{"id":1716,"date":"2010-12-21T12:32:08","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T20:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=1716"},"modified":"2014-02-06T11:17:32","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T16:17:32","slug":"judging-beer-with-grandmaster-gordon-strong-bshb-podcast-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/21\/judging-beer-with-grandmaster-gordon-strong-bshb-podcast-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Judging Beer with Grandmaster Gordon Strong &#8211; BSHB Podcast #6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"beersmith\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/21\/judging-beer-with-grandmaster-gordon-strong-bshb-podcast-6\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Gordon Strong, the President of the BJCP is my guest this week. He is the world&#8217;s only Grand Master Level V beer judge and also one of the top competitive home brewers in the US. We talk about judging beer, what it takes to be a Grandmaster Level V beer judge, and how an average home brewer can use competition and beer judging skills to improve their beer. Gordon also talks about his new book &#8220;Brewing Better Beer&#8221; which is being released this Spring.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-6-Beer-Judging-Strong.mp3\">Download the MP3 File<\/a> &#8211; Right Click and &#8220;Save As&#8221; to download this mp3 file<\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-6-Beer-Judging-Strong.mp3]\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/gordon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-931\" style=\"margin: 8px;\" title=\"gordon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/gordon.jpg\" alt=\"Gordon Strong - Beer Judge\" width=\"207\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a>Topics in This Week&#8217;s Episode (34:22)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>This week&#8217;s guest is Gordon Strong, the President of the <a href=\"http:\/\/bjcp.org\">Beer Judge Certification Program<\/a>, and also the world&#8217;s only Grandmaster Level V beer judge. Gordon also has a book coming out in April-June timeframe called &#8220;Brewing Better Beer&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The focus of this week&#8217;s episode is Beer Judging and the Beer Judge Certification Program<\/li>\n<li>We talk about the BJCP style guide and how its used for beer brewing and judging<\/li>\n<li>What a first time competitor might see in competition<\/li>\n<li>Some of the most common flaws Gordon sees in home brewed beers he judges<\/li>\n<li>The BJCP certification program, its levels, and how to become a judge<\/li>\n<li>Advice for competitive brewers<\/li>\n<li>Gordon&#8217;s life as a jet-set rock star beer brewer<\/li>\n<li>Gordon&#8217;s new book &#8220;Brewing Better Beer&#8221; coming out this Spring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks again to Gordon Strong for taking time out to participate in the podcast.<\/p>\n<h3>Thoughts on the Podcast?<\/h3>\n<p>Leave me a comment below or visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/forum\">discussion forum<\/a> to leave a comment in the podcast section there.<\/p>\n<h3>Subscribe to the Podcast<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Great News!<\/strong> We&#8217;ve been featured in the New and Notable podcasts on iTunes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/id398500515\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/images\/web\/linkmaker\/badge_itunes-lrg.gif\" alt=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" width=\"82\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are not using iTunes, you can subscribe using this feed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/BeersmithcomHomeBrewingBlog<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And finally, don&#8217;t forget to subscribe to the blog and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/subscribe\">my newsletter<\/a> (use the links in the sidebar) &#8211; to get free weekly articles on home brewing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Gordon Strong, the President of the BJCP is my guest this week. 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