Now lass you may or may not like a dram, it is not to my taste but living in a country that is proud of its many distilleries, indeed my own beloved island had at one time three though only two are still on the go. So today I thought I would take you on a wee tour round the process of making of uisge beatha the water of life.

Many years ago I did the children's talk at church based on the making of our national drink from the cutting down of the grain onwards. I am not sure what shocked some of the congregation more that I brought a bottle of Highland park into church or that I didn't open it and give them a dram. How whisky is made