Author: thedailywhisky
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Whisky 1901 Ledger Series: six single cask Scotch bottlings spanning 11 to 21 years
The Whisky 1901 Ledger Series is the bottler’s debut range, and it lands six single casks at once, running from an 11-year-old Glen Garioch to a 21-year-old Invergordon single grain, every one an age-stated single cask under £160. What’s worth a second look is the spread: Whisky 1901’s debut range, The Ledger Series, lands six…
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Best whisky for beginners 2026: 10 bottles under £50 that actually teach you something
Most beginner whisky lists make the same mistake: ten variations of the same soft, inoffensive Speyside, picked so nothing scares anyone off. That teaches you nothing. The whiskies below do the opposite. Each one opens a different door, sherry, smoke, fruit, spice, rye, so that after ten bottles you actually know what you like and…
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Indri Dru review: Trini at full power
Indri Dru is the cask-strength bottling that takes everything people love about Indri’s flagship and turns it up. Where Trini is bright and approachable, Dru is the same tropical Indian character delivered at full intensity: 57.2% ABV, drawn from hand-picked ex-bourbon casks, with no chill-filtration and no added colour. It is bold, fruit-forward and surprisingly…
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Indri Trini review: the Three Wood that makes Indian whisky an easy yes
Indri Trini is the bottle we point people to first when they ask where to start with Indian single malt, and the price is a big reason why. The “Three Wood” is matured in ex-bourbon, ex-French wine and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks, the first Indian single malt to combine all three, and it won Best…
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Indri Agneya review: India’s answer to a peated single malt
Indri Agneya is the Indian whisky that surprises people: a peated single malt from a country better known for tropical fruit bombs. It is Indri’s first peated release, lightly peated to the same phenol level as Talisker but softened by India’s heat, so it sits in a sweet spot between smoke and fruit. The smoke…
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Rampur Asava review: the world’s first Indian wine-cask single malt
Rampur Asava is the bottle that put Indian cask experimentation on the map: the world’s first single malt finished in Indian Cabernet Sauvignon casks. Made by Rampur, India’s oldest distillery, it takes the distillery’s tropical, fruit-forward spirit and adds a layer of dry red-wine character you will not find anywhere else. It drinks like a…
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Paul John Christmas Edition: every release from 2018 to 2025
The Paul John Christmas Edition is the most anticipated annual release in Indian whisky, and this is the complete lineup, every edition from the first in 2018 to the 2025 release. Each year, master blender Michael D’Souza changes the whisky components and the casks, so no two editions are alike, which is exactly what makes…
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Rampur Jugalbandi series: all eight casks, tasted and ranked
The Rampur Jugalbandi series is the most ambitious cask experiment in Indian whisky, and having tasted all eight editions, we can say it lives up to the idea. Each release pairs Rampur’s bourbon-matured single malt with one distinctive second cask, from Moscatel and Calvados to Mizunara oak and PX sherry, bottled at cask strength. The…
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Indian single malt whisky: the complete guide to India’s best distilleries
Indian single malt whisky is malt whisky distilled in India from 100% malted barley in copper pot stills, then matured in a tropical climate that ages spirit three to four times faster than Scotland. The result is a bold, fruit-forward style that has started winning the world’s biggest blind-judged competitions. Five distilleries lead the category:…
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Amrut whisky: the Bangalore distillery that proved India could make world-class single malt
Amrut whisky is the distillery that started it all. Based in Bangalore and family-owned since 1948, Amrut released the first Indian single malt onto the global market in 2004, and within six years its Fusion expression was ranked among the three finest whiskies in the world by Jim Murray. The house style is bold, full-bodied…
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