Amrut Kadhambam

@Nitr0

Pretty good. Smooth sweet on the finish , sharp in the start

Raisins, vanilla, caramel, honey, light baking spices and tobacco, quite mild and refined on the palate, long subdued finish. Thanks to @ContemplativeFox for the sample. Distiller Review No. 671

Excellent flavor and smooth.

The nose is fruit, raisin, fresh roasted coffee beans, buttered dinner roll. The sherry fruit shows up on the palate, along with toffee, leathery oak. I don't know if there's peat in here, but there's something slightly smoky. The rum notes blend in well, but it seems like I'm picking it up in the mix. Mouth-coating and full-flavored. Really enjoyable pour for me. Thanks to @ContemplativeFox for this sample!

Thank you @ContemplativeFox for sharing a dram with me! Appearance: Golden honey color. oily. Nose: Surprisingly not very alcoholic or peaty. Fairly clean smelling with some saltiness. Mouthfeel: Rather thin especially in comparison to Amrut Fusion. Flavor: I want to say figs, but I am not sure. This does not jump right at me as figgy but its close. Its something, maybe something I have never tasted before, but its distinct. I know that is so unhelpful. There is slight cinnamon but not hot or spicy per say. There is definitely some sherry and leather in here along with some various fruits such as cherry and plum. Then there are the wood notes that stand out. I am a bit perplexed at how to accurately describe this one but it does have complexity! I will have to revisit this. Conclusion: I personally prefer the heavier more creamy fusion but this is delicious as well. I can easily see how many would prefer this over fusion due to its myriad of flavors and to be honest I think it is my mindset today. We are looking at gloomy cold weather and I really enjoyed the deep sweet creamy flavors in fusion. I will rate this the same as Fusion however until I can do another small tasting. That means a 3.5 between good but not going to buy and SOLID Will add to wishlist / buy.

This has taken me a while to get to a review on. I'm not sure why but I'm about 15% through the bottle once this healthy review pour is finished and I'm somewhat sure I know where this will go but as always I review my glass. Nose - The first thing I get is texas./amrut...they're so similar. ThE element of cinnamon and burned earth. You can't get past this. From there I get raisins and a lot of oak elements with hints of a lot of stuff. Yes, the detailed "stuff" message lol. Taste - Dusty chalky notes of oak, and sugar and earthy and just sweetness. Then turns to this rich brandy and chocolate and fruity rum with elements of oak and nutmeg. What is this? lol. This reminds me almost of an infinity bottle. Adding some water and the wine notes are increasing the richness and depth are still here. Not as gritty and dusty in the mouth or nose. Still a mouth coating and intense experience. Anyway nose doesn't wow me. It's a big less than amazing. It's just not rich or complex. But THEN we get to that flavor and MAN....it's explosive. I'm in this odd place where I should give more notes as they go on forever but read the label. You'll get that and that texas/amrut element and it's so much more than you'd expect at 50%. OK so the negative is that it's kinda young. There's this element of youth that just won't leave it. it's somewhat hidden neat as you get this bigger mouth feel thing that hides it. Bottom line, a flavor bomb, so complex and so over the top that it's a bit disjointed. 3.75 though for me....I'm 88 range here...no it's not old amazing whisky it isn't the fusion x but damn dude. It's good. But if you're not someone who's into flavor over smooth or lack of youth notes or all that....this won't score as well.