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Expert reviews, price guides, cocktail recipes, and buying guides for spirits in India.

India is the world's largest whisky market and the brands that dominate it are not the ones you see ...

Whisky has become one of the most popular gifting choices in India, particularly for Diwali, New Yea...

A lot of what most people believe about whisky is wrong. Older is not always better. Single malt is ...

Indian single malt has stopped being a curiosity and started being genuinely competitive at the glob...

India's whisky market is the largest in the world by volume. In 2026, it is also the most interestin...

A single bottle of whisky sold for $2.74 million in 2023 and that record still stands in 2026. It ha...

2026 has been a genuinely exciting year for new whisky releases. Indian distilleries are launching f...

Some whiskies taste like a bonfire. Some taste like iodine and seaweed. Some carry a faint earthy sm...

There is no single correct way to drink whisky. Neat, with water, with ice, with soda, in a highball...