Our panellists for this tasting come from three very different bottlers, with very different experiences of the whisky world:

Alex Bruce – managing director of Adelphi and Ardnamurchan distillery, and 4x great-grandson of blending pioneer Andrew Usher. Alex has been involved in the whisky world since leaving university and has been managing Adelphi since 2004, growing it into the well-known independent bottler it is today.

Angus MacRaild – whisky writer and consultant turned independent bottler. Angus has been obsessed with whisky since pretty much childhood and launched himself into the industry as soon as he could, writing and amassing knowledge on old and rare whisky bottlings. His opinions on whisky led to him founding Decadent Drinks – an indie bottler with which he shows people what he thinks whisky should taste like – and more recently Kythe Distillery.

Sam Simmons – brand ambassador turned indie bottler at That Boutique-y Whisky Company. The Whisky Exchange alumnus Sam got into whisky while studying for a PhD in English literature in Edinburgh. From there, as Dr Whisky, he wrote about whisky, became Balvenie’s global brand ambassador and then helped create That Boutique-y Whisky Company and numerous other indie labels for Atom Brands.

From the more traditional, to the disruptive to the far out, our panellists have each pushed the limits of the indie bottling scene. Join us to find out what they’ve got up their sleeves.