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  • Rank Advancements July – December 2018
  • Rank Advancements July – December 2018

    November 11, 2018

    Each BJCP Bulletin recognizes judges who have advanced to national or master rank since the last publication. This installment recognizes advancements from roughly July 2017 to October 2018. Congratulations!

    Master Advancements 

    Click here to see the full list of BJCP Master Judges (new Master Judges appear at the bottom on the list).

    None this update

    National Advancements 

    Click here to see the full list of BJCP National Judges (new National Judges appear at the top of this list).

    Mike Archibeck – Albuquerque, NM
    John Kaufman – Woodland Hills, CA
    Scott Nieradka – Portland, OR
    Oleg Shpyrko – San Diego, CA
    Tim Otten –  Sacramento, CA
    Luis Valdez – Torreon, COAHUILA
    Libin Shen – Hangzhou, ZHEJIANG
    Drew Avis – Merrickville, ON
    Henrique Cruz – Curitiba, PR
    Fabio Koerich Ramos – Florianopolis, SC
    Lucas Meneghetti – Porto Alegre, RS
    Marcos Odebrecht – Campos Novos, SC
    Gabriel Parente – Belem, PA
    Thomaz Pupo – Sao Paulo, SP
    Fabio Smania – Florianopolis, SC
    Matt Warren – Signal Mountain, TN
    Dave Byer – Hot Springs, NC
    Eric Cousineau – Toronto, ON
    Eric Grimm – Huntington, NY
    Michael Grippi – Bensalem, PA
    Ross Hughes – Bloomington, IN
    Reinhard Nann – Brooklyn, NY
    Adam Stine – Silver Spring, MD
    George Thornton – San Diego, CA
    Vitol Wiacek – Damascus, MD
    Yandong Lu – Pudong District, SHANGHAI
    Marek Kaminski – Poznan, POLAND

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    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


    May 24

    Euroclash

    Wellington, , NZ


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