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  • A Quick IT Directorate Update on Bravo Rollout

    September 15, 2025

    As most of should be aware, we have been busy working on the new BJCP platform: Bravo which was rolled out on Sept 7. We are happy to report that […]

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    Regional Representative Updates 2025

    September 15, 2025

    Sept, 2025   Northeast Max Finnance   “Up in the Northeast” we’ve enjoyed gathering for a handful of great competitions since the last newsletter updates, and I’ve been fortunate to […]

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    BJCP Welcomes New Assistant Finance Director

    August 29, 2025

    The BJCP Board is happy to announce that Gordon Mauger has joined our financial team as Assistant Finance Director. He’ll be working alongside Finance Director Al Boyce and Treasurer Brian […]

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    Judge Spotlight: Frank Christian

    August 29, 2025

    In this issue we interviewed BJCP Judge Frank Christian   Provide a brief introduction about yourself, feel free to add anything you’d like to share. I’m a BJCP National Judge based […]

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    Board Spotlight: Greg Toothaker

    August 29, 2025

    To help members learn more about “who’s running things’ at BJCP we aim to spotlight the Board Members of the organization. In this issue we interviewed BJCP Managing Exam Director […]

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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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