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This is pretty cool. Go vote for your favorite beers. Each beer is matched up against another 32 beer bracket. Vote for your Favorites and try to push them to the National Beer Championship!!

Make sure to Vote for Leinenkugel’s, Sunset Wheat Beer. If you haven’t tried this, get out there and try it!

Click Image below to go to the Bracket and Vote Now!

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This game will give you a whole new appreciation for The Police.

What’s Needed: Stereo, and Song “Roxanne” by The Police

How to Play: One person take a swig on “Roxanne,” and one person does the same on “Red light.”

By the end of the song you will be hurting… Guaranteed!

Great Drinking Game to play with a group of friends.

Both side will get equally trashed!

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Why does everyone where Green on St. Patrick’s Day?

“March 17 has become synonymous with the color green, shamrocks, green beer, and pub crawls, so it’s ironic to think the day began with a Saint.

St. Patrick was actually born in England to wealthy parents, not particularly religious. When he was 16, he was taken prisoner by Irish criminals and he spent six years in captivity in Ireland. Though the location of his captivity is debated, (some argue Mount Slemish in County Antrim, others say County Mayo near Killala.) what is important to note is that he looked to Christianity for comfort during this lonely time.

According to St. Patrick’s writings, a voice he believed belonged to God, spoke to him after six years in captivity and told him to leave Ireland. And he had a trip! It was almost a 200 mile walk to the Irish coast. When he got to Britian, he had another vision in which an angel told him to return to Ireland as a missionary. There, he began converting the Irish to Christianity and minister to the Christians already living there.

The seventeenth of March is believed to be the day St. Patrick died in the fifth century and it also happens to fall during the Lenten season. The Irish have been celebrating his feast day for thousands of years.”(www.am570radio.com)

So go out, have a good Irish Beer… and die your rivers green!!

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Please help make St. Patrick’s Day an Official Holiday. Just go here and vote, takes 20 seconds. We need to get 1 million signatures. They need about 850,000 more!! Lets get it goin’ people!

Click image Below to go vote.

Read about Prop 3-17 here. Its for a good cause! Do the right thing people.

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This is pretty cool. Anyone can become a Nationally recognized Beer judge. It doesn’t look easy, but can be done!

“The purpose of the Beer Judge Certification Program is to promote beer literacy and the appreciation of real beer, and to recognize beer tasting and evaluation skills. We certify and rank beer judges through an examination and monitoring process.

The BJCP was founded in 1985 and has administered the Beer Judge Examination to 4,501 individuals worldwide. Nearly 2,500 are currently active judges in the program, with over 400 holding the rank of National or higher. Since we started keeping detailed records, our members have judged over 400,728 beers and we have sanctioned over 3,292 competitions.”(www.bjcp.org/index.php)

Check out the how to become a Beer Judge HERE, or click the image below.

FAQ about becoming a beer judge

“How is the BJCP organized?
The principal component of the BJCP is, of course, the general membership of over 2,500 judges at various ranks and levels of experience. The members are assigned to one of seven regions based on geography. Regions include all parts of the US and Canada. The relatively few members who live elsewhere in the world are arbitrarily assigned to the Northeast region.

The members in each region elect a representative, by a simple majority of the vote, to represent the region and sit on the BJCP Board of Directors. The term of office is two years and they are staggered in time so that there is continuity on the board after each election.

The members of the board elect, from among themselves, the constitutional offices of president, secretary and treasurer. The board also appoints non-voting directors to perform such duties as necessary to run BJCP’s various activities.

What are the duties and responsibilities of these people?
The Board of Directors
The Regional Representatives/board members are first of all responsible for supporting the membership in their region, providing access to BJCP services and acting on requests from their region for services or information.
Second, the board elects the constitutional officers.
Third, the board confirms all appointments of the appointed directors or any other high level personnel changes.
Fourth, the board maintains mutual communication on all matters of import to the BJCP, including holding formal votes where necessary.

The Officers
The President is responsible for discovering and pursuing issues of importance to the success of the BJCP, engaging the rest of the board in addressing these issues and pressing final resolution thereof. The president is also responsible for filling in for any other officer if/when necessary. The president also appoints committees, as needed.
The Vice President assumes the presidency in the absence of a President and oversees other tasks as assigned by the Board.
The Treasurer is responsible for keeping the accounts of the BJCP, preparing financial and tax records/reports and accepting and disbursing funds on behalf of the BJCP.

The Appointed Directors
The great bulk of the work performed in running the BJCP is by the appointed directors and the people working with them. You can see who they all are by checking the Officers page of the website. Each person is listed, along with his or her job description.

Who are all these people and how do I get in touch with them?
The Officers, Regional Representatives and Appointed Directors are listed here with their email addresses.

What about the Bylaws?
The Bylaws give the rules and constraints of the organization. They can be found here on the web site and you are encouraged to read them.

What is JudgeNet and how does it relate to the BJCP?
JudgeNet is a private e-mail forum, provided through the courtesy of Synchro Systems, for the discussion of beer judging and related matters. It is open to all. It is not officially connected to the BJCP in any way but it is obviously used heavily by BJCP members. The BJCP finds it convenient to post announcements and general comments to the JudgeNet readership. JudgeNet Subscription info can be found at: www.synchro.com/judge.

There is also a forum for members where BJCP matters can be discussed.

I have a problem/question/complaint/etc. Whom do I contact?
In almost all cases, call/write/email your Regional Representative, who will personally pursue the matter for you. He/she may pass you on to an Appointed Director or other person who will help you. In general, don’t post something to JudgeNet and expect the BJCP to act or reply. If you want a response, contact your Regional Representative.

But can’t I chew out the BJCP on JudgeNet?
Of course you can. It’s a very popular type of posting and it may generate some (hopefully) healthy discussion. But if you want an official answer/action, contact your rep.

How come I don’t see minutes of the board meetings?
We don’t have meetings in the usual sense. Due to our geographic dispersion, some of us have never physically met. But we are all online and we have phones so we communicate electronically, almost exclusively.

There is a mailing list for the extended board, i.e., the voting (elected) directors and the appointed directors, where topics are generally discussed. This can take place over many days and participation varies. Some items are not reportable, e.g., personnel matters (the seven elected reps have a private mailing list for those). Some are simply not of general interest (Hey, Scott, I need a scanned copy of your signature for the RTP form). Some are tentative and don’t reach specific conclusions. However, major actions, such as the appointment of a new director, are generally reported on the web site and posted to Judgenet, as well as here on the website.

Sometimes, matters rise to the level of requiring a formal vote of the seven voting board members. You can find the record of significant votes taken during the last couple of years here.

What is our corporate/financial/tax status?
We are a non-profit corporation chartered in the state of New York. We are also classified by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt public charity, under sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(2).

Financially, we are very sound with a good working surplus. Detailed financial reports will appear in the annual message to members, here on the website as appropriate.

What is the significance of my BJCP number?
Every member of the BJCP is assigned an identification number, in order to keep track of your experience points in our database. Generally, your number is assigned when you take the BJCP exam for the first time, and remains with you forever. The first letter of the number indicates the BJCP region of the state where you lived when you took your first exam, and does not change even if you move permanently to a different region. The remaining digits of the number are assigned sequentially within each region, and don’t really mean anything, except that a lower number probably means you took took the exam before someone with a higher number.
The current assignment of letters to regions is:
* A North
* B Mid-Atlantic
* C Midwest
* D Mountain/Northwest
* E Northeast
* F South
* G West

If something doesn’t seem right about that list, it’s because the regions have been realigned since they were originally established. So you might have lived in a state that is currently in a region with a different letter, because your state was in a different region at the time. Confused? Don’t worry about it. As stated above, it’s not used for anything, and since people are always moving anyway, it will never be used for anything except to identify you. Think of it as having as much meaning as the numbers/letters on the average automobile license plate.

How do I join the BJCP?
The only way to become a member is by taking the BJCP Examination. That involves finding an exam being administered near you, reading and understanding the Exam Study Guide, and taking the exam itself. You can find our more details about all these things in the BJCP Exam Center.

Where can I find out more?
Right here. Practically any question has an answer here on the website, but you’re encouraged to ask your regional representative or any of the other officers about any BJCP matter at any time. You can send an e-mail with just a click of the mouse from HERE. You can also post questions or comments on the BJCP Forums.”(www.bjcp.org/index.php)