Ozark Zymurgists Homebrew club

Brewer Of The Year

Congrats to the 2024 Ozark Zymurgist Homebrewer of the Year!

Larry McCalisteR

2025 Point Tracker

In November 2024, the club voted to make some changes to the Brewer of the ​Month / Brewer of the Year program. As a club, we will continue to improve on this program each year as it fits the needs of our members. The goals for this year’s program as voted by the members are as follows:

  • Continue to add value to meetings by encouraging brewers to bring in their homebrews
  • Encourage members to remain active at local charity events by donating and serving homebrew
  • Encourage members to extend their understanding of the craft by entering AHA sanctioned competitions

The amended rules for 2025 Brewer of the Year are as follows:

Brewer of the Year

  • Brewer of the Year is an honor bestowed by the club to the eligible member(s) with the highest point total accumulated between February of the fiscal year and January of the following fiscal year. 

Brewer of the Month – Voting

  • Each eligible member as defined by Article 3.4.1 of the Bylaws is allowed to cast one vote for Brewer of the Month, limited to the beer/brewer combinations presented on the night of the regularly scheduled monthly business meeting that have not won points in the prior three meetings. 
  • The beer/brewer combination with the most votes by eligible members will be awarded the status of “Brewer of the Month” and three points toward Brewer of the Year.
  • The beer/brewer combination with the second most votes by eligible members will be awarded two points toward Brewer of the Year, regardless of prior points awarded.
  • The beer/brewer combination with the third most votes by eligible members will be awarded one point toward Brewer of the Year, regardless of prior points awarded.
  • Ties are permitted and all members of the tie will be awarded points as described above.

Other Points

  • New Member Point: 1 point for the first time a new member (defined as a current member who was not a paid member the previous year) brings at least one homebrew to a regularly scheduled business meeting.
  • Event Donation Points: 2 points for each unique 5 gallon keg (at least 4 gallons of finished beer) donated and served at each charity homebrew event sanctioned by the club.  Packaged homebrew will count as long as the total unique beverage volume exceeds 4 gallons.  
  • Event Placement Points: 1 point for each unique honor awarded at a charity event.
  • Event Participation Point: 1 point for each charity homebrew event sanctioned by the club where the eligible member did not donate a beverage, but volunteers at least 4 hours or the length of the event, whichever is shorter. 
  • Competition Participation Point: 1 point for each beverage entered in any AHA sanctioned competition.
  • Competition Placement Points:  1 point for each top 3 placement and/or Best of Show won in any AHA sanctioned competition.
  • Point exceptions can be granted by approval of the club Officers.

Determining Ties

  • Tie scores for Brewer of the Year are allowed and all members of the tie will be co-awarded the honor for that year.