Euroclash Homebrew Competition and Valley Brewer, Greater Wellington
Train for the BJCP exams
Two exams, two different skills. The online Entrance Exam tests what you know: 180 questions in 60 minutes, open book, pass at 116. The in-person Judging Exam tests what you can do: 6 beers, 15 minutes each, closed book. This programme trains both, at your own pace and with the club.
What is in it
15 units
The workbook, unit by unit
Foundations, ingredients and process, and off-flavours. Each unit ends in a self-check you answer before you look anything up.
98 entries
Every style, by family
What defines each one, how to judge it, and what it gets confused with. Grouped so the styles you mix up sit next to each other.
110 questions
Original practice bank
Across the ten Entrance Exam subject areas, with the reasoning after every answer, plus timed sets at the real exam's pace.
Facilitated
Tasting with other palates
Fault workshops, style flights, and a mock Judging Exam against a proctor consensus. In person, or by webinar if you cannot get there.
Two courses
One per exam, because they are not the same problem
Entrance Exam Prep · Self-paced
The knowledge the online Entrance Exam tests: 180 questions in 60 minutes, open book. Work it at your own pace, on your own.
Judging Exam Prep · Blended · some modules in person
What the in-person Judging Exam tests: six beers, fifteen minutes each, closed book. Perception and description cannot be calibrated alone, so the middle of this course is delivered in person or by webinar.
Who can join
Anyone preparing for a BJCP exam. Register with your email and the prep material is yours straight away; club membership is not needed. The club confirms exam candidates later, once the prep course, the in-person sessions and the mock exam are done.
What this is, and is not — including why the BJCP's own guidelines are linked rather than reproduced.