Radico Khaitan

How India’s single malt whiskies are challenging the giants of Scotch and bourbon

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How India’s single malt whiskies are challenging the giants of Scotch and bourbon

At Bungalow, celebrity chef Vikas Khanna’s Indian restaurant in New York’s East Village, a dozen Indian single malt whiskies are spotlit in their own section on the spirits list. Just a few years ago that would not have been possible, says Sameer Bhatt, a partner in the restaurant. Although India is the world’s largest whisky … Read more

Move over, Scotch; Indian single malt whisky is on the rise, winning international awards and flying off the shelves at home. Global brands are tapping into the boom

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Move over, Scotch; Indian single malt whisky is on the rise, winning international awards and flying off the shelves at home. Global brands are tapping into the boom

Oak casks, once used to store bourbon and wine, are stacking up in a distillery near New Delhi, filled with ageing whisky as workers churn out almost 10,000 bottles a day of Indian single malt Indri, recently named the world’s best whisky. Sugar cane and mustard fields, not peat bogs, ring the distillery, where the … Read more