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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? | dG1fbXBkZTBuamMxMzg
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00:05Nosing a whisky is like getting to know a person.
00:08You put the whisky in the glass, you bring it up and you say hello.
00:16Ireland's got a very rich heritage.
00:18We've got eight world-class distilleries supporting the community that way as well.
00:22Scotch whisky has such an emotional connection.
00:25It really is the heart and soul of Scotland.
00:27Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm.
00:31Mm.
00:35Jim McEwan, the whisky man of Islay, he's forgotten more about whisky distilling than I'll ever know.
00:42Jim devoted his life to whisky.
00:45You are beautiful.
00:48Brooklady, the bomb was there like distillery.
00:52When Brooklady died, the community died.
00:55I came through the gate and I think, you've just made the biggest mistake in your life, Jim McEwan.
01:02Within two weeks, we recruited the original team.
01:06All the guys are standing around waiting for Brooklady to live again.
01:16Duncan used to be the assistant manager at Brooklady.
01:19When I made the whisky, he made the distilling.
01:21I made more comebacks than France than after.
01:25This was still making whisky exactly the same as it was in 1881.
01:32He is living, breathing scotch whisky.
01:35He personifies what it is.
01:37You did something that nobody else did, and that's inspiring.
01:43It's a great event.
01:44It Software is far from life.
01:47And during some time, they were very creative spraying.
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