Wow! Out of the blue, I have been asked to teach a sensory evaluation seminar for professional brewing students! All those years of beer judging and teaching BJCP exam prep courses seems to have paid off!
Getting paid to drink beer!
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See definition: Lucky dog.
Seriously, that is pretty cool. Have fun with it!
Seriously, that is pretty cool. Have fun with it!
Now that's the kinda job we all dream about. Good luck, have fun and let us know how it goes.
Well its not all fun and games is it? I know how much work must go into teaching a BJCP exam prep course! Thats one tough exam.
Congrats!
Congrats!
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Darn right! Three years of Law School and the BJCP exam (Old version) is still one of the toughest I ever wrote.
That is pretty cool, is it going to be in Edmonton or is it somewhere else?
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In Edmonton, but through the Olds College brewing program. If you are interested in the second half of my bjcp course pm me.
Outstanding. Seriously, congratulations. Peter Griffin would be proud.
haha, I've heard several other people say the exact same thing. I'm not a lawyer, but the BJCP exam is the hardest exam I've ever taken. Not really in a "i dont know the answer" kind of way. My homebrew club did a study group lead by a Grand Master judge. I was prepared. You just have to regurgitate SOOO much information in 3 hours, plus judge 3 beers.
Whats the difference between the old and new version?
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The new version is broken into three exams. Online - to qualify for a tasting exam, a tasting exam of 6 beers, and then the written exam - only open to people with a score of 80% or more on tasting, which is like the old written exam minus the true/false/short answer.
So a lot less to get going, but the same or more to get to top ranks. Happily I will be hitting my Master ranking once I pile up another 6.5 points.
So a lot less to get going, but the same or more to get to top ranks. Happily I will be hitting my Master ranking once I pile up another 6.5 points.
oh, I see. I've been kind of out of the judging loop since our daughter was born. I didn't even realize they changed the exam.
Sweet deal! All of that hard work has paid off! Cheers
Excellent!
is tasting beer similar to tasting wine? swirl, smell, sip, spit?
even still that is very cool! I wish I could get paid for watching TV, surfing the net, and eating. I'd be the happiest guy in the world.
even still that is very cool! I wish I could get paid for watching TV, surfing the net, and eating. I'd be the happiest guy in the world.
Its not a requirement to spit, but when you are judging a huge flight of beers at a competition it is in your best interest to spit. I'll usually take a small swallow, because there are some sensory experiences that can only be had by swallowing. If I'm judging though, I spit it out most of the time.
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I have judged hundreds of beers in the last few years, and I have only spit out a few that were too bad to swallow. The samples in BJCP judging are only a couple of ounces and it is hard to get through more than 30 or 40 in a full day of judging, which is like having 4 pints in a day. Harldy enough to impair. More than plenty to make you never want to see another beer again (until tomorrow)
It still have to be one very awesome job. Plus I bet you have found more than a few beers that are now your favorites.
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