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An impressive bottle of fine Scotch is in your hand. From barley to barrel, who made it and how did they do it? | dG1fU240ajhCU1lrRkU
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00:06Nosing a whisky is like getting to know a person.
00:09You put the whisky in the glass, you bring it up and you say hello.
00:18Ireland's got a very rich heritage.
00:19We've got eight world-class distilleries supporting the community that way as well.
00:23Scotch whisky has such an emotional connection.
00:26It really is the heart and soul of Scotland.
00:28Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm.
00:32Mm.
00:36Jim McEwan, the whisky man of Islay.
00:39He's forgotten more about whisky distilling than I'll ever know.
00:43Jim devoted his life to whisky.
00:46You are beautiful.
00:49Brooklady, the bomb was there like distillery.
00:53When Brooklady died, the community died.
00:56I came through the gate and I think, you've just made the biggest mistake in your life Jim McEwan.
01:04Within two weeks where we recruited the original team, all the guys are standing around waiting for Brooklady to live
01:12again.
01:18Duncan used to be the assistant manager at Brooklady.
01:21When I made the whisky, he made the distilling.
01:23There's more comebacks than France than after.
01:26He was still making whisky exactly the same as it was in 1881.
01:33He is living, breathing Scotch whisky.
01:36He personifies what it is.
01:38You did something that nobody else did.
01:39And that's inspiring.
01:44That's a good job.
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