Surprisingly enough, no! Although the ultimate goal of the chap in question is to make whisky, but I told him the best thing to do would be to start with the beer, see how that went, and then get a small tabletop still for small production.
Most people are very interested when you say you make beer. ALthough I've ahad one reaction along the lines that Ale isn't a beer, but my goal is to educate. Funnily enough, my favourite beer here so far is very like a strong bitter. Hövels Bitter Bier. Had a couple last night with pizza on draught (the beer that is!), so I must seek out some bottles for more info.
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