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🗓️ 11 October 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Jaega Wise travels the country to meet the three finalists in the Drinks Producer category in this year's BBC Food and Farming Awards.
Her journey takes her to Belfast and the Bullhouse Brewery which began life in a farm shed. Now thriving in an industrial estate, head brewer Will Mayne talks about his frustrations with the current alcohol licensing system in Northern Ireland which he says made it hard for him to open a pub and sell his beer. The controversial "Surrender Principle" means there's a cap on the number of issued pub licences which can be sold for one hundred thousand pounds each. Jaega also hears from Colin Neill - the chief executive of the trade body Hospitality Ulster - who believes the current system keeps standards high in pubs and does work for publicans.
Then it's on to East Sussex and the producers of a fermented milk drink nicknamed "the champagne of dairy". Ki-Kefir was co-founded by Sam Murphy who started off making kefir in her London kitchen. It proved so popular with friends and family that she linked up with a dairy farm when she moved to the countryside to expand her production. She shows Jaega how kefir is made and discusses its potential health benefits.
Lastly, Jaega travels to Scotland to see the country's oldest working distillery. The Glenturret Distillery in Crieff has been producing whisky since 1763, with a short break during the years of Prohibition. Distillery manager Ian Renwick hosts a tour and uncorks some 15-year old whisky in the tasting room.
Jaega also mulls over the shortlisted three with the drinks journalist Olly Smith in a whisky bar in London.
Presented by Jaega Wise Produced by Sam Grist and Robin Markwell Archive Clip from Saturday Kitchen on BBC1 from 14th Sept, produced by Cactus TV.
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0:40.6 | Have a listen on BBC Sounds. The hunt to find the best drinks producer in the Food and Farming Awards this year has taken me to some remarkable places with |
0:54.9 | a delicious results. Oh that's gorgeous. That is really lovely. Ooh, so that's super luscious. |
1:01.6 | Very crisp. |
1:02.7 | It reminds me of a crust between yogurt and cottage cheese. |
1:05.4 | Cheers. |
1:06.4 | On the short list, drinks makers both big and small, |
1:09.6 | or delighted to be in the running. |
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1:14.4 | This has just felt like a really nice present. |
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1:19.1 | I'm Jager Wise and I've been sampling some of the finest liquids in the land and uncovering some |
1:25.1 | surprising stories on my travels. We've got the first new license in Belfast in |
1:30.0 | over 30 years so I think that's why it's been so popular is it's something new. |
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