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==History==
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The BJCP was founded in 1985, when the first exam was given at the [[American Homebrewers Association]] (AHA) annual conference in [[Estes Park]], [[Colorado]]. During its formative years, the program was jointly sponsored by the AHA and the [[Home Wine and Beer Trade Association]] (HWBTA). Both organizations sanctioned local homebrew competitions, and each had a national competition. Consequently, both were interested in fostering the improvement of judging skills and building up a pool of experienced beer judges. The program was administered at the AHA offices, and there were two Co-Directors, one from each association. Jim Homer was the AHA Co-Director, and Pat Baker served the same role for the HWBTA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bjcp.org/origins.php|title=BJCP Origins|website=Bjcp.org|access-date=2019-07-30|archive-date=2021-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610045414/https://www.bjcp.org/origins.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In August 1995, after a successful ten-year history, support was withdrawn by the AHA, which had intentions of starting its own beer judging program. The HWBTA was unable to continue operating the program by itself, so the BJCP was expected to simply fade away. However, a considerable number of judges had been built up by this time, and many of them were quite active. A small number of these activists decided that the program could be operated solely by volunteers from among themselves, and decided to attempt the continuation of the BJCP as an independent entity.
The effort was coordinated in a haphazard fashion, mainly through [[e-mail]], but a consensus gradually emerged and the program was able to continue its growth. A board of directors was established to guide the program, composed of six (currently ten<ref>{{Cite web|title=BJCP Board Approves New International Regions – Beer Judge Certification Program|url=https://dev.bjcp.org/news/bjcp-board-approves-new-international-regions/|access-date=2020-07-06|website=dev.bjcp.org}}</ref>) Regional Representatives elected by members from each of seven geographical regions throughout [[North America]]. The U.S. was divided into geographic regions, and an election for the board of directors was held by mailing ballots to members.<ref>[http://www.bjcp.org/reorg.php Beer Judge Certification Program Reorganizes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121102450/http://www.bjcp.org/reorg.php |date=2021-01-21 }} (originally appeared in ''Brewing Techniques'', Vol. 3, No. 3, May/June 1995)</ref>
Assisting the board was program administrator Russ Wigglesworth, who remained in his post and assumed the duties of maintaining the database of members, sending program materials to competition organizers, providing certificates and pins to new and newly promoted judges, and performing other essential administrative tasks. Wigglesworth remains in his position, but began to transfer his duties to other members in 2004 and {{As of|2006|lc=on}} this transfer is nearly complete.
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