Strand Brewers 2005 BJCP Reading List
Basic Reading
BJCP Exam Study Guide (1998, MS Word
Doc, 324k)
BJCP Guide to Beer Styles
(2005a, MS Word Doc, 650k)
BJCP Scoresheet
Exam Strategy
Jim Wilson, BJCP Exam Strategy
Gordon Strong, Mastering the BJCP
Exam
Past
exams (1/05 LA, 9/04
Faults and Troubleshooting
George Fix, Diacetyl:
Formation, Reduction and Control, Brewing
Techniques
George Fix, Fusel Alcohols, Zymurgy Fall 1993
Charlie Papazian, Troubleshooter's Chart, Zymurgy Special 1987
Hops
David Cordrey, Hops and Hop
Varieties
Glenn Tinseth, The
Essential Oils of Hops, Brewing
Techniques 1/94
Malts and Adjuncts
Ray Daniels, Malting
and Mashing, Zymurgy Special
1995
Beer Color
Demystified, Brewing Techniques 11/95
Randy Mosher, A
Taste of Color, Zymurgy 9/03
Kelly Kuehl, BYO
12/02
Mash & Sparge
Mark Sedam, Mashing Basics, Zymurgy
3/02
Randy Whisler, Lautering, BYO 3/98
Recipe formulation
Brian Smithy, Formulating
a Beer Recipe
Martin
Manning, Recipe Formulation, Brewing
Techniques 1/04
Styles
Alt, Norm Hardy, Brewing Techniques 1/95,
Berliner Weisse, Jeff Sparrow, Going Sour on German Beer, Zymurgy 7/01
Bock, Jeff Frane,
BYO 1/95
Brown Ale, Jeff
Frane, BYO, 9/95
B Pils, Peter
Ensminger, Brewing Techniques
5/97
Classic Rauchbier, Tim Dawson, Smoky Beer, Brewing Techniques 5/96
Doppelbock, Alex
Fodor, BYO 10/97
G Pils, Florian
Kemp, AAB, 7/03
Koelsch, Forrest
Williams, The
Queen of Koln, Brewing Techniques
1/98
Lambic, Martin Lodahl,
O'Fest, Brad Kraus,
Zymurgy F/95
Pale Ale, Terry Foster, BYO, 9/03
Scotch Ale, Paul Zocco, Great Scot, BYO, 12/01
Stout, Roger
Bergen, Brewing Techniques 8/93
Vienna/Marzen/Oktoberfest, Horst Dornbusch, BYO 3/03
Weizen, Horst
Dornbusch, Zymurgy 5/02
A Treasury of Beer
Styles, various authors, Zymurgy Special 1991
Tasting
Homebrewer's Guide
to Flavors, Zymurgy, Special 1987
Training Ourselves
in Flavor Perception, Beer and Brewing, Evaluating Beer p115
Flavor Wheel, ASBC
Journal and the web
Beer Flavor Log
Flavors in Beer
John Oliver,
Practice with Your Palate, BYO 3/00
Water & Boil
Karl King, Water
Treatment, Brewing Techniques 9/93
Mark Sedam, Engineering the Perfect Pint, Brewing Techniques 7/98
Ginger Wotring,
Water Zymurgy, Special 1995
Yeast & Fermentation
Al Korzonas, Liquid
Yeast Characteristics, Zymurgy Summer
1998
Patrick Weix, Become
Saccharomyces Savvy, Zymurgy Summer 1994
Additional Resources
Basic Reading
Michael
Jackson, Companion and
Any
two of Palmer 2 or Miller Guide 2 or Korzonas or Noonan 2. No one book covers
all suggested Exam questions well.
Exam Strategy
Maltose Falcons, Judging
Information
Further reading
Ask the Brewmaster A series of
articles on styles, techniques and other brewing trivia
George Fix, Principles of Brewing Science 2 and An Analysis of Brewing Techniques
Brewer's Publications, Evaluating Beer
Fred Eckhardt, Styles
Roger Protz, World Guide
Ray Daniels, Designing Great Beers
Classic Beer Style Series of 18
books
MCC study guide, non specific to
BJCP
Chuck Cox, Study
Guide
Greg Walz, Study Guide
Scott
Bickham, "How to Prepare for and Pass the Beer Judge Certification Exam",
Brewing Techniques, 5/97
Gordon
Strong, "So You Want to be a Beer Judge?", Zymurgy, 7/04
Russ
Wigglesworth, The original list of possible exam questions. JudgeNet 1994
Magazine articles
not mentioned on this list including: Zymurgy Special Issues 1991 Traditional
Beer Styles, 1993 Traditional Brewing Methods, 1997 Hops and 2004-5 Calibration
Scoresheets
"The Influences on Beermaking",
Best of Beer and Brewing
Scott Stihler, Malts
and Malting
Great Western,
Briess and Schreier websites
Hopunion website
White and Wyeast
websites
JustDave - e-mail a request to JustDave
and he will send useful study material 10 times over a two month period
RCB, rec.crafts.brewing, UseNet
newsgroup
Malts and Adjuncts
Peter Blum, Malt
Wisdom, Zymurgy 1/01
Tom Flores, Kilning
Unlocks Malt Flavor, BYO 9/95
John Nalesklewicz,
A Lighter Shade of Pale, BYO, 12/95
Gary Bauer, Zymurgy Special 1985
Neil Gudmestad, Malt, Zymurgy
Special 1995
Mash & Sparge
John Oliver, The Best Mash Program,
BYO 10/99
Master this material and
we will be your students!
Michael Lewis, UC Davis
undergraduate textbook (American)
Jean De Clerck, Two volumes from
the master, in print from Seibel (Belgian)
Stevens, Young, Hough and Briggs,
Malting and Brewing Science (British)
Wolfgang Kunze, Technology Brewing and Malting (German)
Scott Bickham, "Focus on Flavor"
series, Brewing Techniques, An Introduction
to Flavor Analysis 12/97, Four Basic Tastes 1/98, Staving off Staling 3/98,
Sulfur Struck 5/98, Fatty Flavors 7/98, Flavors from Malt 9/98, Hoppy and
Maturation Flavors 11/98, Flavors from Alcohols and Esters 5/99
Recipe formulation
Jeff Frane, Create Your Own
Recipe, BYO 1/96
Styles
Weizen, John
Ostrom, Brewing Techniques 3/96
Stout, Greg
Kitsock, Zymurgy 1/98
Alt, Roger Deschner, Regal Alts, Zymurgy Winter 1994
Berliner Weisse, Dennis Davison, Inside Berlin's Own
Beer, Zymurgy Winter/96
Bock and Doppelbock,
Darryl Richman, Brewing Techniques 3/95
G
Pils, Miller Style Book
Pale Ale, Foster, Style Books
History of Wheat
Beers --Ray Daniels
American
Wheat Beers -- Brewing
Techniques
Witbier
-- Brewing Techniques
Belgian
Trappists and Abbey Beers -- Brewing
Techniques
Inside
Orval -- Brewing Techniques
India Pale
Ale, Part 1 --Brewing Techniques
India Pale
Ale, Part 2 --Brewing Techniques
Tasting
Origins of
Beer Evaluation
Techniques, Beer and Brewing, Evaluating Beer p165
Papazian/Noonan, Beer Aroma
Recognition Guidelines, Evaluating Beer
Sulfur Flavors in
Beer, Zymurgy, Fall 1992
Sensory Aspects of
Zymurlogical Evaluation --Zymurgy Winter
1992, Evaluating Beer p39
Tasting Techniques,
Zymurgy Special 1987
Beer Flavor
Terminology, Am. Soc. Brewing Chemists,
Evaluating Beer p208
Testing Yourself, Zymurgy Spring 86, Evaluating
Beer p215
The Language of
Flavor Communication, Beer and Brewing, Evaluating Beer p143
Water & Boil
Nico Freccia, Unlock
the Secret, BYO, 5/96
Beer from Water -- Zymurgy Winter 1991
Water: Its Effect
on Hop Bitterness and Beer Flavor -- Beer and Brewing
Lewanclowski Water
(online)
Mike Lewanclowski -
Basic Water Chemistry
Noonan Water: Its
Effect on Hop Bitterness and Beer Flavor --Beer and Brewing
Basic Organic
Chemistry for Brewers --Zymurgy
Spring 1993
Al Korzonas "Water"
Whisler, Elements of Brewing Water BYO 4/99
Yeast & Fermentation
David Cordrey, Yeast Notes