Beer Judge Certification Program: Difference between revisions

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The BJCP also publishes style guidelines categorizing [[beer]], [[mead]], and [[cider]] styles. These guidelines are used in both the examination of 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. New style guidelines were released in May 2015. As well as better addressing world styles, the [http://www.bjcp.org/stylecenter.php 2015 BJCP Style Guidelines] comprise three separate documents for beer, mead, and cider styles, 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 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226092139/http://www.villanovan.com/professor-by-day-brewmaster-by-night-1.1089809 | dead-url=yes | archive-date=February 26, 2012 | title=Professor by day . . . brewmaster by night | author=John Pickhaver | publisher=The Villanovan | date=January 27, 2010 | accessdate=2010-02-14 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> wherein test-takers complete a series of written questions regarding [[brewing]], [[beer style]]s and judging and then perform four beer judging exercises.

==Organization==