India produces practically 50 % of all of the whisky on the planet, however most of it stays inside its borders.

The people at Rampur Distillery wish to change that, and so they particularly need scotch and American Single Malt drinkers to offer attempt Indian whisky.

“India produces some 48 percent of all whisky in the world,” says Sanjeev Banga, president of worldwide enterprise of Radico Khaitan, the mum or dad firm of Rampur Distillery. “Most of their stock stays within India’s borders, but thanks to some producers like us, our wonderful whisky has gradually made its way to the United States and elsewhere. There are only a handful of Indian whiskies in the United States, with Rampur being one of the most highly regarded.”

Rampur Distillery was based in 1943. “But Rampur, as a brand, had its genesis in 2015,” Banga says. “In November of this year, the master blender offered the management team some of his newest, matured malt to sample, and those decision makers were so impressed that within 15 minutes of tasting, it was decided to bottle it.”

The whisky, Rampur Select, was launched 5 months later at a spirits present in Las Vegas. “It sold out very quickly, and it was only just re-released earlier this year,” Banga says, of the spirit, which retails for $140.

This success led to the event of Rampur Double Cask ($79.99) and Rampur Asava ($89.99). “Rampur Asava has garnered countless international accolades, and it has found itself on several top whisky lists,” he says.

Indian whisky, particularly Indian Single Malt, has a distinct ageing course of.”An exceptionally distinctive attribute of Indian Single Malt manufacturing is that the ageing course of happens in a way more condensed time frame than it does in different elements of the world,” Banga says.

The local weather in northern India has dramatic temperature swings, from 108º Fahrenheit in the summertime, dropping right down to 35º Fahrenheit within the winter. “The malt interacts very aggressively with the cask, and maturation is almost four times faster than Scotland,” he says. “Even though heavy evaporation losses make it a very expensive proposition to mature malt for an extended period of time, the unique flavor it imparts to the malt more than compensates these losses.”

The Rampur Indian Single Malt Collection is made out of 100% 6 row Indian barley, and the maturation facility, positioned within the foothills of the Himalayas in Uttar Pradesh, is uniquely suited to the ageing of malt spirits because of the excessive seasonal shifts in local weather, Banga says. “This allows for Rampur’s singular flavor profile, achieved at a much faster pace than, say, Scotland,” he says. “Just as the notes expressed in any well-made spirit should give voice to the place from which it hails, Rampur Indian Single Malt is imbued with notes of honey, golden plum, even pineapple, bursting with life like an Indian summer.”

This assortment of single malts is distributed all through the United States, and “it can be found in some of the top restaurants in cities up and down each coast,” Banga says.

Later this 12 months, Rampur will probably be releasing a World Malt Whisky known as Sangam. “We are constantly innovating and adding additional products to our collection,” Banga says. “We represent the flavors of India and take inspiration for the tastes and nuances of Indian culture.”

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