Make That Seven Medals for 2022

Thorgrim, our dry Blood Orange Mead with Rosemary, brought home a Third Place (Bronze Medal) win in the Specialty category at the 2022 Orpheus Mead Cup, adding a Seventh Medal to our 2022 total. Thorgrim's such an odd duck with a very specific flavor profile that we weren't even sure we wanted to enter it. But we're glad we did.

The Orpheus Mead Cup is an international competition held in Colorado by the Orpheus Pagan Choir. We were up against some heavy hitters from the US as well as Poland.

Sadly, the Meadfest had to be canceled due to circumstances beyond their control, but they went ahead with the judging.

We are very humbled to be recognized for the quality of our Mead making.

Fitzgibbon Meadery Brings Home Six Medals in 2022

We've been busy little bees in the background entering National and International wine and mead competitions with the hopes that someone will like what we make... and we're pleased to announce our results from some of the recent competitions.

The Great American International Wine Competition 2022

The Great American International Wine Competition was held in New York and was open to all wineries both domestic and foreign. Which, of course, meant we were up against a lot of competition. This was primarily a wine competition that had a Mead category. So we sent sent a mead and a wine and were fortunate enough to win two medals.

RYOKO, our Plum Wine, earned a Silver Medal in the Other Fruit Wine Category and KENNY, our Sweet Traditional Mead, won a Bronze Medal in the Mead Category.

The Finger Lakes International Wine and Spirits Competition 2022

Also held in New York, this competition was open to all wineries domestic and foreign. All proceeds from the competition and subsequent events went to benefit Camp Good Days and Special Times, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for children and families all over the world, whose lives have been touched by cancer and sickle cell anemia.

This was also primarily a Wine Competition so we sent a wine and a mead.

Again, RYOKO, our little Plum Wine Dragon, wowed the judges and we pulled down another Bronze Medal in the Other Fruit Wine Category.

The National Honey Board's Mead Crafter's Competition 2022

 Held in Illinois, this competition, hosted by The National Honey Board, was specific to mead and limited to Meaderies in the United States. Each Meadery was permitted to submit up to five meads for consideration, free of cost, which meant that we were on an equal footing with some of the larger Meaderies that can afford to enter more meads into the paid competitions than our little Meadery.

We sent our five entries and were thrilled to learn that we had impressed enough judges to bring home three medals.

BERRY NICE, our Mixed Berry Mead and LIVID, our Lemon Mead, each won a silver medal; and SIGRID, our Elderberry Mead, won a Bronze Medal.

Stop in and see us the next time you're in the area and see what all the Buzz is about. 

Cordelia Wins Gold Medal at 2021 Orpheus Meadfest

We’re proud, flabbergasted, and thrilled to announce that Cordelia, our “Chai” spiced mead, won 1st Place in the Metheglin category at the 2021 Orpheus Meadfest.

Metheglins are meads with spices and Cordelia contains many of the spices one would expect to find in Chai tea. It's definitely one of our more unique flavors and we're tickled pink that the judges found it worthy.

This is Misa’s signature flavor, so congratulate her when you see her.