STEFAN ADRIAN, DE
- Mixology Verlag, deputy editor-in-chief
- Bartender, author, journalist
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 of the “World Spirits Award 2018”
- State honorary award 2014 in Bavaria
- Eau de vie sommelier
- One of eight “Masters of Spirits” worldwide
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
FABIAN GLÜCKERT, DE
Operations manager / distiller “Joh’s Eckart Obstbrände” (Munich)
Brandy sommelier
Jury Bayern Brand (Bavarian fruit brandy award)
GEORG HIEBL, AT
- Distiller, Hiebl Distillery
- Boutique Distiller of the Year 2014 (ISCW London)
- 6 x gold and silver medals for the overall rating at Destillata
- Overall winner of “Craft Distillery Of The Year 2021”, Craft Spirits Berlin
NILS LUTTERBACH, DE
- Head bar tender Lovis, Berlin
CONSTANTIN MOZER, DE
- Eau de vie sommelier
- 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)
- Member of the Gin Guild
SILKE SENFT, DE
- Edelbrandsommelière
- Distiller, Senft Destillerie
Dr. Marc-Kevin Zinn, DE
- Microbiologist, Head of the Research Distillery at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences
- Research area: yeasts, enzymes, acids and distillation processes
- Trained eau de vie sommelier.