Stefan Van Eycken grew up in Belgium and Scotland and moved to Japan in 2000. He's the editor of Nonjatta (www.nonjatta.com), the foremost online resource on Japanese whisky, regional editor (Japan) of Whisky Magazine UK, and regular contributor to Whisky Magazine Japan and France. He's also the man behind the 'Ghost Series', an ongoing series of bottlings of rare Japanese whiskies, and 'Spirits for Small Change', a bi-annual whisky charity event. He's been on the Japanese panel of the World Whiskies Awards since 2012. Jim Meehan, a bar operator, educator, and author of The PDT Cocktail Book, worked at some of New York City's most popular restaurants and bars including Gramercy Tavern and the Pegu Club before opening the James Beard Award winning bar PDT in 2007. The former editor of Food & Wine Magazine's annual cocktail book and the Mr. Boston Bartender's Guide, Meehan is a regular contributor to Lucky Peach, the global ambassador for Banks Rums, and the curator of the cocktail programs for American Express Centurion lounges nationally. He and his family reside in Portland, Oregon where he operates his consulting firm Mixography Inc.