In Focus: From Grain to Glass - North Uist Distillery
By Jonny Ingledew
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This audio forms part of a series of audio interviews conducted in 2022 by Smartify as part of the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands project. Listen and discover the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands through the eyes of the people who live, work and visit here.
In our 'In Focus' audio mini-series, take a closer look into a wide range of topics spanning the vast natural and cultural heritage of the Highlands and Islands. In this edition of 'In Focus', listen to Jonny Ingledew, co-founder of North Uist Distillery, and he discusses the distillery's modern grain to glass approach to the art of whisky and gin distilling, the fascinating history behind the distillery's foundation and a different kind of spirit - the community 'spirit' of the Outer Hebrides.
...whisky has really got the ability to capture the essence of a place. There's a romantic nature about it and Uist has got all the great raw materials required for making a great whisky. That's really when the seed was set that we wanted to do this...