The new Amrut Greedy Angels, for hardcore fans of this Indian whisky brand, is an already known quantity previously released as a very limited edition eight-year old expression. The new bottling just unveiled is a 10 year whisky that is also very limited, with only 320 bottles being released globally. It will also be a spendy little purchase for a relatively young offering, pricing around 500 euros (around $550 USD).
Given the high temperatures and humidity in India the loss of whisky during maturation is close to 10-12% in comparison to Scotland’s 1-2%. This makes ageing of these malts a very tricky affair and the quantity left for bottling quite meagre compared to what was started off with. A total of 320 bottles of these exquisite bottles are available with 284 bottles sailing to Europe & 36 to the United States of America. The specially designed package consists of a 700/750 ml crystal decanter bottled at 46% ABV and a 50 ml miniature decanter bottled at full cask strength of 71% ABV.
Interested in getting a bottle after reading all of this? You may be too late unfortunately, as Amrut said it is aware already that “almost all of the bottles have been pre-sold or reserved and most of the units will end up as collectibles in shelves of aficionados.” Bummer, but maybe if you get lucky you can score a bottle before they all disappear.
Amrut, if you are unfamiliar with it, “was launched in 2004 as an experiment by Amrut Distilleries, a Bangalore based conglomerate that started operations in 1948. Amrut was the first ever-Indian single malt and was launched in Glasgow, right in the heart of Scotland. The whiskies were received well across the world owing to their quality and have grown aggressively. Amrut now bottles around 18 expressions of single malts, which are sold in 40 countries and growing.”
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