Scotland's Smallest Whisky Distillery

At Scotland's smallest whiskey distillery, Edredower, I'm learning about that powerful liquid, originally called the Water of Life

I'm meeting up with Andrew Simmington, Edredauer's owner, to see how whiskey is made, and maybe try a dram or two

Edra Dower gets the distinction as Scotland's smallest whiskey distillery, due to the distinction as Scotland's smallest whiskey distillery

the size of its stills, which are the stout copper tanks used in the whiskey making process

In Scotland's Highlands, people have been making whiskey for a very long time. But the neat thing

about Eddardauer is that it's like a mini museum, taking visitors through a more traditional

whiskey making process. Unlike most commercial distilleries, there are no computers involved

in the manufacturing process here, just two men using their sense of smell and sight, turning

levers and adding ingredients just like master chefs. It's all done down to the actual skill of the actual

decinole themselves. So it is the last kind of traditional kind of working hand made whiskey

in Stockholm. Andrew, this looks like a science experiment. No, this is what we call our spirits state

It's very old again, 1888, I think this one was built. Everything's happening here, that the spirit is running through here

The temperature and density and strength are controlled. are controlled here. So this is your computer

This would be our computer, yes. Yes, yeah, yeah. Next it on to the giant wooden vat filled with hot malted barley and mixed with water from the stream that runs through the property This Peaty Highland water gives the whiskey a distinctive

flavor. So to me this looks like a giant bowl of cereal or porridge or something

It's a bit like a big, yes, that's a good way of putting it. It's a bit like porridge here, yeah. This is the important start of the process? So is whiskey like wine? Does it age again

once it's in the bottle or is it done after that? Whiskey, all the ages in the oak cask. As soon as

put this into bottle, the aging process stops. So definitely not like wine

It's a very slow process in making whiskey. What we're making today won't be ready for at least

at least now 10 years. A lot of things will have changed in the world

in the next 10 years. That's kind of neat actually. It's like putting time in a bottle

It's like, yes. Andrew and I head to the tasting room so that I can finally try some of his creations

Remember it's very strong. Oh, you're not drinking at whiskey? Well, I'm a wee soup, yes

Not about wait till the end of the day, but... Just to weave it

Just a bit. Just a bit, just a slight spot. Ooh, that is spicy

It isn't it, isn't it? Has a little kick kind of burst. And you could feel it going all the way down here, slowly warming

it's still feeling going down there. So on a cold Scottish day

when the rain's coming down, this is what you want to warm you up. Absolutely. Absolutely

Even if you're not into whiskey, this is a tour that you may enjoy

And for all you whiskey lovers, it just might be essential