BAT Guidance Note on Best Available Techniques for the Brewing, Malting & Distilling Sector
Most judges use a combination of these two extremes. Regardless of which approach seems more
comfortable to an individual beer judge, there are several general guidelines that judges should follow
when assigning scores to beers. In the current BJCP scoring systems, each beer is evaluated on a 50-
point scale, allocating 12 points for Aroma, 3 for Appearance, 20 for Flavor, 5 for Mouthfeel and 10 for
Overall Impression. This scoresheet can be found on the BJCP website. In addition, there are sliding
scales on the bottom right hand corner for rating the stylistic accuracy, technical merit and intangibles of
each...
