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The New Guidelines Are Out, The New Guidelines Are Out!
The new 2014 BJCP Style Guidelines are out for review and comment. Take a look and post any comments in the BJCP Forum.
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How To Fail The BJCP Taste Exam
Recently there was a topic which appeared in a discussion forum where someone did not pass the BJCP Exam and he was so upset by his failure he resigned from the program. He said he made a 58 and then...
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It’s Palate
I saw someone post in a forum their pet peeve is people writing the word Palate incorrectly. I ran into this the other day when looking at a blog. People often misspell it as pallet – which is...
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Cancer – Let’s Beat It!
I’ll apologize in advance because my post today is off-topic. I just couldn’t find anything else I wanted to talk about so today our topic is Cancer. You know someone who has either suffered from or...
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Not Everyone Gets A Prize
There was a recent discussion on a forum regarding judging and advancing beers to the mini-BOS. My philosophy is if there are three awards for a flight then each judge teach should advance three beers...
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Does This Smell Bad To You?
I was at a restaurant last night and overheard a server indicating to the bartender a particular beer did not seem fresh and what I observed was interesting. Before I tell the rest of that story I...
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BJCP Grader Training
I noticed the Grader Training Video from the NHC in Michigan has been uploaded to YouTube. Well worth a look if you are an exam grader or if you are chasing a higher rank the next time you take the...
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No Soup For You!
For the first time ever I was told yesterday I was not needed for a homebrew competition where I volunteered as a BJCP judge. Now I am not the best judge on the planet, nor the highest ranking judge,...
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BJCP Electronic Score Sheet?
I saw someone post on Facebook regarding their effort to create a BJCP Electronic score sheet. It appeared the person had taken a few minutes and created a Google document where info could be entered....
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Zymurgy Decoction – I agree!
In the November/December issue of Zymurgy there is an article entitled Decoction: Worth The Effort? and I agree with the results based on the decoctions I have done. On page 54 the score averages are...
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1,000 Posts – just the beginning!
So today marks my 1,000th blog post since I started this crazy idea. I’ve not missed a day…yet…and I hope to keep the trend alive for another 1,000 days at least. If you are so inclined, please like...
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BJCP Written Exam Strategy Part Deux
Back in January I posted some strategy ideas for the BJCP written exam which are still good advice, but there’s more to the story. First off let’s discuss how the exam is structured. There are 20 T/F...
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BJCP Taste Exam Grading
Recently I finished a set of tasting exams and while I once was a very active grader I am currently not as active only grading a set or two every year. The main reason I took a step back was due to the...
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BJCP Taste Exam – Another Perspective
I’ve posted several times about how to take the BJCP Taste Exam and recently Al Boyce posted a response on Facebook which is worth repeating. Al wrote the BJCP Exam For Dummies Guide which should be...
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BJCP Grader Incentive Program
You may or may not be aware the BJCP has announced a new grader incentive program in an effort to speed up exam results and hopefully eliminate the long wait periods for exam seats. When more exams are...
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BJCP Proctors – Bring It!!!
If you are a BJCP Proctor for the Taste Exam please, please, please bring you “A” game. Recently I graded a set where neither proctor was excellent, in fact, one was actually substandard to be used as...
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BJCP Mead Exam – Study Early and Often
I plan to take this in the near future and will pen some thoughts on studying and strategy soon. My suggestion to anyone who is not a meadmaker would be to start the studying process early because...
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BJCP Mead Exam – Study Strategy
While there is a document which gives you some strategies to pass the BJCP Beer Exam I could not locate anything to assist with the BJCP Mead Exam. I thought it might be useful to give some strategies...
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Photo Updates – (Like Us On Facebook)
Recently it became clear the links to many of our photos are broken. It is a cumbersome process to go back through all the posts over the past three years to fix the issues. In some cases it may not be...
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Third Anniversary!
Today’s post is number 1,095 for Bangers and Mash and is the third anniversary for the blog. The blog began February 12, 2012 and last year it averaged 50 views a day and we have 105 subscribers. As...
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