The Results are in!
| |
2007
A Tasting of Holiday Beers |
|
| Rank |
Beer |
Score |
| 1 |
Lagunitas
Hop Stupid |
16.66 |
| 2 |
Sierra
Celebration |
15.92 |
| 3 |
Firestone
Parabola Imperial Chocolate Stout |
15.82 |
| 4 |
PCB
#19 Anniversary (Holiday) |
15.64 |
| 5 |
North
Coast Old Stock 2005 |
15.38 |
| 6 |
Mendocino
Imperial IPA |
15.35 |
| 7 |
Anchor
"Our Special Ale" |
15.27 |
| 8 |
Smaltz
Hebrew Monumental Jewbilation |
15.24 |
| 9 |
Samichlaus
2005 |
15.17 |
| 10 |
Pacific
Coast Paul's Leg Warmer |
15.00 |
| 11 |
Gouden
Carolis |
14.85 |
| 12 |
Avery
Jubilation |
14.80 |
| 13 |
Drake's
Jolly Roger |
14.77 |
| 14 |
Drake's
Rye Wine |
14.13 |
In looking over the scores, it has become apparent to me that I've done a poor
job in conveying the techniques of beer judging.
I'm going to come up with a new score sheet format and a better way to convey
which things we should be evaluating when we judge beers.
Any ideas in what you consider important would be appreciated. The
concept of drinkability seems to be under appreciated on the present scoring
system. I would venture to guess that there would be a difference in rankings
had drinkability had more influence it the final scores.
Quantity of flavor seems to have been given more weight than I think it
should. Big is fine but balance is more important.
