Beer Competition Registration

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Reggie manages all the bookkeeping of your competition end-to-end - from Entrant and Judge registration, collecting and recording Judge timesheets and Entry scores, providing reports and a slide-show Awards Presentation, publishing the results on the web and providing BJCP with judging points. Reggie has been used by competitions all over the world since 2005.

Features in Reggie

One Single Sign-On Entrant/Judge account is good for ALL competitions hosted by Reggie
Complete multilingual (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Bulgarian, German, Polish, Italian, Chinese (Simplified), and Hungarian currently supported) Entrant and Judge registration screens
Integration of Sponsors (regular, per-medal-style, and Pro/Am) with the Awards Presentation and the Web results, and displayed for Judge and Entrant registration
Organizer Approved entry comments The Organizer can review Entry provided information and approve (or not), and contact Entrant for additional information, as needed
Reenter a beer from previous comp Entrants can easily reenter a beer that they had entered in a previous competition. BJCP2015 competitions also cross-reference to BJCP2008 styles.
Handling of clubs, judging locations, delivery locations, etc., is international-friendly
Integration of Pro/Am judging, reporting, and awarding
The Check-in/Payment report provides a list of email addresses for unpaid entries and allows you to track PayPal payments automatically
You can use the Reggie API to generate your own web result reports
Reggie will help you organize beer substyles into judging medal groups, and let you organize and assign judges to flights and tables
You can record the judge scores and judge names, and Reggie will automate setting up Mini-BOS and BOS flights, and reporting the results
Reggie generates all the reports and paperwork that you need to run the competition before, during, and after the judging days.

More information about Reggie

Reggie is web based and runs on any web-enabled device (laptops, tablets, cellphones) with any operating system (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iPhone), and any modern browser that supports HTML5 (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, etc.).
Reggie can be run over Wi-Fi or from your cell phone hotspot.
Reggie will run concurrently on multiple devices (Competition Organizer, Registrar, Judge Director, Scanner, each on separate laptops, for example).
From an Entrant's viewpoint, once an account is set up in Reggie, the account is good for ALL competitions that Reggie hosts. This allows Entrants to review their Entry and Judging history for ALL Reggie competitions.
Reggie handles online Entry registration, and lets you adjust many settings (max #entries per brewer, max #entries in comp, etc.) Reggie also works with PayPal to track payments received.
Reggie supports several different Style Guidelines including the most recent versions of Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP 2015) and World Beer Cup (WBC 2018). You can add your own specialty medal groups ("Coffee beer"), or choose to allow a subset (for example, using the BJCP guidelines for a mead-only competition).
Reggie enforces the Guideline requirements - so if a particular style requires Sweetness and Fruit Type, the entry will not be registered and accepted until this information has been entered.
Reggie handles online Judge registration, and then lets you create Judging Sessions and assign judges appropriately. Judges with entries or style preferences are flagged for you.
Once you have the entry bottles, Reggie assigns random entry numbers and organizes a quick and efficient Bottle Sorting/Labeling party for you.
Reggie tracks who has paid, which registered entries are missing bottles, etc., so you can quickly identify and address these issues.
After you have all the entries ready to go, Reggie helps you in Grouping the entries (for example, you may want to group all Lagers together if there are not enough individual Style entries).
Reggie supports (and encourages) queued judging, but will also handle specific flighting if you prefer. Mix and match.
When you get to judging days, Reggie prints all the forms for you - table identifiers, sign-in/waiver sheets, judge scoresheet labels, flight info sheets, cup labels, flight pull sheets, etc.
As entries are judged, Reggie helps you record the Judges and the points scored. Reggie has continuously updated BJCP Judge information, so if you're BJCP, Reggie already knows about you; if not, then Reggie can easily add you.
Reggie supports scoresheet scanning - so you can scan scoresheets as they are returned by the judges - and then make them available to the entrants immediately after the awards ceremony - with the push of a button.
Reggie manages your competition from first-round judging (queued or not, or both), mini-Best Of Show judging, through Best Of Show judging. You may have multiple BOS panels (for example, Beer and Mead/Cider).
Once the judging is complete, Reggie will print medal labels for you, if desired. Then use Reggie to do an award-by-award Awards Ceremony slideshow on a big-screen TV.
After the Awards Ceremony, click a checkbox to publish all of the medal winner results on the web. Reggie will also email all entrants and provide information to them for how to view/download their scanned scoresheets.
If you are stuffing scoresheets into envelopes for manual distribution (or eventual mailing), Reggie prints envelope addressing and sorting labels to assist.
For final wrapup, Reggie calculates the BJCP judging points for you, lets you review the report (and add missing information, as needed), then automatically submits the report, in XML format, to the BJCP.
Reggie tech support is always available - you can email, text, or call our support cell phone at any time.
Reggie costs between $10 and $200, depending on your competition size: 1-20 entries: $10 USD, 21-150 entries: $30 USD, 151-300 entries: $50 USD, 301-800 entries: $100 USD, 801+ entries: $200 USD. This cost covers our expenses for web hosting, bandwidth, online storage, and other costs. Think of it as another comp expense (like judge lunches or copy services). Reggie helps to organize and automate the competition for you, saving you lots of time and headaches.

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Pay for a Reggie competition Your treasurer can pay for a Reggie competition without logging in NOTE - do NOT use this to pay for your entries!

Choose your competition:
cost is $0

Login: Beer Judge Certification Program Exams

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What is the procedure to become a BJCP Mead judge? ?
The BJCP Mead ranking (or "endorsement" if you're already a BJCP Beer Judge) is a 2-step process: the online Mead (Online) Entrance Examination, and the Mead Judging (Tasting) Examination.

YOU MUST DO BOTH OF THESE EXAMS: THE ONLINE EXAM FIRST, THEN THE JUDGING EXAM.

Go to BJCP.org and click on the right-side menu Mead Exam Resources.

You need to download and STUDY these:
Mead Exam Study Guide (specifics about what you need to know, format of the test, etc.)

Ingredient Descriptions (lists honey varietals, grape varietals, spices, fruits)

NOTE - all other documents in the top section of that page are OLD - do not use them as references about the mechanics of the test.
If you know everything in these two documents, you have all the information you will need to pass the Online exam. There are also many other very useful resources on this page to broaden your knowledge - feel free to also read them.
Also, for the Tasting test, you will need to understand the BJCP 2015 Mead Style Guidelines.

Start by going to BJCP.org and take the Online exam.
On the right-side menu, click on Exam Center

Under FAQ, click on #1: How Do I Become A Judge - Online Exam

Click on the Click Here To Enroll link

Scroll down to the Mead Exam section and choose to either take it once ($10), or you can get three tries at it for $20. If you've studied well, one try should do it.

Take the exam. It is 200 questions in 60 minutes. It's open book - but at 18 seconds per question, you don't have much time to look at references. Refer to the Mead Study guide to find out details of what is covered - but the main things are the BJCP Mead program and procedures, Mead balance and style attributes, varietal honeys, varietal grapes, fruit/spice additions, mead making process, and identifying characteristics and faults in meads.

When you pass, you will receive a Certificate Of Completion (CoC).
IMPORTANT - AS SOON AS YOU GET THIS CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION - EMAIL IT TO THE EXAM ADMINISTRATOR
You *MUST* have the CoC BEFORE you are eligible to take the Mead Tasting Exam. Your CoC is good for one year. If you don't take and pass the Mead Tasting Exam within a year of your CoC, it expires - and you'll need to take the Online Exam again. NOTE - EVERYONE MUST TAKE THE ONLINE EXAM - whether you are already a BJCP Beer judge or not.

Next, you'll sign up for the BJCP Mead Judging (Tasting) exam. For this, you will have 90 minutes to judge 6 meads using a slightly-modified BJCP Mead Scoresheet (the standard one is here - the test one is similar). Download this scoresheet, make a bunch of copies and PRACTICE. Be sure to look at the CUE words under each section (Aroma, Appearance, Flavor, Overall) - for Aroma, be sure to write a comment about the mead for EVERY cue word: Honey Expression, Alcohol, Esters, Complexity, Other Aromatics. Fill out your scoresheets completely, address all CUE words in each section, assign scores, make sure the scores add up, and be sure to check any appropriate Descriptor Definitions, and to fill out the Stylistic Accuracy, Technical Merit, and Intangibles checkboxes. Everything that you don't do will lose you points when your exam is graded - so make sure you do it all.

IMPORTANT - YOU MUST PRE-PAY FOR THIS JUDGING EXAM TO HOLD YOUR SPOT. IF YOU HAVEN'T, DO IT NOW!
If Nelson is administering your Judging Exam, scroll up to the top of this page to pay using PayPal. The cost of the Judging Exam is $40 if you are not currently a BJCP Beer Judge (or if you are a Provisional Judge). If you are currently a BJCP Beer Judge ranked Recognized or higher, then the cost if $15. Enter your name (so that I can match up your PayPal payment with you), and choose the appropriate Pay button. Let me know if you have any questions or problems with paying using these links or using PayPal.

What are examples of good and bad Mead scoresheets? ?

Section Good Bad How to improve

Stylistic Accuracy, Technical Merit, and Intangibles checkboxes Each is checked Some or all not checked Always check these

Descriptor Definition checkboxes (Acetic, Alcoholic, etc.) Checked if mentioned in text All blank Always check these if they are mentioned in your text sections (Aroma, etc.)

Bouquet/Aroma Medium marshmallow and cotton candy with a light woodiness, light warming alcohol, low esters, a hint of pear, moderately sweet but complex and inviting Mint, medicinal, herbal, bandaid, earthy Address all cue words (Honey Expression, Alcohol, Esters, Complexity, Other Aromatics), and provide intensity (low, medium, high, etc.) information for each item

Appearance Deep straw with slight orangish tint and brilliant clarity, slow teardrop legs, low petillant carbonation, bright surface reflectance, meniscus is darker possibly indicating some age on this mead Straw, no carbonation Address all cue words (Color, Clarity, Legs, Carbonation), and provide intensity (low, medium, high, etc.) information for each item; also add Reflectance and Meniscus information if you can

Flavor Sweet honey flavor with pronounced marshmallow and cotton candy, buttery texture, moderately intense acidity that keeps the sweetness from being cloying, low tannin, medium body derives more from sweetness than tannin, warming alcohol not hot, no carbonation, well balanced between sweetness and acidity with tannin and alcohol in supporting roles Vanilla extract, medicinal, herbal, bandaid Address all cue words (Honey, Sweetness, Acidity, Tannin, Alcohol, Balance, Body, Carbonation, Aftertaste, Special Ingredients/ Style-Specific flavors), and provide intensity (low, medium, high, etc.) information for each item

Overall Impression Wonderful mead! A sweet and complex mead that is well balanced. Perhaps a slight increase in tannin from oak and a slight decrease in acidity would increase complexity This smells phenolic, thank you for your mead Address all cue words (Overall Drinking Pleasure, Suggestions for improvements); bring together any comments from previous sections; don't introduce new information that wasn't described above; be polite and offer constructive criticism

General Write enough to fill all lines but don't stretch your words or leave big spaces at the end of each line; write meaningful and descriptive information, Write legibly - the graders should not need to decipher your penmanship

To register to take (or pay for) a BJCP Exam, log in (go to Login / Login, use your last name), then go to My Account / BJCP.

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Section	Good	Bad	How to improve
Stylistic Accuracy, Technical Merit, and Intangibles checkboxes	Each is checked	Some or all not checked	Always check these
Descriptor Definition checkboxes (Acetic, Alcoholic, etc.)	Checked if mentioned in text	All blank	Always check these if they are mentioned in your text sections (Aroma, etc.)
Bouquet/Aroma	Medium marshmallow and cotton candy with a light woodiness, light warming alcohol, low esters, a hint of pear, moderately sweet but complex and inviting	Mint, medicinal, herbal, bandaid, earthy	Address all cue words (Honey Expression, Alcohol, Esters, Complexity, Other Aromatics), and provide intensity (low, medium, high, etc.) information for each item
Appearance	Deep straw with slight orangish tint and brilliant clarity, slow teardrop legs, low petillant carbonation, bright surface reflectance, meniscus is darker possibly indicating some age on this mead	Straw, no carbonation	Address all cue words (Color, Clarity, Legs, Carbonation), and provide intensity (low, medium, high, etc.) information for each item; also add Reflectance and Meniscus information if you can
Flavor	Sweet honey flavor with pronounced marshmallow and cotton candy, buttery texture, moderately intense acidity that keeps the sweetness from being cloying, low tannin, medium body derives more from sweetness than tannin, warming alcohol not hot, no carbonation, well balanced between sweetness and acidity with tannin and alcohol in supporting roles	Vanilla extract, medicinal, herbal, bandaid	Address all cue words (Honey, Sweetness, Acidity, Tannin, Alcohol, Balance, Body, Carbonation, Aftertaste, Special Ingredients/ Style-Specific flavors), and provide intensity (low, medium, high, etc.) information for each item
Overall Impression	Wonderful mead! A sweet and complex mead that is well balanced. Perhaps a slight increase in tannin from oak and a slight decrease in acidity would increase complexity	This smells phenolic, thank you for your mead	Address all cue words (Overall Drinking Pleasure, Suggestions for improvements); bring together any comments from previous sections; don't introduce new information that wasn't described above; be polite and offer constructive criticism
General			Write enough to fill all lines but don't stretch your words or leave big spaces at the end of each line; write meaningful and descriptive information, Write legibly - the graders should not need to decipher your penmanship

Competitions: Set Up Yours In Reggie

Are you ready to set up Reggie for your competition?
Fill out the following information and submit to apply to use Reggie for your beer/mead/cider competition.
Upon approval, you will receive a confirmation email from Reggie.

Organizer: First name: Last name: Email: Phone:
Competition Date: Enter the date of the competition (or final date if more than one day) - format is YYYY-MM-DD City: State/Country:
Competition Name: Line 1: Line 2:
Unless the competition name is long, enter it in Line 1, and you might enter the year in Line 2. If the competition name is long, split it up between Line 1 and Line 2.
Date range for accepting entries: Registration opens: Registration closes: Date format is YYYY-MM-DD
BJCP Competition ID:
Approximate competition number of entries:
Style Guideline:
Sub-Style list: Leave this blank to accept all substyles, or list only substyles to accept, e.g., BJCP2015 Stouts, list 15C,16A,16B,16C,16D,20B,20C
Language: Choose the language that will be used for the Entry and Judge Registration web pages
Cost per entry: Specify how much a entrant pays you for each entry
Settings:
Is this a Commercial (not Homebrew) competition? Check this for a Professional Brewery/Meadery/Cidery Commercial competition; leave unchecked for a Homebrew competition
Are you judging Beer? Are you judging Mead? Are you judging Cider?

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Address: City: State: Postal Code: Country:
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AHA member #: Optional
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