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Cider Event At AHA Conference
The link will most likely die after the conference, but the cider event at the AHA Conference has changed time and location. It is now June 8 from 7 to 8pm at the Renaissance and attendees will earn...
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BJCP In USA Today
USA Today ran an article yesterday about the BJCP entitled How to graduate from beer pong to beer judge. In it Assistant Communication Director and Grand Master BJCP Judge Dennis Mitchell discussed the...
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Printed And Bound BJCP Guidelines
The 2015 BJCP Style Guidelines are now available printed and bound for $10 plus shipping. From the BJCP website: Printed Guidelines Now Available For Purchase The BJCP has partnered with The Book Patch...
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2016 National Homebrewers Conference Pre-Conference Plans
Today is the day before the National Homebrewers Conference and my day is full up with activities. Once I arrive in Baltimore I will first head over to the BJCP Reception which begins at noon. With the...
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2016 National Homebrewers Conference Day 1
Today begins the Homebrewers Conference and much of my day will be spent judging the final round of the National Homebrewer Competition. The keynote address is at 5pm and following that will be a Craft...
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2016 National Homebrewers Conference Day 2
Today the plan is to attend various seminars all day and then in the late afternoon to sneak away to a BJCP meeting at Birroteca Baltimore. After that I’ll spend my time at Club Night where various...
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2016 National Homebrewers Conference Day 3
Today, the last day of the conference, will be filled with more seminars and finished after the BJCP Members Meeting. I am skipping the banquet as are several others, mainly because it is pricey with a...
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2016 National Homebrewers Conference In A Nutshell
Beer! Lots and lots of beer! Always a fine time, heading toward the house today.
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Why Be A BJCP Judge
As I prepare this morning to judge a few rounds at competition I started thinking about why I decided to become a beer judge. I’m sure everyone else has their own motivations, but for me I was fairly...
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BJCP Members Meeting Video
The BJCP Members Meeting video from Baltimore is now available on YouTube. Getcha some!
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BJCP Grader Training
If you are an exam grader or would like to be one and have a National or higher ranking then you should definitely take the BJCP Grader Training. It is currently optional, but will be required for any...
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Another Like Us On Facebook Request
We have 131 people following the blog via email, but only a handful of folks who receive it in their Facebook feed. If you are on Facebook, please take a minute to LIKE the page, not a single blog...
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Someone At Either NCABC Or ALE Needs To Find Something To Keep Them Busy
Recently a long running homebrew competition in NC pulled the plug over some NCABC/ALE interpretation of the law. All of a sudden a homebrewing competition with a 17 year history is doing something...
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Homebrew Competitions Can Be Held In NC – Legally
Apparently the NCABC saw the error in allowing the State Fair to hold a homebrew competition, but to not allow homebrew clubs to have them. The response I saw from Bob Hamilton (edited below) was: The...
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Should I Become A BJCP Judge?
The answer truly is it depends. If you are a beer hipster and just want to add a notch in your beer utility belt then no, don’t waste your time and the time of those grading your exam. You can be as...
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Lonerider Brew It Forward 2016
This morning I’ll head off to judge Lonerider’s Brew It Forward homebrew competition to decide which beer they will brew. The annual competition is always a blast and the rules are simple, brew the...
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GABF Judging
For quite some time I have thought of filling out an application to judge at the GABF, but I never felt there was enough vacation time to make that a reality. Recently that changed so I contacted the...
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Fantôme Reply = Coolest Thing Ever!
Yesterday my topic was an upcoming Fantôme event scheduled at a local watering hole and how the beers were all something I already had in the fridge. I received a comment from Dany Prignon and to me...
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Cry Baby, Cry Baby, Cry Baby, Cry!
I want someone to explain to me why so many homebrewers find the need to complain about competitions and always try to figure out how the entry which bested them skirted the rules to do so. It’s...
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Sensory Training Notes
Recently BDAS posted about a new sensory training class they were putting together and based on the first graphic, I like what I see. I’m not sure how the whole series will shake out, but the format is...
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