From synchro!judge-request at uu6.psi.com Tue Feb 15 06:26:32 1994 Received: from uu6.psi.com by goodman.itn.med.umich.edu with SMTP id AA02965 (5.65b/IDA-1.4.3 for spencer at hendrix.itn.med.umich.edu); Tue, 15 Feb 94 06:26:28 -0500 Received: from synchro.UUCP by uu6.psi.com (5.65b/4.0.071791-PSI/PSINet) via UUCP; id AA14708 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 94 05:47:36 -0500 Received: by synchro.com (smail2.5) id AA08923; 15 Feb 94 05:11:36 EST (Tue) Reply-To: judge at synchro.com (JudgeNet) Errors-To: judge-request at synchro.com Precedence: bulk Message-Id: <9402150511.AA08923 at synchro.com> From: judge-request at synchro.com (JudgeNet Administrator) To: judge-recipients at synchro.com (JudgeNet Recipients) Subject: JudgeNet Digest #692 (Feb 15, 1994) Date: 15 Feb 94 05:11:36 EST (Tue) JudgeNet Digest #692 Tue 15 Feb 1994 THE BEER JUDGE DIGEST Chuck Cox , digest administrator Michael Hall , archive administrator DIGEST SUBMISSIONS ONLY to judge at synchro.com ALL ADMINISTRATIVE REQUESTS to judge-request at synchro.com Send rank updates to the administrative address FTP archive information in /pub/judge/README on cygnus.ta52.lanl.gov Sponsored by SynchroSystems and the Riverside Garage & Brewery Contents: AHA Contest; Request for Judges (x-4378)" Score sheet example needed. ("John R. Calen - Contacting Systems - E.F., N.Y.") ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 94 08:47:00 PST From: "SIMPSON, Mark (x-4378)" Subject: AHA Contest; Request for Judges Howdy out there! WE NEED JUDGES!!! I am helping to organize the First Annual "America's Finest City Homebrew Contest" scheduled for March 12 at the La Jolla Brewery in San Diego. It is AHA sanctioned, and as such, it will entitle the AHA qualified judge to receive contest judging points and a merry time in Sunny San Diego!!! If there are any interested judges out there, please reply by e-mail or call for more information. Hoppy Brauing!!! Mark Simpson simpson at rb.unisys.com (619) 578-2627 (H) " 451-4378 (W) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Feb 94 13:28:36 EST From: "John R. Calen - Contacting Systems - E.F., N.Y." Subject: Score sheet example needed. I've been through the BJCP guide on the proper way for a judge to fill in a score sheet. Along with the advice about being constructive and so on, there's one thing I've never seen. An example of good vs. bad. For example:The Appearance section of a Pilsner being judged. It is dark and hazy, with little effervescence. BAD BETTER? --- ------- Too hazy. Dark. Flat. | This beer is starting off on the wrong foot. | It is too dark. Do not add dark grains to | a pilsner. Also, it's hazy. This may have | been disturbed during presentation. It may | be chill haze or contamination. For chill | haze, store it in the cold until it clears. | This also lacks carbonation. Perhaps it is | underprimed. 4oz. (by weight) of corn sugar | to 5 gallons of beer. Perhaps it hasn't been | conditioned long enough or in a warm place. | This may also contribute to the haziness if | the yeast is still working. Did you use | wheat?... blah, blah, blah! I definitely don't like the one on the left. In practice I find myself wearing two hats, depending on whether I have a problem beer. If I do I assume the brewer wants to know how to fix the fault and I analyse the problem with technique. i.e. watch oxidation, sanitation. If the beer is clean, it's the recipe that I concentrate on. I still try to offer specific recommendations. i.e. Add 4oz. chocolate malt, use bavarian yeast. (An excellent beer I just praise and enjoy!) Of course I've talked this over with judge friends and I'm at the certified level. I think in the above example, the "BETTER?" response is too anal, and is likely to scare off a new brewer. Even so, a judge ought to be thorough. I'd like to see what the AHA/HWBTA/BJCP considers a properly completed score sheet. Regards, John Calen ------------------------------ End of JudgeNet Digest ************************