No the judges are not being but picky they are simply doing their jobs! For competition your bottles are supposed to unidentifiable as much as they can. If you were the only one with those bottles in the competition and someone who knew you and knew your bottles was judging there could be issues. Not that that situation would ever happen, a lot would have to fall in place perfectly, but if you are entering in competition it is your burden to follow protocol. It's unfair to blast the judges because they were following directions/training. It's also rude to say that they were "full of themselves" without knowing the situation. How easy it is to cast stones from your Ivory tower! I had a buddy bottle in a Carona bottle for competition, and the judges marked off for that, as they should, I would expect nothing less. The situation of it being a saison is a tough one however, the carbonation is supposed to be higher than the standard bottle can handle. I have entered saisons before and I only carbonate to the limit of the bottle and hope for the best, my scores have always been pretty good. I think proportionally your overall score can take a much greater loss for flavor flaws than bottle type or carbonation level. Just my 2 cents.