Judges
Each judge brings unique skills, industry insight, sensory expertise, and a strong commitment to continuous improvement and knowledge sharing. This ensures a wide range of perspectives in the judging process, delivering a well-rounded, credible, and rigorous assessment of all entries.
Pictured: 2026 Head Judges, Tina Panoutsos & Jon Seltin
Meet the Head Judges
Overseeing the panel in their capacity as rotating Head Judges will be industry veterans Tina Panoutsos and Jon Seltin.
Tina Panoutsos, from CUB and Asahi brings over 30 years of experience in various roles across the beer industry, including sensory, quality assurance, and marketing.
“The AIBAs are not just about assessing beers; they’re about building strong networks, encouraging camaraderie, and celebrating the ever-evolving quality and innovation in brewing.”
Jon Seltin, Head Brewer at Brick Lane Brewing in Melbourne, has over 15 years of experience in the brewing industry and leads production of a diverse portfolio that includes beer, cider, RTDs and non-alcoholic beverages. He brings extensive international judging experience to the role, having judged in Asia, Europe, North and South America and Australia.
Head Judges
- Tina Panoutsos – Australia
- Jon Seltin – Australia
Associate Judges
- Amanda Hertz – Australia
- Andras Fehervari – Australia
- Chris Brady – Australia
- Julia Honan – Australia
- Timothy Miles – Australia
- Zander Evershed-Brown – Australia
- Hugh Irwin – Australia
- Julia Santos Muriel – Australia
- Lewis Kerr – Australia
- Matthew Cuthbert – Australia
- Nathaniel Reeves – Australia
- Sylvia Guimaraes – Australia
- Jeffrey Bell – Australia
- Jared Stewart – New Zealand
Judges
- Adrian McNulty – Australia
- Allison Macdonald – Australia
- Arthur Shu – Singapore
- Ashley Hazell – Australia
- Cam Dinsdale – Australia
- Charlotte Freeston – Australia
- Colin Mallon – New Zealand
- Daniel Feist – Australia
- Dennis Stewart – Australia
- Eduardo Orellana – Australia
- Em Sauter – USA
- Emily Usher – Australia
- Emma Penny – Ireland
- Jack Viney – Australia
- Jesse Sigurdsson – New Zealand
- Dan Cunningham – Australia
- Kade Wilson – Australia
- Henry Tier – Australia
- Kris Domagala – Australia
- Lindsay Crawford – Australia
- Matt Warner – New Zealand
- Matthew Hogan – Australia
- Mick Bentley – Australia
- Narrelle Lukasik – Australia
- Nic Sandery – Australia
- Nicholas Rhodes – Australia
- Richard Chamberlin – Australia
- Ross Brown – Australia
- Ian Morgan – Australia
- Sarah Turner – Australia
- Satoshi Murabayashi – Japan
- Sean Rynne – Australia
- Shane McNamara – USA
- Shane Morley – New Zealand
- Simeon Bonetti – Australia
- Stephanie Johansson – Australia
- Steven Finney – Australia
- Sam Seward – Australia
- Tao Sha – China
- Tetsuya Kojima – Japan
- Tim Low – New Zealand
- Sushil Savla – Australia
- Tom Wood – Australia
- Unson Kim – Korea
- Will Tatchell – Australia
- Kevin te Wierik – Australia
- David Medlyn – Australia
- Gavin Croft – Australia
- Max Allen – Australia
- Rob Hall – Australia
- Lang Yu – China
- Cassie O'Neill – Australia
Table Captains
- Ashur Hall – Australia
- Ben Kraus – Australia
- Chris Willcock – Australia
- David Castro – Spain
- Glenn Harrison – Australia
- James Dittko – Australia
- Jon Selton – Australia
- Kristian Martin – Australia
- Lindsy Greig – Australia
- Pia Poynton – Australia
- Richard Adamson – Australia
- Samara Fuss – Indonesia
- Shaun Blissett – Australia
- Shawn Sherlock – Australia
- Steve ‘Hendo’ Henderson – Australia
- Garry Menz – Australia
- Katie Jessup – Australia
- Sam Bethune – Australia
- Ian Kingham – Australia
