category

Red Blend 1 - The Future (Deception Cellars) – Raspberry & Cherry Mead.

1st Place - 2021 Mazer Cup – Dry, Melomel Category

These can be purchased in a 3-pack set via VinoShipper.  Mark is

providing the 3-bottle blend kit at a 10% discount and $15 flat rate shipping

Overall, it’s about a $30-35 savings for product and shipping.

https://vinoshipper.com/shop/seattle_mead_company/

Mark is the owner of Seattle Mead Company and Deception Cellars

meaderies.  He has been making award-winning meads since 2009 as a home enthusiast and started making mead professionally in 2018.

Mark is a National BJCP mead and beer judge and was one of the first mead judges in the country to pass the BJCP Mead exam (2010).  In 2013, he was awarded National Mead Maker of the Year at the National Homebrew Competition and in 2016 he won Mazer Cup Best of Show.   His two commercial brands have won Mazer Cup Medals in 10 of the 26 categories in the past 2 years.

Mead Matters with Mark Tanner