Amrut Fusion

Since Amrut is from India you might expect to find some exotic flavours and aromas. In truth it does indeed offer a unique, almost exotic profile, as I will attempt to describe for you.

Nose

At full strength, it is soft, sweet, and floral. There is a crisp sugary element. Fairly light, and inviting. Sweet bakery aromas. Ginger snap cookies! In time, more intense ginger.

Taste

Matches the nose at first with sweet, floral, gingery notes. A very full-flavoured entry indeed. After a few seconds some dry peat smoke announces itself. Becomes a little bitter with a grainy bite. The mouthfeel is a little thin, almost like a high-quality blend, but the flavour development is something special. With water, the ginger flavour is more pronounced.

Finish

The peat smoke lingers but manages to not dominate the medium finish. Rather the sweet elements from the beginning return, the gingerbread and sugar.

Balance

Great balance between sweet, smoky, and bitter/sour. At times it comes across as more of a blend than a single malt, probably from the Indian and Scottish barleys clashing, but that is after all the very point of the whisky.

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