Spirit of Scotland
The Spirit of Scotland Podcast is all about Scotch Whisky - single malts, blends and special bottlings - as well as craft beer and craft gin and vodka.There's been an explosion of interest in these sectors with a range of new producers coming on the market, everything from gins made on the farm to whisky festivals, from craft beers and lagers to the latest single malts from the well-known and long established distilleries.
Spirit of Scotland
Pochle - The Spirit of Stolen Apples
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David Calder, Chris Miles
If you go to some of the markets around Edinburgh, look out for a stand selling bottles of a new spirit called Pochle. It’s the name chosen by the man who’s making Scottish Calvados or cider brandy or eau d vie from our excess apples. Rather than see them go to waste, Chris Miles will collect and store them until he can turn them into apple juice which he then sends off to be fermented and then distilled into a clear, and very strong, spirit. And Pochle? It’s an old Scots word meaning to have something without quite having permission.