Scotch: A Golden Dream

What better place to see this film but in the capital of the Highlands - Inverness.

It's a very well structured film both informative and entertaining. It is a good balance between the processes that bring whisky together, along with the people and the landscape.

It is beautifully filmed and holds the viewer's interest, despite being one of the longer documentary type films I've seen on the subject, approx. 90 minutes.

My enjoyment was further enhanced by a Q&A with the director, Andrew Peat, following the screening.

A very interesting, informative and enjoyable movie about Scotland and Scotch whisky.

Watching this film, you could be forgiven for thinking it was produced by a government-owned tourism bureau. But this is the story of single malts, and those who have devoted their lives to the stewardship of an art form, none more so than Jim McEwan of Bruichladdich Distillery.

If there is a sour note in an otherwise sweet film, it is intentional; like pairing a dram with a lime wedge. The taste of bitterness comes through when the distillers talk about the impact of high taxes on their products. Like their cousins in the American South, these men and women find themselves and their livelihood at the mercy of government and its insatiable need for revenue.

In the end, I envied the characters' - make no mistake, they are "characters" in the best, most playful sense of the word - passion for Scotch, and looked forward to my next opportunity to pour a golden glass.

This is a loving doc built on interviews with serious but charming people in the scotch whiskey business. If this doesn't make you want to pour yourself a whiskey, I don't know what would.

I so loves this documentary. It gives you a deep insight what it takes to make a good whiskey, whether its single malt or blended. The whole whiskey making process is as rich as its taste. Its the meticulous details which makes them truly to say its a scotland whiskey, its a scotch. I have always been a scotch whiskey person and I would always be. The best part I like about the statement " the whiskey is the most beautiful and sweet when its between 10 to 18 yrs of age" and also the fact about what makes a good dram is its not the taste of whiskey itself but an experience which let you enjoy the dram. Enjoy this beautiful documentary - all great whiskers and keep drinking !! Cheers !!

Perhaps one of the best documentaries about a man, a product, a region, a country, and a ethos I've ever seen. So worth the watching with a wee dram in your hand!