BJCP Judge Qualification COurse

[Padraic]

Okay it's time for me to start putting this course together and figure out how best to run this I had wanted to get the first day this month but I think it'll be a May kickoff.

Who wants to help out with the prep?

[johnrm]

 Let me know if there's stuff I can do from afar.

[irish_goat]

1. Padraic [Saturday is fine]
2. Johnrm - I'll row in with whatever suits the masses as best I can.
3. Tom [Saturday is fine]
4. Dodge (work away)
5. Matthewdick23 [Saturday is fine]
6. brenmurph [Saturday is fine]
7. Will_D [Saturday is fine]
8. Andrew
9. Stitch [Saturday is fine]
10. Declan (CARA) [Saturday is fine]
11.3 rossa. I'm a disaster to pin down so work away.
12. Saruman - Saturday's are always fine.
13. Partridge9 - Saturdays ok i think
14. Irish Goat - Saturday afternoon is ok.

[johnrm]

@Padraic, Can we ballpark Location, dates and times on this?
Just in case I'm in for something I have no hope of attending.

[Padraic]

Yea It's probably time we got ourselves organised!

I'm thinking the location has to be dublin city centre for convenience for everyone travelling a long way not to have to get to dublin only to have to move on. We were pretty much all agreed on Saturday's being best, at around mid day. So it's a matter of picking which week works best for people. First weekends are bad because a lot of them are bank holiday's, so maybe the second or third weekends of the month.

I have a capital brewers thing on the 12th I'll run it by my boss if this is a good time for me to be busy both mornings of a weekend or not!

So How would second saturday's or third saturday's suit people?

I'm hoping to have good notes put together for everyone so that if you miss a session that you can do it at home anyways!

We also need to nail down a cost as well for all of the beer samples and stuff like that! I might be able to get the venue in exchange for us buying the beers from the bar, so I'll look into this.

All suggestions welcome! I realise I have brought more questions than answers!

[irish_goat]

How long would each session last? I can obviously ask at work.

[Padraic]

That would be great Thomas, not sure on the timeline yet, probably 3-4 hours!

[Will_D]

For public transport I would nominate the BrewDock ( where we did the Siebel Tasting )

If I am driving then the B&C is probably good (from experience)

What is WJK's like on a Saturday after?

Or should we support all 3?

Also I would like to wait till after the Cask Project is tucked up for its ageing )

[Padraic]

For public transport I would nominate the BrewDock ( where we did the Siebel Tasting )

If I am driving then the B&C is probably good (from experience)

What is WJK's like on a Saturday after?

Or should we support all 3?

Also I would like to wait till after the Cask Project is tucked up for its ageing )

That's a good point, a rotating venue might just be an option!

I think I might have to agree on the point of the casks being filled first!

June is a better start month for me anyway with my imminent exams so maybe that is the best option!

Ill check if this works for squeezing in enough sessions between now and the competition next year!

[irish_goat]

Ill check if this works for squeezing in enough sessions between now and the competition next year!

Could we do a double session day or would that be overload?

[johnrm]

How structured is it? Maybe 1.5 Sessions per day so 7 days would cover it.

[Padraic]

Ill check if this works for squeezing in enough sessions between now and the competition next year!

Could we do a double session day or would that be overload?

Maybe not, we could always do two lager days in the one day, and the doctored beer seminar day could be thrown in with one of the other days, or spread over the course with a few samples each day...

How structured is it? Maybe 1.5 Sessions per day so 7 days would cover it.

The suggested format is fairly structured and they recommend 3-4 hours per class, that could probably be shortened by letting everyone do their exams as homework instead of there on the day.

The suggested framework is outlined in post 14: http://nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,1519.msg18757.html#msg18757

[Padraic]

Those who would have to travel, would a double day, i.e. around 6 hours instead of 3 suit ye to get to dublin city centre?

The mentioned timelines wouldn't include anything extra added by the cicerone add-ons if we go down that route!

[irish_goat]

I'd be happy enough doing the exams as homework. Between tasting nights, brew days and now this there's a lot of time being taken up and I'm sure I've probably got more free time than most of you'se.

[Tom]

So long as I catch the 6pm bus back, I'm good. I'm naturally (chronically) disinclined to homework, though, but I'll put in a superhuman effort, seeing as it isn't maths, English, any of the sciences, geography or whatever the hell I took for GCSE.