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Category Archives: BJCP
NHC West Regionals Homebrew Competition Recap
The National Homebrew Competition, put on by the American Homebrewer’s Association, is one of the largest, if not the largest, international homebrew competition in the world. This year there were over 5000 entries and I signed up for my opportunity … Continue reading
Taking the BJCP Exam at Santa Cruz Aleworks
It’s rare for me to get up early on Saturday mornings. It’s enough that I have to get up early during the week for work, I don’t want to do so during my weekends. But today I made an exception. … Continue reading
Posted in BJCP, Breweries
Tagged BJCP, John Watson, Kevin Pratt, Santa Cruz Aleworks
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2009 World Cup Afterparty Recap
Saturday was supposed to be a very busy day for us. It still ended up being pretty busy, just not in the way I had originally planned. Sammy and I were supposed to start our day over at the Firken … Continue reading
Posted in BJCP, Breweries, Competitions, Craft Beer, Homebrew
Tagged 2009 World Cup, Bay Area Mashers, BJCP, Brian Cooper, Cactus Jungle, Homebrew, John Watson, Mike McDole, Nathan Smith, Trumer Pils
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Beer School Week 11: Doctored Beers and the Test, I’m Procrastinating in Multiple Ways
Beer School has come to a close. If you’ve noticed that I skipped from Week 10 it’s because I didn’t go to Week 10. At the time, Sammy was preparing for her road trip while my back was acting up … Continue reading
Posted in Beer Education, BJCP, Craft Beer
Tagged beer flaws, BJCP, doctord beers, John Watson, Procrastination, Russian River Brewing Company
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World Cup Pre-lims at Firehouse Part Dos
Last week I regaled you all with a captivating tale woven around the strands of excitement that make up a BJCP judge’s life. There was some tragedy (8 mostly OK beers in a row), comedy (they all seemed the same … Continue reading
Posted in BJCP, Competitions, Homebrew
Tagged Belgian Strong Ales, BJCP, Firehouse Brewery & Grill, World Cup Homebrew Competition
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2009 World Cup Pre-Liminary Judging at Firehouse Brewery
I was supposed to go to Beer School tonight. Didn’t happen for a number of reasons. Sammy needed to get some stuff taken care of before her Pacific Northwest roadtrip and my back was acting up again. The plan for … Continue reading
Posted in BJCP, Competitions, Homebrew
Tagged BJCP, Firehouse Brewery, John Watson, Steve Donohue
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Beer School: Week 8 and 9 Belgian, French and Sour Ales
This week’s Beer School post will actually end up being a combination of last week’s and this week’s classes. I wish I could say that I was too busy to write up the post. In a way I was but … Continue reading
Posted in Beer in Review, BJCP, Craft Beer, Homebrew
Tagged Beer School, Belgian and French Ales, Belgian Pale Ale, Belgian Specialty Ales, Berliner Weisse, Biére de Garde, BJCP, Flanders Brown Ale, Flanders Red Ale, Fruit Lambics, Gueuze, lambic, Saison, Straight (Unblended) Lambics, Witbier
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Beer School: Week 7
This week at Beer School, we covered the Amber Hybrid beers and the Belgian Strong categories. Amber Hybrids are considered hybrids not because they use different ingredients or anything like that but because of how they’re made. The Northern German … Continue reading