Brimming Horn Meadery wins silver at international competition

Brimming Horn Meadery's Jon Talkington won a silver medal at the Mazer Cup International competition, which has over 450 commercial entries and 700 entries for home mead makers.

The award went to the company's Freya's Kiss mead, which won the company's first commercial medal in the Traditional-Semi category. The Mazer Cup International is based out of Boulder, Colorado.

According to Brimming Horn's website, Freya's Kiss is a traditional semi-sweet named after the Norse Goddess of Love. It is lightly sweet, delicate and sublime.

"We couldn't be more proud of Jon and were definitely excited to hear the good news," said J.R. Walker, Brimming Horn's co-owner, in a release. "He's been working day and night to bring some great meads to Delaware and for him to win his first commercial medal at the Mazer Cup makes all the hard work worth it."

Talkington also served as a judge for commercial and home entries.

Talkington said it was an honor to judge the home mead makers competition and participate in the commercial mead makers competition.

The company sent out three meads for judges to try, Talkington said, with Freya's Kiss winning silver in the semi sweet traditional mead category.

"I got to pour our mead at the Mazer Cup Mead Mixer and we were very popular with the people attending the mead mixer," Talkington said.

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