Indri

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Born in 1927, Kedar Nath Sharma founded Kedar Nath & Sons in 1953 as a liquor distribution business that would quickly own all the liquor contracts in undivided Punjab. Inspired by the hustle and bustle of London’s Piccadilly Circus, the company opened a restaurant named ‘Picadili’ in Chandigarh in 1967, followed by a movie theatre in 1972 and the first of what would be a ‘Piccadily’ hotel chain in 1975. When a sugar mill and distillery was purchased in Patalia, Punjab in 1993, Piccadily Agro Industries was founded as the spirits producing brand of the company, with a second distillery in the small village of Indri in Haryana following in 1994. Located 150 miles North of Delhi and near the base of the Himalayas, the word ‘Indri’ is also a derivation of the Sanskrit word ‘Indris’, which denotes the five senses.

India is the biggest consumer of whisky in the world, but the vast majority of ‘whisky’ made in India is actually produced with molasses, making it essentially a rum and meaning it can’t be sold outside of Asia as whisky. However, Indri is the fourth Indian brand to release Single Malt whisky in Europe following Amrut, Rampur and Paul John – as with the latter, Indri uses indigenous 6-row barley which has been grown for hundreds of years in Rajasthan – it produces a smaller yield but arguably more depth of flavour. 90% of their output is unpeated, with one peated run taking place every three months.

Production of Single Malt whisky at Indri first started in 2012 and was eventually overseen by Surrinder Kumar, who is considered by many to be the forefather of Indian Single Malt whisky after serving as Master Distiller and Blender at Amrut from 2006 to 2014. Graeme Bowie, who previously worked with Angus Dundee and was the first distillery manager for Ardnamurchan, joined in 2020 to be involved with the final blending of the initial release and now runs the distillery operations. A blended whisky named ‘Whistler’ launched in 2020, with Indri Single Malt launching in 2021 and Camikara Rum in 2022

INDRI DIWALI 2024 EDITION

Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions such as Jainism and Sikhism. It symbolises the spiritual victory of Dharma over Adharma, light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. lt is celebrated during the Hindu lunisolar months of Ashvin and Kārtika – somewhere between mid-September and mid-November and generally last five or six days.

Each year Indri select 4 single casks that are bottled as a limited release in celebration of Diwali. The casks are exclusively to specific markets – a PX Sherry cask number 87 for India and 3 separate Oloroso Sherry casks number 88, 89 and 90 for the US and Canada, European and worldwide Travel Retail markets respectively.

Unlike the rest of the Indri portfolio, the Diwali bottlings are peated expressions – it is not known where the peat is sourced from but I suspect it is similar to Paul John bottlings such as Bold, whereby peat from Scotland is imported to provide smoky notes to the spirit. Whereas the 2023 release for Europe had a specified quantity of 421 bottles released, it’s not yet been divulged how many bottles make up the 2024 Editions, but it does feature an ABV of 58.5%.