thanks!

Now someone needs to convince me that I should retake the written part 
of the exam.........I still believe it goes way beyond qualifying people 
to be competition judges...........I've passed that part. 

I just don't see why memorizing stuff about the history of each 
category, etc., etc., should be part of this when judges have the 
guidelines and any other material open at a competition if they need to 
know it.

I've brewed for enough year and have enough medals. 

And some of the score sheets I get show that you should emphasize better 
tasting ability than essay writing.  You're not focusing on the correct 
issues.  Scores of high 30's with comments of 'no serious flaws' just 
doesn't cut it. 

So, I'll continue to brew and help out as a Head Steward, but I'll not 
try to memorize how to describe and differentiate between the beers of 
Edinburgh, London and Burton.

I especially don't care about creating an all-grain recipe as I've done 
well enough with extract and grains and will stay with that.

So, I'd suggest a revamping of the exam and perhaps your whole purpose 
in the judging of homebrewing.  Are you certifying judges or giving out 
degrees in brewing?

I'm open for any conversations on this.   Just provide some good beer at 
the same time.

Cheers!

//Mike Behrendt
MGBehrendt@mn.rr.com

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...
	well, I have others.   Groucho Marx 



BJCP Program Administrator wrote:

>Dear Michael Behrendt,
>The competition organizer has submitted 0 judging point(s) and 1.5 non-judging point(s) in your name for "MCAB VIII".  These points will appear in your judge record when the next update cycle is published to the web.
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//Mike Behrendt
MGBehrendt@mn.rr.com

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...
	well, I have others.   Groucho Marx