We take judging seriously.

In order to advance as brewers, we need a fair and consistent yardstick to measure our efforts against, and we need feedback and constructive comments on how our efforts compare to the ideal.

To that end, the Guild's Charter charges us to provide training to create a corps of certified judges for Guild and other tasting events. Our contests and rank advancement tastings are judged by trained tasters who spend a considerable amount of time taking classes and honing their skills along side our Senior Judges.

Some of our judges also judge for the Los Angeles, Riverside, and Orange County Fairs, as well as other non-SCA tasting activities. In the SCA you can see them at work at Great Western War (where the Guild sponsors a multi-kingdom contest), Potrero War, Highland War, King's Hunt, and other local brewing contests.

Judging may sound like a lot of fun (and it is), but it's also a lot of work. Getting it right is not a trivial endeavor, but our judges take the time to do it right and do their best to provide useful and helpful comments and critiques.

If you have questions about Guild trained and certified judges, or would like to become a Guild judge (or just take the training classes to help improve your own brewing), check out the how To Be a Brewing Judge page or contact the Judge Coordinator.

Senior Judges have taken at least 21 hours of classes, and judged at least 80 drinks spread out among all three of the Guild's drink classes (beer, wine & varietal) during their training. They are qualified to judge at any event the Guild sponsors as well as judging for Guild rank advancement. Complete list of Requirements

Intermediate Judges have taken at least 15 hours of classes, and judged at least 40 drinks spread out among two of the Guild's drink classes (beer, wine or varietal) during their training. They are qualified to judge at any event the Guild sponsors as long as a Senior Judge is also judging. Complete list of Requirements

Junior Judges have taken at least 9 hours of classes, and judged at least 20 drinks in one of the Guild's drink classes (beer, wine or varietal) during their training. They are qualified to judge at any event the Guild sponsors as long as a Senior Judge is also judging. Complete list of Requirements

Judges In Training are just that. In training to be Junior Judges. They have taken at least 3 hours of classes, and starting to judge at least 20 drinks in one of the Guild's drink classes (beer, wine or varietal) during their training. Complete list of Requirements

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