Amrut Cask Strength Peated Indian Single Malt Whisky

Amrut Cask Strength Peated Indian Single Malt Whisky is bottled at a robust 62.8% ABV (125.6 proof) in a 750mL bottle — Amrut's peated single malt straight from the cask. Made with Scottish peated barley at approximately 23 ppm and matured 4–5 years in oak at the Bangalore distillery's 3,000-foot altitude, where tropical heat drives fierce cask interaction. Non-chill-filtered, natural colour, no age statement. Order online from Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.

• ABV: 62.8% (125.6 proof) — cask strength
• Size: 750mL
• Peat: approx. 23 ppm, from Scottish peated barley
• Maturation: 4–5 years in oak, Bangalore tropical climate at ~3,000 ft
• Distillery: Amrut Distilleries, Bangalore, Karnataka, India — non-chill-filtered

Peat, Indian-Style

Amrut ferments for over 140 hours — among the longest in the industry — and matures in Bangalore, where summer temperatures push the angel's share to 10–15% a year and age whisky at a pace Scotland can't match. The peated cask-strength expression layers gristy smoked barley over that tropical intensity. It scored 92 points in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible. Discover more world whisky and the Amrut Distilleries collection.

Tasting Notes

Gristy smoked barley, kippers with salted butter, and a peppered bite on the nose. The palate is youthful and intensely malty with drier oaks; the finish brings peat, sugarless medium-roast Mysore coffee, a bourbony trail, and soft liquorice and molassed sugar (per the distillery).

How to Enjoy

Add water generously — at 62.8% it needs it, and each drop shifts the balance between smoke and tropical fruit. Neat for the brave, but a teaspoon of water is where this whisky shows its full range.

Frequently Asked Questions

How peated is Amrut Cask Strength?

It is made with peated barley at approximately 23 ppm — firmly smoky, in the style of a coastal Scotch, but with Bangalore's tropical fruit character underneath.

Why is it called cask strength?

It is bottled at 62.8% ABV — essentially the strength it came out of the cask — with no dilution, no chill filtration, and no added colour.

How old is Amrut Peated Cask Strength?

There is no age statement; the distillery states 4–5 years in oak. Bangalore's tropical maturation extracts far more from the wood per year than a Scottish warehouse.

For peat lovers who think they've tried everything — order Amrut Cask Strength Peated online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.