Review #348 - Amrut Triparva Triple Distilled
A style seen most often in Ireland or the Scottish Lowlands, triple-distilled whisky is now popping up in a variety of places across the globe. One such example is India, where Amrut distillery claims to be the first in the country to produce such a product.
They've now produced a few batches of their 'Triparva,' in fact, and we have the third batch here. Their packaging states that they keep all other production processes the same with this whisky as with their other (double-distilled) single malts - the only difference is the additional distillation cycle. There's no mention of the cask types used for maturation, but we're guessing that at least part of it was done in ex-bourbon casks; no age statement is given, either, a common theme from Indian single malts due to their hot climate and rapid maturation.
Amrut Triparva Triple Distilled
India - Single Malt
Price Paid: USD 184 (2023)
Current Locally Available Price: USD 199 (2024)
Age Statement: NAS
Strength: 50% ABV
Details: Batch 3, bottled 2022
Tasting Methodology: Reviewed 3 times over 9 months; bottles at 50%, 90%, and 60% fill levels at times of review. Tasted in a Glencairn glass each time, rested 10-15 minutes
Nose: A bomb of tropical fruits: especially guava, but also green bananas, oranges, nectarines, peach ring candies, and starburst candies. Supremely fruity, but with time, a few other notes arrive: cinnamon spice, little hints of malt, and then a strong creamy scent builds. Very bright and pleasant.
Palate: The mouthfeel has a medium thickness, and it leans sweet - full of fruit once more, too. Guava and clementine oranges, lime sherbet, pineapples and peaches, papaya, and plums - all of these appeared across our tastings. There's a light oak influence, and a couple of baking notes like cinnamon and brown sugar, too.
Finish: Medium length, with a few more hints of drying oak, but fruit is still the focus all the way through the finish: lemons, oranges, peach candies, mango, and honeydew melon. There's a soft, creamy vanilla note, and the fruits grow more green with time.
Final Note: If you enjoy fruity whiskies, this is sublime - absolutely bursting with tropical, creamy, fizzy fruits. Guava was especially prevalent throughout the tastings, which we enjoyed, as it's a rarer tasting note for us to find; the elevated bottling strength also helps in delivering the flavor at a good intensity, which can be a tricky task with triple-distilled spirit (which is often softer and lighter).
This whisky is made is relatively small batches, though, so bottles can be hard to come by - due in part to that, pricing is less favorable than the flavor. It's an expensive single malt, so value suffers, but this is a bottle we would be willing to splurge on once in a while.
Our Average Rating: 8.2 / 10
In the current whisky landscape of increasing prices and variable quality, we've added a value rating to our reviews that relates to the score and the available pricing of each whisky. This roughly equates to a 0-10 scale; no reviews so far have exceeded a score of 10, although it is technically possible for the formula to produce a value rating higher than 10 with a high enough score and low enough price.
Value Rating: 5.74
About Us: We're a husband and wife review team living in the Midwest United States. Generally, our reviews and tasting notes will be a compilation of both of our experiences with a whisky over several tasting sessions.
