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BrewDog
03-12-2009, 10:25 PM
Congratulations to MarkAbberant, our newest officially Recognized BJCP Judge! He scored an awesome 80 on the exam first time out!

Great Job, Mark!
hooky
03-12-2009, 10:43 PM
Niiiiiice.

Congrats!
markaberrant
03-12-2009, 10:54 PM
Thanks guys. I do this hobby because I love it, but recognition is never is bad thing either.

What is really bizarre is that I had been waiting over 4 months for the test results. On the same day I got them, about 2 hours later I got an email saying I won Best of Show at a competition in Lethbridge, AB last weekend. It's not a huge competition (typically 50-100 entries), but I have never won a BOS (I have come close 3 times). When it rains, it pours I guess.
beerking
03-13-2009, 07:46 AM
Congrats, Marka!! Does that mean we might be judging together at the NHC second round this year?
markaberrant
03-13-2009, 09:18 AM
Congrats, Marka!! Does that mean we might be judging together at the NHC second round this year?

Maybe one of these years, if they have it a little further north!

However, I am in fact part of the committee running the 1st round qualifier for the Canadian Region.
beerking
03-13-2009, 09:23 AM
Cool. Good for you!
IIRC, they have had the NHC in Chicago. Perhaps they could do Minneapolis?
I know there was a big push to have it in Anchorage at one point, but between hotel costs, airfare (which was expected to drop attendance significantly), and logistics of getting things there (they considered a barge to move all the entries for the second and third rounds) it just was not practical.
wortchillergoal
03-13-2009, 11:54 AM
I will add my nice job done to thread as well. keep up the good work and brewing.
Otis_The_Drunk
03-13-2009, 06:09 PM
Congrats on both counts markaberrant.
BrewDog
03-13-2009, 08:44 PM
Wow, 4 months? You're lucky. Took almost 6 to get my results.
Congrats on the BOS, too!
corysdad
03-13-2009, 09:09 PM
Very cool markaberrant :cool:

But, why does it take so freakin'
long to get results?
BrewDog
03-13-2009, 10:56 PM
But, why does it take so freakin'
long to get results?

You have to see the writeups. The graders do an UNBELIEVABLY thorough job on the writeups. The exams get passed back and forth and are checked and rechecked, and these guys do it all on their own time. I can easily see how it takes months. Reading mine was an education in itself.

HTH-
corkybstewart
03-14-2009, 08:06 AM
Way to go Mr. Aberrant. Your success has inspired me to look into the process, but I'm not sure yet how to go about it or if it's even possible to do it out here in the boondocks.
corysdad
03-14-2009, 09:55 AM
Way to go Mr. Aberrant. Your success has inspired me to look into the process, but I'm not sure yet how to go about it or if it's even possible to do it out here in the boondocks.

You Go Corky :D