Distilleries / India
Amrut
India / Karnataka · Founded 1948
A drinks company in Bengaluru, southern India, which launched India's first single malt in 2004 and went on to international acclaim.
History & character
Founded in 1948 by J.N. Radhakrishna Rao Jagdale in Bangalore (now Bengaluru), Karnataka, in southern India.
It moved into malt whisky distillation in 1982, and as production grew it built a new main distillery at Kambipura on the Mysore Road in 1987.
In 2004 it launched India's first single malt — in Glasgow, Scotland. Strong reviews from international critics followed, putting Indian single malt on the world map.
Whiskies from this distillery
Sources: en.wikipedia.org / thewhiskeywash.com
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