PBMichiganWolverine
Amrut Triparva
Single Malt — India
Reviewed
January 9, 2021 (edited April 19, 2021)
Amrut Triparva, which means “ consisting of three” in Sanskrit, is India’s first triple distilled whiskey. Outside Ireland, I’m not sure if others triple distill. Auchentoshan might be the only other one. This one is only 5400 bottles worldwide, and I think it might be a one-off. I’m not a huge fan of triple distill, so I only bought a small 3cl sample. One thing for sure—-whether you love or hate Amrut—-they have a panache for out of the box innovative thinking. Take for example their 007. They made a cask with 7 different woods, and aged their whiskey in it. That experiment worked out really well, as bottles flew off the shelf and secondary prices soared. Likewise, their intermediate Sherry was matured in Sherry, then bourbon, then back to Sherry. That too was quite good, and now unfortunately discontinued.
So this one here—-it’s light. Not to be unexpected, with the 3 distillation process. Visually, it’s pale gold. Aroma—-It’s not young by India standards, I’m not getting that youth burn. I’m getting a light sawdust smell to it, which is unusual for Amrut. Taste isn’t quite what I expected as well. Very bread-y, oak profile, with slight citrusy taste. More on just sourdough bread and malt. Missing is the cardamom which I loved in all other Amrut.
So...if you’re a fan of triple distillation, this might be right up your alley. Personally for me, it’s missing the key two calling cards —hefty body and cardamom. When one asks me “what makes an Indian whiskey Indian?”, I automatically think of hefty feel and cardamom ( for Amrut) or sandalwood (for Paul John). This is missing those two. I love the experimentation, but this one is just not for me.
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@cascode Interesting, I’ll have to give it another try. As best I can tell, I’ve only ever had a miniature of Hazelburn 10, so I can’t speak with much authority.
@Richard-ModernDrinking Oh Richard, you break my heart! Hazelburn is the least high profile "Springbank" for sure, but the least interesting - no, no, no! Hazelburn 10 is literally a permanent fixture in my bar (I actually prefer it to Springbank 10 *gasp*!). Give it time, however - it *loves* to oxidize.
@PBMichiganWolverine my understanding is that everything distilled at their Versailles distillery (which includes their masters collection) is tripe distilled. Their standard releases are blended with some distillate from Old Forrester (since both are owned by Brown Foreman) to create the “standard” Woodford flavor profile.
From their website: Springbank is distilled two-and-a-half times, Longrow two and Hazelburn three
@Richard-ModernDrinking is Hazelburn 2.5 distilled, like Springbank? I thought all the Springbank offshoots were, but not sure. @WhiskeyLonghorn wasn’t aware of Woodford...so, they triple distill their Wheated only, or all?
Pretty sure Woodford Reserve is tripe distilled too.
That’s disappointing, even though I didn’t have high hopes given my experience with triple distillation. You left Hazelburn off your list, typically the least interesting of the Springbank output (though it does play very nice with those Olorosso casks.)
@bigwhitemike me too...it’s my favorite spice. Off topic—-but it taste amazing baked into homemade fresh shortbread cookies. Whole new level. Also, try sandalwood aroma. You can get sandalwood incense sticks from any Indian grocery store for about $2 /pack of 10.
@PBMichiganWolverine I’m a sucker for cardamom and have needed to try Amrut for some time. Would you recommend something from their core range to start? Trying to remember if I’ve seen much more than the regular, peated, and fusion.