Only resource links prefixed with “BJCP – ” are official publications of the BJCP, everything else is unofficial content created by experienced BJCP members.
In addition to the reading below, we highly recommend joining GTA Brews, and also joining our Facebook Discussion Group. One of the best ways to learn how to judge beer is to make your own beer, and participate in the evaluation of beer made by other homebrewers at club events.
Online Exams
- Beer
- BJCP – Beer Style Guidelines (2015)
- BJCP – Beer Study Guide
- BJCP – Judge Procedures Manual
- BJCP – Free 20 question practice exam at: http://bjcp.coursewebs.com/
- BeerSyndicate Practice Exam
- 5 Tips for passing the BJCP Online Entrance Exam
- Tips:
- Write the Online Exam ASAP so you can start judging homebrew competitions for practice
- The Online Exam is PASS/FAIL, so don’t obsess about perfection, just focus on getting through it so you can begin practicing scoresheets
- The 3for2 package helps lower the inertial barrier since you’ll know you have three tries to pass
- Mead
- BJCP – Mead Style Guidelines (2015)
- BJCP – Mead Study Guide
- Cider
- BJCP – Cider Style Guidelines (2015)
- Cider Study Guide isn’t published yet, in the meantime these pages are helpful:
- BJCP – Studying for the Cider Exam
- BJCP – Cider Article Collection
Judging Exams
In addition to resources from the Online Exam section above:
- Beer
- BJCP – Scoresheet Guide
- Rubric against which you will be graded, read it!
- BJCP – Exam Procedures
- Instructions given to the local Exam Admin for picking beers
- BJCP – Scoresheet Used for Beer Exams
- BJCP – Beer Faults
- BJCP 101 (Online & 1st Tasting Exam) Study Group (Facebook)
- BJCP 101 Webinars (Doug Piper)
- Mastering the BJCP Exam by Scott Bickham & Gordon Strong
- Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About the BJCP by Andrew Luberto
- How To Maximize Your BJCP Beer Judge Tasting Exam Score by Andrew Luberto
- UNYHA BJCP Exam Resources by Thomas Barnes
- Becoming a Beer Judge by Eric Brews
- Deconstructing the BJCP Scoresheet by
specialhoperations.org - Zymurgy Commercial Calibration Index
- Requires AHA membership
- WAHA BJCP Exam Prep Binder by Washington Homebrewers Association
- Beer Tasting Cheat Sheet by Homebrew Academy
- 250 qualitative beer descriptors
- How to do well on the BJCP Tasting Exam by BarleyPopMaker
- Scoresheet Tips & Exam Scoresheet Template by BlueRibbonBrews
- Brewnology Podcast: Episode 4 – BJCP Judging Exam Tips
- Judging and the Anatomy of a Score Sheet by accidentalis.com
- Improving your BJCP Tasting Exam Scores by accidentalis.com
- BJCP – Scoresheet Guide
- Mead
- BJCP – Mead Exam Resources
- BJCP – Mead Exam Scoresheet
- BJCP – Scoresheet Guide
- BJCP Mead Study Group (Facebook)
Beer Written Exam
In addition to resources from the Online Exam section above:
- BJCP 201 National Judge Study Group
- BJCP Exam For Dummies 2013 by Al Boyce
- UNYHA BJCP Exam Resources by Thomas Barnes
- Random Exam Question Generators: