BJCP results
#1
Posted 03 December 2009 - 08:45 AM
#2
Posted 03 December 2009 - 08:49 AM
Congrats! That is a big jump! There is a pretty big gap to jump to master, how did you score on the essay part the first time? Will you have to take everything again to get the 90? That should give me somewhat of a time table for my results- I will expect them sometime may/june.I retook the tasting portion on May 9th. Received an email yester day that I scored high enough to move me up to National. The actual results are in the mail, but getting the email confirm was nice. I think that I am done with National, I don't see taking the time to memorize everything you need write for Master.
#3
Posted 03 December 2009 - 09:05 AM
#4
Posted 03 December 2009 - 09:11 AM
#5
Posted 03 December 2009 - 02:03 PM
#6
Posted 03 December 2009 - 02:41 PM
#7
Posted 03 December 2009 - 02:46 PM
The exam study guide pretty much gives you everything you need for the basics, but the other links here have some good nuggets in there as well.https://www.bjcp.org/examcenter.phpWhat is everyone using for study materials?
#8
Posted 03 December 2009 - 09:41 PM
#9
Posted 04 December 2009 - 05:48 AM
If that is your goal the style guidelines is going to give you aroma, flavor, mouthfeel, typical ingredients, etc. It will also give you some history which will help you put the different style in context to each other. There are also commercial example. I would also look at the sections of the study guide that deals with flavor profiles and off flavors. This will help you understand how the different flavor affect the beer. I think a lot of people focus on the off flavors but I think understanding the "correct" flavors is in some ways more important in understanding styles. The off flavors are important in troubling shooting you brewing. But flavor profiles and off flavors are not mutually exclusive there are flavors that are off flavors in one style but appropriate in others, or flavors that are appropriate at one level but too much is bad.There are commercial flavor kits you can buy, but you can put them together pretty easily, I think there are instructions in the study guide, also in Mosher radical brewing as well as in evauluating beer which is a collection of essays published by the brewing association. Evauluation beer is pretty good because it gives several different opinions on sensory perceptions.What is everyone using for study materials? I have no desire to take BJCP, but wouldn't mind knowing more about different beers.Marmot
#10
Posted 04 December 2009 - 06:38 AM
#11
Posted 04 December 2009 - 11:09 AM
The one and only time I took the test, I scored 1 point below Master. NO WAY am I gonna take that sucker again for that one point!I retook the tasting portion on May 9th. Received an email yester day that I scored high enough to move me up to National. The actual results are in the mail, but getting the email confirm was nice. I think that I am done with National, I don't see taking the time to memorize everything you need write for Master.
#12
Posted 04 December 2009 - 02:37 PM
This is the one thing I wish I did more of in preperation. I reviewed content, and had a game plan in my head, but I wish I actually wrote out each question, because when I took the exam I then had to think of the best wording to express my points, and include all the points they wanted covered. Some practice writing out the essays is huge advice to anyone taking it in the future.I think some people were affraid to put there written work out there for constructive criticism.
#13
Posted 04 December 2009 - 02:38 PM
When did you take it? what was the turnaround?I got my score a few weeks back. Faster than I thought it would be.
#14
Posted 05 December 2009 - 01:08 AM
IMO the most bang for your buck would be to print out the BJCP guidelines and read them as you taste some of the commercial examples for each category. In short, the study material=beer.What is everyone using for study materials? I have no desire to take BJCP, but wouldn't mind knowing more about different beers.Marmot
#15
Posted 05 December 2009 - 10:23 AM
I went through the example questions until I could answer each one in my head.This is the one thing I wish I did more of in preperation. I reviewed content, and had a game plan in my head, but I wish I actually wrote out each question, because when I took the exam I then had to think of the best wording to express my points, and include all the points they wanted covered. Some practice writing out the essays is huge advice to anyone taking it in the future.
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