Every month we have a competition and a winner of that months pre-determined beer, cider, or mead. First place winners are awarded four points, second place winners three , and third place winners two. Entering a beverage into the competition will give you one point. Sometimes we have upwards of 15 beverages to judge per meeting. 

These points are cumulative and at the end of the year based on the club voting each month, we have a Home Brewer of the Year. The person who won the most. 

Previous winners to Home Brewer of the Year include: 

Urs Riner - One of the club founders and the first head brewer at Mother Road Brewing Company.

Mark and Christina Beale - Christina went on to be one of the head brewers at Wanderlust Brewing Company

Nathan Friedman - The founder of Wanderlust Brewing Company. 

Bill Kermes and Stephan Lenhart who are both certified BJCP judges. Lenhart is ranked as a national beer judge. 

Adam Harrington - Former brewer for Mother Road Brewing Company, owner of High Altitude Home Brew Supply, and owner of Harringtons Tap House. 

Nick Perez - Mead maker at Drinking Horn Meadery

John Chase, James Kirkham, Andy Conboy, Bill and Will Robinson, Daniel Begay, and Shannon Clark have all won Home Brewer of the Year. 

Our club tries to hold at least one sanctioned BJCP compeition per year. In 2025 we held the 2025 Arizona Mead and Cider Home Brew Competition. You can view the past results here.

The Mountain Top Mashers are generally invited to be the beer judges for a few Flagstaff local events on an annual basis. 

We have been invited to be the beer judges for the 2026 Flagstaff BrewHAHA. 

The club is also invited to be the beer judges for the Flagstaff Beer Festival, located at the Coconino County Fair Grounds, and the club has also been invited to judge Real Wild and Woody.

All of these competitions involve commercial breweries, such as Flagstaff local breweries, national craft breweries like Sierra Nevada and Fat Tire. Distributors are also invited to be at these beer festival and so a wide array of marco breweries also appear.