During the November 2014 meeting there was a large amount of discussion around how BJCP competitions are judged and how one learns to judge. In order to fully examine these questions we have decided that we will be doing Club Only BJCP comps in 2015.
These comps are going to be planned for every other month and we will be judging/discussing the style as part of the meetings. To prepare for this adventure, in the December meeting we will be discussing a BCJP score sheet and seeing how judging is actually done.
We encourage members to brew the selected style, and on the set comp days, participate in the judging of the beers entered into the comp. These comps will also help members focus on styles that they may not typically brew.
We want everyone in the club to understand the judging process and to participate as they can either by entering, judging, or both if possible. Each person interested in learning to judge a BJCP comp will be paired up with an experienced judge.
This is to be a learning experience, so if you brew a style, please try to limit your beer's exposure to other club members in order to keep it as anonymous as possible.
Entries must be in standard capped 12 oz brown glass bottles that are void of all identifying information, including labels and embossing.
Printed caps are allowed, but must be blacked out completely.
John Kelly will be the person coordinating the beers and entry numbers, so upon arriving at the set meeting, provide him with your entries. You must declare the style category your beer is to be entered in.
The first two styles are as follows and we will discuss what is upcoming at the December meeting:
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Jan 12, 2015
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10 American Ale
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10A – American Pale Ale
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10B – American Amber Ale
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10C – American Brown Ale
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March 9, 2015
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12 Porter
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12A – Brown Porter
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12B – Robust Porter
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12C – Baltic Porter
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If you would like to view information related to these styles please see the style guidelines at this following hyperlink: http://www.bjcp.org/stylecenter.php
Homework for our club is to review:
How to judge a beer: http://www.bjcp.org/docs/How_to_Judge_Beer.pdf
Scoresheet Coversheet: http://www.bjcp.org/docs/SCP_CoverSheet.pdf
Beer Scoresheet: http://www.bjcp.org/docs/SCP_BeerScoreSheet.pdf
Simple Beer Checklist: http://www.bjcp.org/docs/Beer_checklist.pdf
Simple Beer Checklist instructions: http://www.bjcp.org/docs/Checklist_instructions.pdf