2016 BJCP Board Elections Now Open

Elections for regional representatives in the North, Northeast, and Mountain/Northwest regions are now open. Full details can be found in the Election Center, including candidate statements and a link to […]

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Byron Burch, 1940 – 2015

The BJCP is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Byron Burch of Santa Rosa, CA. He was a BJCP Master Judge. In the late 1980s and early ’90s […]

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Fred Eckhardt, 1926 – 2015

The BJCP is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Fred Eckhardt of Portland, OR. Fred’s writings, particularly Essentials of Beer Style, helped create and popularize the modern concept […]

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Cider Exam Status Update

Cider Exam team lead Bruce Buerger provided this recent status update on progress towards the cider exam.

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2015 Online Entrance Exam is Live

Exam Director Scott Bickham just announced that the online entrance exam (at bjcp.coursewebs.com) has been updated to cover the 2015 BJCP Style Guidelines (don’t worry, you can still test against […]

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Style Guidance for Future Exams

The Exam Directors have decided that the scope of future exams using the 2015 BJCP Style Guidelines will be beer style categories 1 through 26. Categories 27 (historical beer) through […]

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NHC Presentations Posted

Presentations used at the 2015 National Homebrew Conference Judge Reception are now posted on the Education and Training Resources page.

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Happy Birthday to Us!

The BJCP celebrated its 30th birthday as an organization on May 31. We have records of over a million beers being judged during this time.

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New Style Guidelines Released

The long-awaited 2015 BJCP Style Guidelines are now complete, and have been released for use. There are now separate documents for Beer, Mead, and Cider styles, which allows them to […]

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Grader Training Registration Now Open

The second phase of exam grader training will be on Wednesday, June 10 from 12:00PM to 1:30PM at the Town and Country Resort in San Diego in the Windsor room. […]

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