Water of Life, The: A Whiskey Film

[Played Dec. 2 as part of AARP's Movies for Grownups and available on various VOD platforms.] Gorgeous cinematography and scenery highlight Greg Swartz's educational, fascinating, insightful, inspirational, 88-minute, 2021 documentary that focuses on Scottish master distillers Jim McEwan and Mark Reynier who experimented in all aspects in making whiskey, which turned Bruichladdich into a roaring success, and the influence they perpetuated on future whiskey distillers in Scotland and consists of archival photographs, video clips, and commentary by master whiskey distillers (such as Lachlan McIntyre, Eddie Brook, Adam Hannett, Jim McEwan, and Allan Logan), whiskey writers (such as Blair Bowman, Ralfy Mitchell, Neil Ridley, Joel Harrison, Jenna Elie, Josh Peters, Becky Paskin, and Charles Maclean), distillery CEOs (such as Iain Croucher, Mark Reynier, Chris Leggat, Liam Hughes, and Billy Walker), Gordon & MacPhail prestige director Stephen Rankin, master malt distillers David Stewart and Kelsey McKechnie, shop assistant Ashley McGregor, Islay Whiskey Academy Kinship host Rachel MacNeill, Gordon & MacPhail operations director Stuart Urquhart, barley farmer James Brown, master blender Dr. Rachel Barrie, and distillery manager Keith Cruickshank.
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