On November 21, the Sudzers judged 19 entries, 10 brewed with the GigaYeast super-secret new Belgian strain, and 9 brewed with their Vermont IPA yeast. Scoring was loosely based on the BJCP scoring system, with a special category for “use of yeast,” but beers were not evaluated against a particular style. Judging was much more subjective based on enjoyability of the beers.
Special thanks to Tyler for organizing and creating score sheets, all of the members who helped propagate yeast for other brewers to use, and Nick for foregoing tasting in order to be the cellar master and score tabulator. Super special thanks to Jim Withee and Loren Reynolds of GigaYeast for providing the initial yeast, allowing the club to propagate it, and then attending the meeting to serve as special guest judges.
Ribbons and yeast were awarded to the three highest rated beers for each yeast. The winners were:
IPA
1. Raghu & Nick
2. Jim Williams
3. Adam Campbell
Belgian
1. Justin Vincent
2. Mike Conant
3. Chris & Linda
