Sun, 6 May 2007
Distillers get all the glory, but there's more to making great whisky
than just running the still. The whisky industry's unsung heroes are
the coopers, the guys who make the barrels that hold our precious
whisky for years without a leak...even though the angels still get
their share. Don Ramsay is head cooper at Glenfiddich, and has been
building barrels for nearly 47 years. We'll hear his story on this
episode, along with news of a royal whisky, overpouring drams, and
brain shrinkage...
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