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The BJCP has three functions within the [[Beer in the United States|US beer community]]. First, it provides a standards-based organization supplying qualified judges to both amateur and commercial brewing competitions designed to promote the appreciation of [[beer style]]s and their accurate production by brewers. The BJCP tracks members' participation as judges, organizers, or stewards in BJCP-sanctioned brewing competitions and awards [[continuing education|continuing education units]] for participation.

The BJCP also publishes style guidelines categorizing [[beer]], [[mead]], [[cider]], and [[perrycider]] into twenty-eight style categoriesstyles. These guidelines are used in both the examination of Beer Judges and Mead Judges by the BJCP and, voluntarily, by brewing competition organizers; the BJCP also encourages prospective test-takers to study the available literature on styles and brewing. TheNew moststyle recentguidelines revisionwere ofreleased thein styleMay guidelines2015. wasAs publishedwell inas Februarybetter 2008addressing world styles, athe relatively2015 minorBJCP revisionStyle toGuidelines thecomprise 2004three styleseparate guidelines.<refdocuments name="BJCPFAQ">[http://www.bjcp.org/bjcpfaq.phpfor Frequentlybeer, Askedmead, Questionsand Aboutcider Thestyles, BJCP]</ref>allowing them to be updated on different schedules.

Finally, the BJCP organizes a program of beer examinations<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.villanovan.com/professor-by-day-brewmaster-by-night-1.1089809 | title=Professor by day . . . brewmaster by night | author=John Pickhaver | publisher=The Villanovan | date=January 27, 2010 | accessdate=2010-02-14}}</ref> wherein test-takers complete a series of written questions regarding [[brewing]], [[beer style]]s and judging and then perform four beer judging exercises.