INAUGURAL BJCP MEAD EXAM and MEAD JUDGING CLASS - Aug 3, 2008

Orders have been placed for the meads to be tasted in the Mead Class on Sunday, August 3, 2008, from 1-3pm. Classic commercial examples include: BJCP MEAD JUDGE CLASS - MEAD LIST Sky River Dry Mead (24.A. Traditional Mead - Dry) White Winter Dry Mead (24.A. Traditional Mead - Dry) Lurgashall English Mead (24.B. Traditional Mead - Semi-Sweet) Redstone Traditional Mountain Honey Wine (24.B. Traditional Mead - Semi-Sweet) Chaucer's Mead (24.C. Traditional Mead - Sweet) Lurgashall Christmas Mead (24.C. Traditional Mead - Sweet) White Winter Cyser (25.A. Cyser) Long Island Meadery Blueberry Mead (25.C. Other Fruit Melomel) Redstone Black Raspberry Nectar (25.C. Other Fruit Melomel) iQhilika Africa Birds Eye Chilli Mead (26.A. Metheglin) Long Island Meadery Vanilla Mead (26.A. Metheglin) Mountain Meadows Spice Nectar (26.A. Metheglin) Redstone Juniper Mountain Honey Wine (26.A. Metheglin) Redstone Vanilla Beans and Cinnamon Sticks Mountain Honey Wine (26.A. Metheglin) Rabbit's Foot Diabhal (26.B. Braggot) Mountain Meadows Trickster's Treat Agave Mead (26.C. Open Category) Rabbit's Foot Private Reserve Pear Mead (26.C. Open Category) Save your spot at the table today! - Al ----- Forwarded by Allan V Boyce/MN/USB on 07/21/2008 04:50 PM ----- FroM: "alboyce(a)comcast.net" <alboyce(a)comcast.net> 07/21/2008 11:26 AM We still have seats left for the mead class on Aug 3, and a 5 chairs left for the Mead Judge Certification test that morning. You can do one or both. Let me know ASAP if you're planning on taking the Mead Judge Class. We need to know how many bottles of classic example mead to buy. Pay your exam fee online ASAP if you're planning on taking the Mead Judge test (see below). - Al ----- Forwarded by Allan V Boyce/MN/USB on 07/21/2008 11:23 AM ----- Please respond to: alboyce(a)comcast.net THE FIRST EVER BJCP MEAD CERTIFICATION EXAM CSPS Hall 383 Michigan St St.Paul, MN 55102 Sunday, August 3, 9am-Noon $30 for BJCP Judges, $50 for new examinees The Beer Judge Certification Program will be debuting their new certification "BJCP CERTIFIED MEAD JUDGE" in St.Paul, MN on Sunday, August 3 at 9am. The BJCP Mead Judge exam is a 2hr 45 minute exam consisting of a 2hr 8-question essay exam and a 45min 3-mead tasting section. Details about the exam can be found at: http://www.bjcp.org/mead/BJCP_Mead_Exam.pdf The test will be administered by Gordon Strong, BJCP President and Grandmaster V beer judge. This will be the FIRST BJCP Mead Exam given by the BJCP, and culminates a two-year development process. It is a Pass/Fail test, requiring a 60% grade to pass. Current BJCP judges who pass the exam will receive a "Mead Judge Endorsement" on their record. New judges will be considered a "BJCP Mead Judge" in the program. Both will receive a BJCP Certified Mead Judge pin upon passing. Study materials for the exam can be found on the BJCP website at: http://www.bjcp.org/mead.html This is the FIFTH event in the Twin Cities National Mead Weekend. The exam is limited to the twelve examinees. Send your exam fee via PayPal to MHBA(a)BIGFOOT.COM to reserve your exam seat. * Go to: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_send-money&nav=2.1.0 * Select SERVICE and click CONTINUE * Log in to PayPal * Do NOT click the first SEND MONEY icon! * At the bottom of the page, enter BJCP MEAD CERTIFICATION TEST in the SUBJECT field * Enter your name, address, city, state, zip, CELL-phone and email in the MESSAGE field * Click SEND MONEY * Click VIEW TRANSACTION DETAILS if you wish ===================================== BJCP MEAD JUDGING CLASS Open to everyone interested in Mead Judging CSPS Hall 383 Michigan St St.Paul, MN 55102 Sunday, August 3, 1pm-3pm $20 per person (collected at the event) Following the Mead exam and after a break for lunch, BJCP President Gordon Strong and BJCP Continuing Education Director Kris England will present a Mead Judging seminar. Commercial and home-made meads will be open-tasted, followed by discussion on each mead. The topic will be Mead-JUDGING, as compared to Mead-MAKING, mead-judging vocabulary, common flaws, and troubleshooting will be covered. You NEED NOT be a BJCP judge to participate in this event! This is open to any and all who are interested in learning about mead tasting. Significant others are welcome and encouraged. CLASS SIZE IS LIMITED! Register with me: alboyce(a)bigfoot.com Why have the class AFTER the test, you ask? 1) If you taste meads for two hours and THEN took the test, you'd be MESSED UP! 2) If you're not ready for the test at 9am, you won't be any MORE ready at 1pm! This is the SIXTH and FINAL event in the Twin Cities National Mead Weekend. (Whew!) -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail