Poznaj pilota Kiwi, który zbudował pierwszą destylarnię ginu w Makau

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Poznaj pilota Kiwi, który zbudował pierwszą destylarnię ginu w Makau  W Makau, urodzony w Nowej Zelandii pilot-destylator, Dan McAulay otworzył pierwszą destylarnię ginu.  We współpracy z Macao Government Tourism Office  CZYTAJ WIĘCEJ : http://pl.euronews.com/2025/12/08/poznaj-pilota-kiwi-ktory-zbudowal-pierwsza-destylarnie-ginu-w-makau  Zasubskrybuj nasz kanał.Euronews jest dostępny na Dailymotion w 12 językach

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00:00Macau jest great, it has so many nice restaurants and stuff

00:05that there's always something to keep you entertained.

00:07I guess in the theme of my life, it's almost like a cocktail.

00:11It's a lot of random ingredients that somehow when they're put together

00:15it creates something quite special and it makes it quite an interesting place.

00:19And I think the other big thing for me is,

00:21I think maybe I'm biased,

00:23but Macau must be one of the safest places in the world.

00:30I'm Dan McCauley from New Zealand, here I am now in Macau.

00:35I came here in 2010 as a pilot.

00:40I came here for something different, a chance of a job.

00:45Then we set up this business here in 2020-ish

00:50and now we have Macau's first gin distillery.

00:53We started on my balcony at home with a small distilling kit that my wife bought me

00:58and we made some gin and this was just as COVID was beginning

01:02and pilots obviously weren't flying too much in COVID.

01:05And then one day I emailed one of the government departments in Macau and said,

01:10Hey, what are the chances of us successfully opening a distillery in Macau?

01:15We were lucky that the government department that we approached at the start,

01:18they held our hand and guided us through the whole thing, which was incredible.

01:22I think the mix of cultures of Macau definitely changed the direction we went with our gin.

01:32I think most Western countries sort of go down a more traditional citrusy kind of path

01:37where we completely went down the herbal path embracing some Chinese medicinal botanicals.

01:43And even now we're starting to explore more with some traditional Chinese teas and stuff,

01:49which has been a great learning curve for us,

01:51but it's also something unique as well to Macau and the region.

01:55I think Macau is a great place for a small business.

01:59If you can find a product that services Macau's unique niche market,

02:04like for us it's the hotels and the casinos, their volume is huge.

02:08So for a small business like us, we can happily move 10,000 products a month,

02:14which in most cities would be a very hard feat to have.

02:24We kept pretty busy juggling a business and a job.

02:28But yeah, days off again, Macau is small, but you can still do almost anything.

02:33So my days off, I love to drive my motorbike around the south of Macau.

02:37There's some nice roads there with greenery and the beach.

02:39It's quite peaceful.

02:40That's a great way to spend my mornings.

02:48And then if my wife and kids are not at school or working,

02:51we catch up at the beach.

03:00Have a nice lunch.

03:01The kids can play in the sand.

03:02I'm a lover of coffee and anything food, more or less.

03:08So Kolowan village, which is just around the corner from the beach.

03:11It's a great place to explore.

03:13A lot of old school history stuff there.

03:16So every time you go there, there's always something new that you haven't seen before.

03:20The evenings in Macau, again, being a hospitality town, there's some amazing bars and restaurants.

03:33The Kotai Strip full of Eiffel Towers and mini France's and Italy's is amazing.

03:39Personally, for me, I love to get a few friends.

03:41There's some great little bars off the beaten track that catch up with our life.

03:45On the flip side, if we want to have a more quiet evening,

04:00quite often if I'm here in the evening, Macau being small,

04:04I can flick a message to a few friends and within a few minutes,

04:06they can turn up, maybe play some guitar here.

04:09And, yeah, just relax and enjoy the evening.

04:30Yeah, I think for us, we want to keep this factory operating.

04:33We like Macau, the kids are super happy here.

04:36I came here back in 2010 and the idea was to come for maybe one year

04:41just for some career experience and something different.

04:43And then Macau is one of these interesting places that the longer you stay here,

04:48the more enjoyable it gets and it becomes home quite quickly, I guess.

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