Name: Intermediate Sherry


Where it comes from: Amrut Distilleries, Bengaluru.


ABV: 46%


Casks: Ex-Bourbon, Sherry, and back to Ex-Bourbon


Specialty: An innovative winner from the distillery. This whisky is produced by sandwiching the maturation process in sherry casks for a period in between the bourbon casks. In many ways, this is a great introduction to the nuances of a sherry cask matured whisky at the same time not being overwhelmed by a sherry bomb.


Tasting notes (From the distillery):
Nose: Instead of the usual biscuit aroma, we now get moist cake. And my word: is it fruity and spicy!! Love the freshly waxed oak floor, too. Brain-explodingly complex and multi-layered with one of the most intriguing sherry-style-bourbon-style marriages on the market;


Taste: Cracking delivery and entirely unique in form. The structure is decidedly oak-based but acts as no more than a skeleton from which the juicy sultana and spices drape. Salivating, too, as the barley kicks in powerfully. But the licorice-orangey-honeycomb bourbon theme quietly shapes the flavor profile; the spices pulse and glow;


Finish: Quite a chunk of natural caramel quietens the more exuberant characteristics; long and elegant.


Why it should be a part of your celebrations: With specialty whiskies making an entry into the Indian market this should be on top of your list, this variant makes only guest appearances at retail shelves and is gone before you realize. A whisky that will let one taste the sherry cask influences maintaining a lovely balance with the malt.