GENERAL UPDATE:
SAMPLES HAVE GONE OUT. Should arrive Friday, pending an average performance by the USPS.
It was a good bit more involved than I expected
Each bottle was poured, capped, labeled, individually wrapped in bubble wrap, bagged, packed in more bubble wrap, boxed. Box was then sealed up, labeled, addressed etc (standard crap).
USPS lady was not pleased with me dropping 11 boxes going to different addresses at 11:50am on the last reasonable mailing day before Christmas. Lines were.... long.
Once those involved have had a chance to taste everything, and submit their scores, I'll detail what was in the sample jars, and how the voting turned out.
There are usually a few surprises with these sort of things... I may have thrown a twist or two in there, curious to see how it plays out.