A returning Set The Bar Judge, Josh is General Manager of The Gator Club & Co-Founder of the Sarasota Whiskey Society.

Emma is a clinical herbalist and product consultant from Burlington, Vermont, who is fascinated by the bar as a modern stronghold of the herbal apothecary. She has years of experience in craft cocktail bartending, hosts wellness events with herbal mocktails, and co-teaches a class series on herbal libations called "Transcendental Inebriation: The Magic of Herbs in Booze."

"I've lived in Florida most of his life, been in bars and restaurants the majority of my life - from dive bars to Relais & Chateaux properties. My passion is the beverage industry creating fun beverages to elevate any situation. I am sommelier, spirits expert and cocktail historian." A true professional, Topher is the Beverage Director at Meliora. We are delighted to welcome Topher back to our Set The Bar judging panel of experts!

Broc has owned and operated Liquor Locker since 2010, and opened Dive Wine & Spirits in 2021.

Lauren is the Eat & Drink Editor for Sarasota Magazine. After earning her culinary degree from Johnson & Wales University she studied Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Florida. From there she traveled to North Dakota to help build a comprehensive wine program at the area’s foremost craft cocktail bar. Having worked in hospitality for 20 years, Lauren is well versed in what makes great food great, and fabulous drinks even better.

Turner C. Moore is a whiskey enthusiast who has attended whiskey tastings and festivals across the country, including New York and Los Angeles WhiskyFest, the Scotch Malt Whisky Society Extravaganza, the Nth Universal Whisky Experience, the Whisky Jewbilee, Whisky Live, World Whisky Conference, Whiskies of the World, Whiskey and Barrel Nite, and the Kentucky Bourbon Ball. He has visited dozens of distilleries in the U.S., Caribbean, Scotland and Ireland, and in 2012 completed the Bruichladdich Whisky Academy on the Isle of Islay, working for a week in each area of the distillery. He earned a Certificate with Distinction from the Whisky Training Centre in Edinburgh.

In 2012 he created the Whiskey Obsession Festival which quickly became one of the largest events in the country, attracting distillers and industry professionals from around the world along with thousands of participants eager to learn about their favorite spirits. He also leads whiskey tastings on a regular basis at private clubs, fine dining restaurants and wine cellars, bars, retirement communities, charity events, and private homes.

Dana impressive resume includes:
- Bar manager of the number one nightclub in San Francisco, Harry Denton’s Starlight Room. Working alongside Tony Abou-Ganim, the "modern mixologist" and the iron chef bartender. 
- Winner of the inaugural chartreuse cocktail competition. 
- PhD in tequila having toured the distilleries in Mexico three separate occasions with the number one expert of tequila outside Mexico, Julio Bermejo. 
- Represented Herradura tequila at the Big Smoke in Las Vegas Nevada. 
- Head bartender for the TV series, "Live from the Starlight Room."
- Featured cocktail in Bartender magazine 1998
- Bartender to the stars. Sean Penn, Lars Ulrich, Annette Bening, Warren Beatty, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Lopez, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, Gary Coleman, Michael Anthony Hall. And many many more.

Rob Boyland comes from a career behind the bar. He has worked with and for a number of restaurants and bars in Sarasota and around the Tampa Bay Area. He’s also participated in and judged Set the Bar in previous years.