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  • Judge Spotlight: Brian Eichhorn

    February 11, 2025

    Provide a brief introduction about yourself, feel free to add anything you’d like to share. My name is Brian Eichhorn and I’ve been a judge with the BJCP since 2010 […]

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    Rank Advancements – 2024 by the Numbers

    February 10, 2025

    865 New judges – Out of which 325 are Certified – rest remain “Recognized” 97 New Mead Judges 27 New Cider Judges 289 Distinguished Certified Judges 40 Distinguished National Judges […]

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    BJCP Exam Directorate

    February 10, 2025

    Below is the current status of exams as of mid January 2025.     Closed Exams: We closed 147 exam sets in 2024, this is up from 121 in 2023, though […]

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    BJCP Competition Directorate

    February 10, 2025

    We are happy to report that competition activity continues to be very strong. New registrations are processed at least once a week, and reports are updated in the database weekly. […]

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    BJCP IT Directorate

    February 10, 2025

    Over the past year BJCP IT Directorate has taken on a project to migrate from our legacy infrastructure to a modern IT infrastructure. Our current IT infrastructure was designed and […]

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    Reporting Updates for BJCP Competitions

    February 10, 2025

    A Note about BOS Winner Data in Reporting: As of May 2024 we stopped collecting BOS winner information. After consultation with the Competition Directorate and other BJCP Officers, we have […]

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    Regional BJCP News

    February 10, 2025

    February, 2024   Northeast Max Finnance   Up in the Northeast we’ve enjoyed gathering for a handful of great competitions over the past several months, including the Hudson Valley Homebrewers […]

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    Rank Advancements: January—May 2024

    May 14, 2024

    Each quarter the BJCP recognizes judges who have advanced to National or Master rank since the last publication. This installment recognizes advancements from since January 2024. Congratulations to:    GRAND […]

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    Regional Representative Updates – May 2024

    May 14, 2024

    May, 2024   Northeast Max Finnance Greetings Fellow North East Judges! It has been a relatively quiet winter and early spring in the Northeast, hopefully that means you all have […]

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    BJCP adds new Style Directorate

    May 14, 2024

    The BJCP Board has approved the creation of a BJCP Style Directorate, with Gordon Strong as its first Director. The Style Directorate is responsible for overseeing the development and maintenance […]

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    Sanctioned Competitions


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    Data current as of May 18, 2025

    Competition Calendar

    May 20

    African Beer Cup

    Cape Town, , ZA


    May 21

    La Boutique del Cervecero Primer Concurso 2025

    Santa Fe, Santa Fe, AR


    May 23

    Hogtown Brew-Off 2025

    Gainesville , FL


    May 23

    Austrian Beer Challenge

    Ried im Innkreis, NULL, AT


    May 24

    XIII. HOMEBREWERS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION - HUNGARY

    Budapest, Pest megye, HU


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