So this is going to be unique....oranges and sherry, and 6 years old? OK.
Nose - well not to shock anyone but orange spice. It actually brings me back to the one and only time I had an orange chocolate and was confused as hell with it. Like people want THAT? However on whisky I'm not sure I have such an instant dislike. In fact, I'm somewhat intrigued by the lack of an amrut oak finish on the nose. More shocked I even get some vanilla with the chocolate (sherry influence?) and well orange peels for sure.
Taste - So once again orange way hard up front, but then comes spices and oak, then it softens and lets in vanilla and perhaps even honey, then back to oak and rich flavors. The finish almost even has me thinking for a second there might be some peat in here. Bitters and sours and sweet and spicy are all over this dram.
This is complex and truly unique whisky so in these sense, I'm a big fan. Would this be a daily drinker for me? No. Will I buy another bottle? Nope. Am I reasonably happy with this however? Yeah, actually am pretty happy with this. It once again shows that power of amrut's finish from the oak being able to offset odd and overly sweet whiskies.
Scoring a 3.25 due to the insane complexity but holding back a bit as I can't really get past the orange oddities I get. I think here again Amrut had epic potential and we got good whisky instead.
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@ContemplativeFox also forgot to mention the altitude where they are adds to the angel's share. I'm taking most amrut all day everyday over everything there but the pringbank's. Though to be honest, corry and uigy are the only ones there I might ever buy again. The rest I'm done buying, just too thin, low proof, and well meh.
@dhsilv2 Fair point about labor costs. It's possible that they aren't gouging, but I'm optimistic that increasing competition will drive market prices down :) I'm not necessarily comparing directly against proof and calculated age for personal value. For under $140, I'd be weighing an Amrut purchase against Ardbeg Corry/Uigy, Springbank 10/12, Lag 16, HP 18, Bunna 18, and Glenfarclas 25 OTOH.
@ContemplativeFox not sure labor is that much cheaper. It isnt like they have a bunch of whisky people ready to work like in Scotland. likely they have huge costs to train, but end of the day, goods are worth their market value, not their cost to produce. And what 18 to 21 year old scotch is at 100 or more proof for 130ish?
@PBMichiganWolverine Both very good points. They are losing a LOT in angel's share and I really don't know how that contributes to their bottom line relative to costs of real estate and labor. From a demand side, they're competing with some much older scotch, so it isn't unreasonable for them to charge similar prices.
@dhsilv2 haha you're certainly right that everything else from Amrut is cheap in comparison with Greedy Angels! For the releases from Amrut that I've particularly liked, I do think that they are well worth the money. I have yet to find any that I personally thought were a bargain though because I know of scotches that I like just as much for similar or less money.
@dhsilv2 not to mention the age. 6 years in the Bangalore heat of 100 degree F temperatures has a huge angel’s share issue. Those 6 years is like 18 -21 in Scotland
@ContemplativeFox hmm, until you get to the greedy angel series I feel the taste to price makes them a value brand.
I think this was the only Amrut I didn’t like...the experiment was too much like orange creamsicle for me. I had batch 1, which was probably harsher
@dhsilv2 Yeah, I'm aware that Amrut ages quickly, but this strikes me as a pretty experimental concept, so I wouldn't want to drop over $100 on it without a high degree of confidence. Despite owning 4 bottles of Amrut, I do find their prices annoying in general as well. The quality is there, but this stuff is produced in India, so labor and land should be cheap. I get that they're paying the angel's share, but I have to imagine that the profit ratio on this stuff is pretty high.
Also keep in mind I got this bottle from the UK and rounded up on the price to factor in my shipping cost, exchange rates, credit card fees.
@ContemplativeFox not sure I see the issue on price. It's 6 years old which is extremely old for their whisky, ~20 year old juice equivalant. Their younger core stuff is all under 100 bucks, this is a premium and older whisky.
@CKarmios Yep... :(
The price though
I'd totally try this at a bar, but Amrut's prices are really steep unfortunately. It's a lot to ask for something so experimental. Thanks for giving it a try for us :)