MachineShopBrewing
Well-Known Member
I always thought the BJCP scoring system was there to eliminate preference of the judges (which is subjective). Oh well, I'll take it...horray for me and I'm sorry if you managed to score higher than me and finished lower. Quite honestly, I'd rather have the higher score because, to me, that means I'm making better beer....beer that's close to style and has fewer technical flaws. This is my second first place and my third placement overall in three different comps. It's also the third lowest score I've ever had. Go figure.
I really doesn't have anything to do with preference of judges. They do it that way to eliminate different judges scoring curves. If there are 20 beers in a category they may have 4 sets of judges judging 5 beers each. Each set of judges may pass on a couple of the beers from their group that they think are the best to a mini best of show for the whole category. One judge might score an excellent beer at a 44, while another judge may score what they think is an excellent beer at 40. Now suppose that the 40 point beer is actually a better and more to-style beer than the 44 that the other judges gave. By doing the mini best of show format they effectively eliminate variations on judges scoring curves and the winner is purely the best beer and most to-style on the table regardless of score.