Indian Whisky

Pernod Ricard India is launching five new spirits under the Seagram's label. The blended whisky, gin, vodka, rum and brandy under the Xclamat!on series are priced around Rs 800 a bottle.

World Whisky Day 2025: How Indian whisky gets its flavour, and is it spicier than imported whiskies?

On World Whisky Day (May 17, 2025), we asked master distillers, distillery owners, and industry experts to explain how Indian whiskys get their distinct flavour and colour.

Amrut Distilleries dedicates its first city-specific single malt to Kolkata; City of Joy to cost Rs 5,680 for 750 ml

Why Indian whisky maker Amrut is dedicating its first city-specific limited-edition whisky to Kolkata, the cost of Amrut Distilleries' 'City of Joy' single malt and where to buy one of the 1,800 bottles released in Kolkata.

Paul John on how he got into the alcobev business & what to buy for your home bar ahead of Diwali 2024

MC Interview | Paul John says the bulk of his business comes from the Indian market, with Karnataka emerging on top. John Distilleries Pvt Ltd expects to top 22 million cases this year, he adds.

MC Interview | Amrut Distilleries MD Rakshit Jagdale: Indian whisky is second to none today

Amrut Distilleries MD on the business of Indian whiskeys, why he expects more premium whisky launches from India, and why you should not mix whisky and soda.

Dark Knight: This whiskey from the North-East is made of 100% corn

Castle Hill Dark Knight 100% corn whiskey retails for Rs 1,200 (2YO) and Rs 1,550 (4YO) in Assam. Vicky Chand, who runs Radiant Manufacturers distillery in the North-East, plans to make it available in Maharashtra and Goa by March 2024.

Welcome 2024: New spirits India will be drinking this year

With more legacy alco-bev companies entering the single malt scene, expect more Indian whisky, and a lot more craft rum.

2 Indian whiskies and 3 new spirits for your home bar

Pernod Ricard is all set to launch an Indian single malt; a barrel aged rum from the people behind Maka Zai and a cask strength Indri expression.

Make space for these four new spirits from Amrut, Greater Than, Piccadily Distilleries in your home bar

From a floral fruity whisky inspired by blue kurinji flowers to gin which had made-in-Kashmir bats steeped in it for weeks, four interesting tipples to update your home bar.

Storyboard18 | Indian single malts could overtake global single malts: Diageo’s Deepika Warrier

Deepika Warrier, chief marketing officer, and Vikram Damodaran, chief innovation officer, Diageo India, talk about Godawan craft whiskey and how they see 2022 as a year of advocacy, and not volumes or sales.

Five interesting spirits for the holiday season

From Venezuelan rum to bottled-in-India Scotch, and from Epitome Reserve small-batch whisky to the Paul John Christmas Edition 2021, five neat spirits to try over the winter holidays.

Ex-Amrut master distiller on what it takes to make great whisky

Surrinder Kumar says that the malt whisky space in India is hotting up, and 2021 will see at least three new launches.

UP imposes curbs on storing liquor at home

The Yogi Adityanath government has fixed six litres for Indian Made Foreign Liquor (Whisky, Brandy, Rum, White Rum and Vodka taken together), 3 litres for Wine, 7.8 litres for Beer as the minimum limit for storing at homes without a licence.

Indian whisky Paul John Mithuna ranks third in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2021

Jim Murray describes Mithuna, from Paul John distillery in Goa, as 'the feeling after you have just made love'