All MASH members are eligible to compete in MASH's Brewer of the Year (B.O.T.Y.) competition. At each month's meeting, a specific style of beer will be judged. Members collect B.O.T.Y. points for finishing first, second, or third in this monthly competition and for receiving awards in BJCP-sanctioned external competitions.
Points Awarded for MASH BOTY competitions are currently:
Points Awarded for external competitions are currently:
Winners of each monthly B.O.T.Y. competition must submit their recipes for publication on this site to receive their points.
B.O.T.Y runs from December to November of each year. MASH awards for
B.O.T.Y are given out at the winter solsitice party.
Click on the brewer's name in the table below to see the winning recipe.
Month | Lecturer | Category | First | Second | Third |
December | 21.b. Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer | S&D G. | TIE: J&A B. and Dave & Bob | ||
January | 12. Porter | TIE: Dave & Bob and S&D G. | |||
February | Commercial Clone - Little Sumpin' Sumpin' | Dave & Bob | |||
March | 6C. Kolsch | Dave & Bob | |||
April | 7A. and 7C. Alt | Dave & Bob | |||
May | 5. Bock | Dave & Bob | |||
June | 14. India Pale Ale (IPA) | TIE: Dave & Bob and J&A B. | |||
July | 7B. California Common Beer | Dave & Bob | J&A B. | TIE: two entries from Darryl H. | |
August | Mead | S&D G. | S&D G. | ||
September | 9. Scottish and Irish Ale | Dave & Bob | ??? | ??? | |
October | 15. German Wheat and Rye Beer | Dave & Bob | n|||
November | 22. Smoke-flavored and Wood-aged Beer | TIE: Dave & Bob and S&D G. | Rolland B. | ||
December (2013 BotY) | 23. Specialty Beer |
Current (2012) Standings
Past B.O.T.Y. winners
1996 Scott Ross
1997 Scott Ross
1998 Mark Swenson
1999 F&G (Bob Fischer & Scott Graham)
2000 Joe Berryman
2001 Peter Buschbaum
2002 Denise and Scott Graham
2003 Denise and Scott Graham
2004 Patrick Gibson
2005 Darryl Hickey
2006 Russell Everett
2007 Russell Everett
2008 Denise and Scott Graham
2009 Darryl Hickey
2010 Josh Kritzer
2011 Jon Britton
Page maintained by Eric Johnson & Scott Graham. Last updated August 29th, 2012.