Andrew Watts

Bain's was named the World's Best Grain Whisky at the annual Whisky Magazine’s World Whisky Awards (WWA) held in London in 2013.

Today he makes whisky for the Distell Group and was appointed head of whisky at the company in 2016, after 25 years as Master Distiller at their James Sedgwick distillery in Wellington in South Africa. Watts is only the 6th Master Distiller since the distillery was established in 1886. Under Watts, the distillery produces the Three Ships line of whiskies, including blended and single malt whiskies, and Bain's Cape Mountain Whisky, South Africa's only single grain whisky.

In 2012, the World Whiskies Awards selected Three Ships 5 Year Old Premium Select as World's Best Blended Whisky.

Watts was born at Chapeltown, Yorkshire and grew up in Penistone and started playing for Derbyshire in the second XI and for the under 25s in 1980. He made his first team debut in the 1982 season against Hampshire. He played two first team games in the 1983 season, the remainder being in the second XI. After playing one game for the second eleven in 1984, Watts went to South Africa where he played for Boland in first-class matches and in the one-day game.

Andrew Watts (born 4 October 1960) is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1982 and 1983 and for Boland in South Africa from 1985 to 1987.