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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