G is for .........Grouse

I finally managed to finish the photo-book late last night and have had another busy day today so decided to visit the local distillery.......

The Glenturret Distillery was officially established in 1775 and some say it is Scotland's oldest, but there is a slight dispute about that. It has had several ups and downs since then but produces a fine single malt known as Glenturret. Then in 1981 the small Distillery was bought by Cointreau and from there passed to Highland Distillers in 1990 when it became the home of the Famous Grouse. The tour of the distillery is widely considered to be one of the best and as you enter the car park you meet this wonderful, larger than life, lipstick besmudged Grouse! The water supply for the Glenturret comes via its own pipeline from Loch Turret, from where I have posted many a blip. As the water used contributes much of the taste and character of the whisky, the purity and quality is essential. Ben Chonzie, which is a main source of the water flowing into Lock Turret, is part of the Grampian Mountain Range and is a granitic intrusion known as diorite and this makes the water coming from Loch Turret extremely soft and as such it is perfect for whisky making.

So, in the Alphaponty Alphabet challenge G is for Grouse, and Glenturret.

Tomorrow is a busy day as our art class is holding its very popular annual art exhibition and coffee morning. Each member of the class puts their paintings on display, normally about three per person, and we also sell cards printed from the original paintings. Excellent coffee and home baking are served and the day usually attracts a good number of visitors so should be good fun. I tend to look after the cards and am busy finishing some printing and packaging so I have a good number ready for the morning.

Thank you so much for all the hearts and stars for yesterday's honey bee and I am delighted it brought a bit of spring into your day as it did to mine.