(upbeat music)
- I'm now in Yilan about an hour outside of Taipei
at the Kavalan Whisky Distillery and this place
is the number one producer for whiskey
in the entire country.
Taiwanese love whiskey and so do I,
so I'm going to try out some varieties right now.
The distillery is really beautiful.
You actually get to walk through and see all
the fancy machines that make the whiskey
and along the way, our guide tells us
about all the different varieties they produce.
- Okay, this is our aroma tea wheel, this is PG malt.
Basically we use 100% malty barley.
- [Voiceover] And I hear the Taiwanese love whiskey.
- Yes, but now we rank top five
regarding the whisky consumption.
- That's something to be proud of.
- Right. (laughing)
- This looks pretty good.
An entire yard of picnic tables full of whiskey.
It's time to sit down.
Look at that. So the more legs the better.
- The more legs, the richer--
- [Voiceover] The richer.
- and the stronger of the whiskey.
- Cheers. (glasses clinking)
(speaking foreign language) Cheers.
Very smooth.
- Very smooth. Absolutely.
- Fruity. - Fruity.
- Easy to drink.
- (laughs) That's a good thing
Or a dangerous thing.
- (laughs) Yes.
- If you're a whiskey traveller, Kavalan is probably
already on your itinerary.
If you're new to whiskey, it's definitely a fun experience
all together.
(upbeat music)