A man has turned his love of whisky into a successful business by producing a liqueur from his garden shed.

Peter Dignan, 38, has made bottles of his bramble berry drink for visitors to his home every Christmas since a secret list of ingredients was passed down from relatives.

Oil worker Peter insulated the garden shed at his house in Aboyne and released his first 300 bottles in the shops just before Christmas last year, selling his whole stock within a week.

Now the business has turned into such a success, with high demand from specialist shops, that he has just signed up to a lease on a warehouse to turn into a distillery.

The Haroosh liqueur has been enjoyed in his family for generations since his great-grandmother Margaret Thomson created it but it was not until a friend suggested he produce it commercially in 2014 that it was turned into a business venture.

With all his licences now in place, he also plans to make his own whisky and gin.

Peter, who grew up in Westhill, in Aberdeenshire, also has ambitious plans to create the first absinthe produced in Scotland at the distillery near Aboyne.