15th Annual Best of the NW Beer Awards Judges

We're honored to welcome this esteemed panel of beer professionals to judge Sip Magazine's 15th Annual Best of the Northwest Beer Competition, with more judges still to be announced! Competition Lead – Ezra Johnson-Greenough, New School Beer JUDGES Abigail Change – Founding Member, Flying Bike Cooperative Adam Linden – Former Beer Buyer, Bartender Andrew Bieber – Cicerone® Andrew Pytel – Single Hill Brewing Andrew Schwartz – Brewer/Co-Founder – Human People Beer Ben Keene – Freelance Beer Writer Bobby Wood – Advanced Cicerone® Gary Bangs – Member/Owner, Flying Bike Cooperative Isaiah Powell – Brewer Jessie Polin – Cicerone®, Former taproom owner Leslie Shore – Brewer Lyra Penoyer – Certified Cicerone®, BJCP judge, WSET educator Marley Rall – Beer Judge, Owner of Brewmaster's Taproom Michael Perozzo – Owner, Vice Beer Mike Pearson – Founding member and VP of the board at Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery Nicole Kasten – Brewery Consultant Rikki Lee Welz – Associate Sensory Scientist, John I. Haas Scott Howell – Logan Brewing Shanleigh Thomson – Ingredient Sales/Journalist Steve Little – Cicerone®