Mead Competition Awards:
Since 2021 no Winery in Colorado has won more awards than Antelope Ridge Mead!
2024 Orpheus Cup International
Gold Medal - Conflux: Coffee Maple - Fruit & Spice Mead
Gold Medal - Cosmic Raspberry - Experimental Mead
Silver Medal - Appearantly - Fruit & Spice Mead
Bronze Medal - Coffee Blossom - Traditional Sweet
Bronze Medal - Cherry Limeade - Melomel Sweet
Bronze Medal - Winter Cranberry - Fruit and Spice Mead
Bronze Medal - Humble Braggot - Braggot / Experimental Mead
2024 Colorado State Fair Commercial Wine Competition
Silver Medal - Apollo - Traditional Mead - MEAD BEST OF SHOW
Silver Medal - Conflux: Tart Cherry// Apple - Fruit Mead - COLORADO WINE BEST OF SHOW
Bronze Medal - Winter Cranberry - Spiced Mead
2023 Mazer Cup International
4th Place Medal - Barrel-aged Mead - Cosmic Blackberry
2023 Valkyries Horn Mead Competition
Bronze Medal - Fruit and Spice Mead - Baked Alaska
Bronze Medal - Barrel-aged Mead - Bourbon-Barrel-Aged Winter Cranberry
2023 Orpheus Cup International
Gold Medal - Braggot - Braggot/Traditional - BEST OF SHOW
Gold Medal - French Blue - Berry Mead, Sweet
Silver Medal - Winter Cranberry - Mixed/other mead - Sweet
Silver Medal - BBA Solstice - Barrel-Aged Mead
Bronze Medal - Puna Punch - Mixed/other mead - Semi-sweet
Bronze Medal - Peach Tea - Session Semi-sweet
Bronze Medal - PB&J XL - Dessert/Sweet
SPECIAL AWARD - HEAVY MEDAL
2023 National Honey Board - Meadcrafters Competition
Gold Medal - Winter Cranberry - Specialty Sweet
Silver Medal - PB&J XL - Specialty Sweet
Bronze Medal - Orange Blossom - Varietal Semi-Sweet
2023 Colorado State Fair Commercial Wine Competition
Silver Medal - Orange Blossom - Traditional Mead
Gold Medal - French Blue - Fruit Mead
Gold Medal - MEAD BEST OF SHOW - COLORADO WINE BEST OF SHOW - Winter Cranberry - Spiced Mead
2023 Texas Mead Cup
Gold Medal - BEST OF SHOW - French Blue - Wood-aged Mead, sweet
Silver Medal - PB&J XL - Experimental Mead, sweet
2022 Mazer Cup International
Gold Medal - Conflux: PB&J Grape - Sweet Session Mead
Silver Medal - And Then He Served Us Blueberry Pancakes - Experimental Mead
Silver Medal - Time & Space - Barrel-Aged Mead
2022 Valkyries Horn Mead Competition
Gold Medal - And Then He Served Us Blueberry Pancakes - Open Mead
Gold Medal - Master of Spice - Winter Cranberry - Fruit and Spice Mead
Silver Medal - Peach Tea - Session Mead
Bronze Medal - Conflux: PB&J Grape - Session Mead
Bronze Medal - Sangria Azteca - Melomel (Fruit Mead)
2022 Orpheus Cup International
Gold Medal - And Then He Served Us Blueberry Pancakes
Silver Medal - Sangria Azteca - Specialty Mead
Silver Medal - Winter Cranberry - Fruit and Spice Mead
Bronze Medal - Conflux: PB&J Grape - Sweet Session Mead
Bronze Medal - Solstice - Fruit and Spice Mead
2022 Colorado State Fair Commerical Wine Competition
BEST OF SHOW MEAD - Sangria Azteca - Fruit Mead
Bronze Medal - Solstice - Spiced Mead
2021 Mazer Cup International
Gold Medal - CC Crush - Pyment
Silver Medal - Conflux: PB&J Grape - Sweet Session Mead
2021 Orpheus Cup International
Gold Medal - Candy Crush - Pyment
Gold Medal - Conflux: PB&J Grape - Session Mead
Bronze Medal - Direct Current - Melomel
Colorado Springs Gazette Best-Of:
2023 Best Winery - Gold - Antelope Ridge Mead
2024 Best Winery - Silver - Antelope Ridge Mead
In The News:
Colorado Springs Gazette 6/24/23 - A meadery in a sea of Breweries
Focus on the Beer 6/23/23 - Antelope Ridge Mead Celebrates Two Years!
KRDO 6/1/2021 - Local Businesses hoping for success during rebound era - This is a news story about businesses hoping to succeed in the rebound era
CS Indy 6/23/2021 - Antelope Ridge Mead launches with wide array of dry and sweet honey wines - This is an online article about ARM prior to our grand opening
Fox 21 News 7/1/2021 - New Meadery opens in Colorado Springs This is an in-depth live show with 7 mead-related segments covering a variety of topics