Our Jury

STEFAN ADRIAN, DE

  • Mixology Verlag, deputy editor-in-chief
  • Bartender, author, journalist

JOHANNES ANLEITNER, DE

  • Edelbrandsommelier
  • Distiller, Bad Kötztinger Bärwurz-Quelle

GABRIELLA BORBÁTH, HU

  • Pálinka expert and Sommelière
  • Distiller, Ceglédbercel

VALERIE CHARTRAIN, FR

  • Author specializing in spirits and the future
  • WSET qualification

OLIVER EBERT, DE

  • Bar operator Beckett’s head
  • Bar team of the year 2009
  • Mixologe des Jahres 2019
  • Farm to Shaker Bar 2018

ANDREAS FRANZL, DE

  • Distiller, Hofbrennerei Oberkorb
  • Overall winner „World Spirits Award 2018“
  • State honorary award 2014 in Bayern
  • Edelbrandsommelier
  • worldwide one of eight Master of Spirits

JOHANNES FUCHS, DE

  • State-certified food chemist
  • Head of department for spirits analysis and sensory analysis (at the VLB)
  • Technical director of distillery courses
  • Sensory check expert for spirits
  • Cross-checking expert for spirit analysis

TOBIAS GORN, GB

  • International wine and spirit judge – worldwide
  • Drinks consultant and educator
  • Co-founder and Senior Partner – International Drinks Specialists
  • Member of the Advisory Board of the Council Of Whisky Masters
  • Award winning cigar and drinks specialist writer

KLAUS HAGMANN, DE

  • Food and fermentation technologist
  • Distiller
  • Author (u. a. „Technologie der Obstbrennerei“, „Obstbrennen“, „Blitz-Liköre“)

GEORG HIEBL, AT

  • Distiller, Hiebl Destillerie
  • Boutique Distiller of the Year 2014 (ISCW London)
  • 6 x Gold- respectively silver medal for the overall evaluation at the Destillata, Austria
  • Craft Distillery Of The Year 2021, Craft Spirits Berlin

PETER JAUCH, CH

  • Gin expert
  • Co-initiator of the project “about GIN”
  • Co-founder of the first “Gin-Erlebnisfestivals”
  • Journalist and book author

PASCAL KÄHLIN, CH

  • Mezcal and rum expert
    Book author and publisher Alambic Books (“Rum, Rhum, Ron”)
    J.B. Labat (liquor store), Zurich
    Bar 63, Zurich

JONAS KLÖCKNER, DE

  • Master distiller, Birkenhof Brennerei

STEFFI KLÖCKNER, DE

  • CEO Birkenhof Brennerei
  • Sommelière
  • Juror/Taster a. o. LandwirtschaftskammerRheinland Pfalz, DLG und ISW
  • Distiller

NILS LUTTERBACH, DE

  • Head bar tender Lovis, Berlin

CONSTANTIN MOZER, DE

  • Edelbrandsommelier
  • Distiller, Mozers Spirit

ARTHUR NÄGELE, CH

  • Destillata taster diploma gold
  • Vorarlberg State Distillate Award
  • International Wine and Spirits Challenge, London
  • Wine & Spirit Education Trust, London
  • WSET Certified Tutor

BERND SCHÄFER, DE

  • Whisky expert and author -co-founder of ENSE (European Network of Spirit Experts)
  • Keeper of the Quaich (1996)
  • Master of the Quaich (2007)
  • Mitglied der Gin Guild

MANUEL SCHWARZ, IT

  • 2014 foundation of the own distillery Schwarz-Brennerei in Mölten South Tyrol
  • 2017 graduation as Edelbrandsommelier in Tyrol
  • Since 2017 juror at Tyrolean Landesverkostung

SILKE SENFT, DE

  • Edelbrandsommelière
  • Distiller, Senft Destillerie

MARIO VALLENDAR, DE

  • Distiller, Brennerei Hubertus Vallendar

 

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