Can You Volunteer to Judge NHC 1st Round?

General Homebrew Discussion
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I see this is coming up next month.  There is a first round comp reasonably close and I could use the judging experience.  Or is it by invitation only?

2

http://www.bjcp.org/apps/comp_schedule/competition_schedule.php

Look there for the closest site to you starting April 2.  If you’re a BJCP judge you’ll probably get an invitation.  If you’re not, you may be asked to steward if they can fill the roster with BJCP judges.

3

I would contact the organizer and volunteer to judge, it’s pretty rare for a comp to turn away judges.

4

Thanks, I wasn’t sure and didn’t see a call for judges link in the page I was looking at.  I’ve got to decide between Madison WI and Indianapolis IN, both are a fair piece from here.  WI has New Glarus.  I’ve decided to try and judge one contest every month or two just to get some experience.

5

Indy has a lot of very new breweries that are worth exploring.  The location of the judging is Sun King.  They’re growing by leaps and bounds.  Either would be a good time.

6

I hadn’t researched that possibility, will give them both some more thought.  If I go to Indy we can visit with the in-laws in Champaign, since its on the way.

7

Here is a good start for Indy.  But Bier isn’t on there.  There may be others, too.

8

Hi Tom Sawyer,

You can volunteer to judge or steward in the National Homebrew Competition First Round competitions by contacting the organizer/judge coordinators found on the Volunteering page http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/competitions/national-homebrew-competition/participate/volunteering.  I’m sure either of those two competitions would be glad to have you help out.

Cheers,
    Janis

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Thanks for the link, just waht I was looking for.  Now to decide on a venue.