Hello!
I'm The Bastard Grant.
Literally...
My mother was born into the Grant's Whisky Empire. I'm a direct descendant of William Grant, and named after his son.
Each generation there's been one of us, and we are handed down a ink writing set and fob watch that Willy gave to Pete to prove it.
Unfortunately, my grandmother thought an affair while her husband was fighting in WW2 was a good idea... She shacked up with a pianist. Upon his first return from war, her husband discovered he was a father. Miraculously...
They divorced and my grandmother was expelled from the Grant clan and moved to London with the pianist. They then took over the London zoo and the London ambulance service.
My mother discovered an older brother a couple of years ago. He was the first bastard grant. Ha!
I moved to Australia in the 80s at aged 10.
Fast forward 37 years.
I drink whisky.
I thought I should make my own, given my pedigree, and came up with a recipe. I wasn't surprised to find it was rather similar to Grants. Epigenetics!
I'm going to learn the craft and develop a Canberra whisky.
But to start learning, I've set up a t500 copper reflux (only because the douche on ebay who'd sold me an alembic screwed me).
I'm trying a tpw first, but I have bigger aims...
Im here for advice and comradeship, and a shoulder to cry on :D
I look forward to sharing your adventures and recipes, and adding where I can.
Cheers,
Pete