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Illicit Whisky & the Shebeen
Publisher |
Carrying Stream
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
History
Scotland
Society & Culture
Categories Via RSS |
History
Places & Travel
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Jun 18, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:39:57
In this episode, Annie and Jenny enter the dark and mysterious world of the shebeen - the illegal Scottish whisky house! The shebeen was at the heart of whisky smuggling and illegal distilling in rural Scotland. We discover this almost-lost shadow of the whisky industry. We hear the intriguing tale of Eppie “Lucky” Thane, the hundred-year-old woman who ran a successful shebeen in Glen Nochty. From illegal distilling of whisky in the glens while avoiding the taxman, to smuggling the water of life into towns around Scotland this episode explores all corners of the illegal whisky trade in Scotland.

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