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Gary wonders about the "behavior" of a competition organizer and the pers=
on
in question responds:>>" I've traveled extensively to 46 different
countries.

Who do you think encouraged 80 percent of the people to enter the
competition in the first place?<<

  Obviously the person thinks he's some kind of homebrew hero and beyond
reproach.

>>Then to =

have one of the two certified judges that did show up, make a mockery of =

the
process and insult the homebrewers in the audience.<<

Then the organizer should have said something to correct the situation, a=
nd
why was there an "audience" ?
Judging is hard enough without being under the scrutiny of an "audience."=


>> Well I've found my
experience with BJCP certified judges is a thorough lack of =

professionalism.<<

Funny but that is what I've found with most of the national ranked judges=
,
here's a real case of the pot calling the kettle black.

>>my father owns a hop
wholesale company (43 varieties). I brew probably 3-4 times a week. I bag=

3-4 hop orders a day!<<

Now that_certainly_puts him beyond reproach, you should bow down and kiss=

the feet of someone that can bag hops.
 =

One thing he makes clear, he doesn't value or want your judging ability,
probably doesn't want your entries either, they already have more than th=
ey
can deal with. Screw him.
  My great-grandfather, an Inuit tribe elder, told me before departing on=

an ice floe, "A man_must_be able to harpoon his own walrus, a man should =
be
able to defend himself against a bear with his knife and spear, but a man=

should_never_never_argue with an icehole."
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Gary wonders about the "behavior" of a competition organizer and the pers=
on
in question responds:>>" I've traveled extensively to 46 different
countries.

Who do you think encouraged 80 percent of the people to enter the
competition in the first place?<<

  Obviously the person thinks he's some kind of homebrew hero and beyond
reproach.

>>Then to =

have one of the two certified judges that did show up, make a mockery of =

the
process and insult the homebrewers in the audience.<<

Then the organizer should have said something to correct the situation, a=
nd
why was there an "audience" ?
Judging is hard enough without being under the scrutiny of an "audience."=


>> Well I've found my
experience with BJCP certified judges is a thorough lack of =

professionalism.<<

Funny but that is what I've found with most of the national ranked judges=
,
here's a real case of the pot calling the kettle black.

>>my father owns a hop
wholesale company (43 varieties). I brew probably 3-4 times a week. I bag=

3-4 hop orders a day!<<

Now that_certainly_puts him beyond reproach, you should bow down and kiss=

the feet of someone that can bag hops.
 =

One thing he makes clear, he doesn't value or want your judging ability,
probably doesn't want your entries either, they already have more than th=
ey
can deal with. Screw him.
  My great-grandfather, an Inuit tribe elder, told me before departing on=

an ice floe, "A man_must_be able to harpoon his own walrus, a man should =
be
able to defend himself against a bear with his knife and spear, but a man=

should_never_never_argue with an icehole."
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