The 2021 judges

Jamie Morrison

Global Brand Ambassador for The Glenturret, He is a passionate whisky lover and has worked in the industry for over six years. Fiona Kemp

Whisky enthusiast and amateur whisky historian. Loves visiting distilleries, tasting whiskies and is an avid collector of whisky books, old and new. Graham Spowart

Co-founder of BAWS - Bo’ness Appreciation of Whisky Society. Whisky fanatic for several years. Cask owner. Loves Cask Strength whisky. Jim Gillies

Geraldo’s whisky ambassador, Jim is an enthusiastic ‘malty, old sea dog’ that lives and breathes all things uisge beatha-related. Cindy OnkenGlimm

Cindy’s whisky journey started when teaching beverages over 15 years ago. She has enjoyed many online whisky tastings of late. She is a sommelier at Andrew Fairlie’s. Colin Sim

Colin combines his love of both whisky and cycling. He can be found running events for The Stonehaven Whisky Howff. Stuart Mccallum

During the last 18 months he has educated himself via online tastings and has developed a real appreciation of Scotland’s premier global export. Ros Frame

Has been a whisky lover since 2010, but only joined the spirits industry properly four years ago, specialising in whisky marketing. Simon Milne

A financial whizz kid with a fascination for the water of life, Simon’s happy place is sipping drams looking out over the Sound of Mull. Graeme Dempster

A Chartered Commercial Insurance Broker. With a passion for all things whisky, he has an understanding of the unique risks associated with whisky production and maturation.