Druthag na Hearadh/A little drop of Harris 

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Druthag na Hearadh/A Little Drop of Harris

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Documentary series following the first working year at the Harris Distillery.

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Druthag na Hearadh/A Little Drop of Harris: Series 1: Episode 4

Druthag na Hearadh

Episode 4

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Tha uisge-beatha na Hearadh gu bhith deiseil. Final steps to the long-awaited Harris dram.

Às dèidh ochd bliadhna, tha a’ chiad uisge-beatha às na Hearadh gu bhith deiseil. Eight years in the making, the final run-up to the release of Harris’ first whisky. 


Ochd bliadhna bho chaidh a’ chiad spiorad a staileadh ann an Taigh-staile na Hearadh, tha sinn a’ tilleadh gus coinneachadh ri cuid dhen ‘Tarbert Ten’ agus an luchd-obrach ùra.

Anns an taigh-bathair, tha an spiorad air a bhith ag abachadh ann an casgan bùrboin is seiridh, ‘s thathas a’ coimhead air adhart ri là cur air bhog an uisge-bheatha. Thèid sinn gu taigh-fùirneis ann an Leeds gus a’ chiad chruth dhen bhotal fhaicinn. Tha Dòmhnall gar stiùireadh tro na taighean-bathair agus tha Peter ag innse mar a chaidh e bho bhith ag obair ann am bùth an taigh-staile gu bhith na Mhanaidsear Leasachaidh Gnìomhachas Eadar-nàiseanta. 

Coinnichidh sinn ri Eilidh is Jillian, dithis luchd-obrach ùra agus chì sinn eagrain sònraichte dhen na botail air an lìonadh. Mu dheireadh thall, tha an là mòr an seo agus tha tachartas sònraichte ann do fheadhainn le cuireadh, leis a’ chiad druthag laghail de dh’uisge-beatha sna Hearadh ga reic a làrna-mhàireach.
Eight years since the first spirit was distilled at the Harris Distillery, we return to catch up with a few of the original “Tarbert Ten” employees, and some of the thirty new employees.

In the warehouse, the spirit has been maturing in Bourbon and Sherry casks, and the countdown has begun to the long-anticipated release day. We go to a foundry in Leeds to see the design and first production run of the bottle. 

Dòmhnall guides us through the warehouses and Peter tells us how he progressed from working in the distillery shop to becoming International Business Development Manager. We meet Eilidh and Jillian, both new employees and see the special edition bottles being filled. Finally, on the launch day there is an invitation only event and ceilidh, followed the next morning by the first sales of legal whisky on the Isle of Harris 

In Gaelic with English subtitles

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