There are two stories in this podcast. The first is Nishant Sharma, founder and CEO of Edinburgh’s Rutland Square Gin, and his journey into spirits. Back in India, a great-grandfather, whom Nishant never met, fell in love with whisky thanks to a Scottish officer and a mutual love of moonshine.

What could Nishant do but go into the spirits industry.

The other story is this and it’s one of courage. What every craft distiller feels is fear. Do you have what it takes? What if you make the wrong decision? What if I don’t have the funds to go another month? What will this mean to my family, my children, all because I followed this dream? But few ever talk about this, pretending to be fearless and always confident.

We put ‘courage’ next to Nishant’s name because in this podcast, besides the passion, he also talks about the lows, about having a heart attack at 34 due to the stress of being a distiller. The worry that this could have been a wrong decision.

While Rutland Square Gin is a micro distillery, you’ll find this podcast to be epic in size. If you love a good, inspirational story, you’re really going to enjoy this one as Nishant Sharma tells of his gin journey.