The 2016 BJCP Annual Report is now available. Click on the sections below to read each section of the report.
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Education and Training Directorate Update
The Continuing Education Program (CEP) has been re-branded as the Education and Training Directorate (ETD). This effort has been in the works for some time as the Directorate evolves from reviewing […]
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Website Migration in Progress
The BJCP website migration is currently in progress, as many of you have no doubt noticed. We are posting new content on the new website first (that’s this one), and […]
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2017 Election Calendar
Election announcement: January 2017 Nominations close: 15 February 2017 Candidate statements due: 15 March 2017 Election start: 1 April 2017 Election end: 15 April 2017 Term of office starts: 1 […]
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10,000th Judge
John Keane of Jacksonville, FL became the 10,000th person to take a BJCP exam when he took a tasting exam in September 2016.
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First Exam in China
The first BJCP exam in the People’s Republic of China was given on 10 September 2016. The national level tasting room at the China National Research Institute of Food and […]
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Tom Cannon Retires as Exam Director
Tom Cannon, a Grand Master II judge from Fairfax, VA, retired from his Exam Director position after 10 years of service to the BJCP. During his time with the Exam […]
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Kristen England Appointed Education Liaison
Education Director Bruce Buerger is very happy to announce that former Education Director and current professional brewer Kristen England will be returning to the Education and Training Directorate in the newly created […]
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Lee Shephard, 1963 – 2016
The beer judging community is saddened to learn of the passing of Lee Shephard, 53, of Alameda, CA, after an unfair struggle with a rare, aggressive neuroendocrine cancer. Lee was […]
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Videos from NHC 2016 BJCP Events
Videos from the BJCP Judge Reception at the 2016 HomebrewCon in Baltimore are now posted to the BJCP YouTube channel. Thanks to videographer Ryan Boddy and to editor Chip Walton […]
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