Club competition one
by Sam Highley, Editor
The judging for club competition one kicked off at the crack of 11am last Sunday morning, with beers in the Mild, Northern English Brown, American Brown, Irish Red, Ordinary Bitter, Scottish 60′, California Common, Extra Special Bitter (ESB), English and American IPA, Weizen, Dunkelweizen, Blonde Ale and Belgian Wit styles up for judging. Owing to the large number (15) of entries in the American Pale Ale category, they were judged a few nights earlier, along with the two American Brown’s entered.
As usual, the entries were judged against the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) guidelines, with each beer being scored on aroma, appearance, flavour, mouthfeel and overall impression, up to a maximum of 50 points. In this case, each beer was judged by three judges, with the individual scores added together to give a final score out of 150. But i’ve waffled on enough, and everyone is here for one thing, so here are the results: