What is Nuts & Bolts?
You may have heard the term “Nuts & Bolts” from a meeting, our website, YouTube, etc. But what does it mean to the Mashtronauts? The Nuts and Bolts competition is the Bay Area Mashtronauts annual intra-club competition. While not officially sanctioned by the AHA, this competition gives the winners bragging rights for the whole year. The competition typically pairs beginning brewers with more experienced brewers. Brewers are usually paired up in at the February meeting and given special instructions for their brew(s) together. Its a great way to learn more of the art of brewing, and is a great bonding experience for club members.
2023 Competition
1. Extra beer for the judges is ALWAYS good (blatant bribe speak…)
2. The NUTS& BOLTS Scoresheet is UPLOADED (who’s your partner/)
– Points for entering each N&B event;
– Points for HM, 3rd, 2nd and 1st Place;
3. If any ruling is to be made regarding NUTS & BOLTS, my decisions are FINAL.
4. Trash talk is ALWAYS encouraged
5. CHEEEERS!!!
Theme: Back to School
Part One: History – Historical Beers
BJCP CATEGORY 27 using the 2021 BJCP Style Guidelines •https://www.bjcp.org/style/2021/beer/
- 1 bottle turn-in, bottle labeled, and style identified
- Tuesday, June 13th , at the JUNE BAM meeting;
- Friday, June 16th, 5-8 PM at Bayview Duck; and
- Saturday, June 24th, 3-6 PM at VALLENSONS’ BREWING CO.
- WINNERS announced at the JULY BAM MEETING
Part Two: Science: – Alternative Fermentables
BJCP CATEGORY: 31 using the 2021 BJCP Style Guidelines https://www.bjcp.org/bjcp-style-guidelines/
- 1 bottle turn-in, bottle labeled, and style identified
- Tuesday, November 14th at the NOVEMBER BAM Meeting (note: eve of someone’s birthday…)
- Friday, November 17th, 5-8 PM at BAYVIEW DUCK;
- Saturday, November 18th , 1-4 PM at GALVESTON BAY BREWERY
- WINNERS announced at the DECEMBER BAM MEETING
- N&B WINNERS CROWNED AT DECEMBER BAM MEETING
Teams
Here is the line up of teams for the 2023 Nuts & Bolts Competition:
- Jonathan Reasoner / Hannah Richard-Molina
- Jake Jones / Dean Simpson
- Keith Brooks / Joel Cervantes
- Michael Lerman / Jeremy Hatfield
- Michael Reed / Adolph Postel
- Randy Daily / Scott Hutchinson
- Kevin Darling / Drew Domalakes
- Wesley Kulcak / Jose Tapia
- Kevin Knea / Thomas Kozuch / Tim Stoddard
- John Black / Travis Cherry
- Sanjay Thomas / Jason Savoie
- Kevin Sitta / Thom Bowie
- Matt Jaggers / Scott Pace / Robert Vandervoort
- Lisa Marie / Dianna Ramirez