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Imported into India

The Whisky

Four expressions, each selected abroad and released here in limited allocation. Distilled elsewhere, chosen for India.

Drink Responsibly · Not for sale to persons under the legal drinking age

The Range

Four expressions

Placeholder specifications — final variants, ages and strengths to be confirmed against your import registrations.

The Reader

Blended Scotch · 40% ABV · 750 ml

The entry to the house style. Approachable without being simple — built for the first drink of the evening and for anyone still deciding what they like.

Nose
Orchard fruit, light honey, a thread of cereal.
Palate
Soft vanilla, baked apple, gentle oak spice.
Finish
Short, clean, faintly sweet.

The Lecturer

Single Malt · 12 Years · 43% ABV · 750 ml

The house benchmark. Twelve years in ex-bourbon oak with a short sherry finish — the expression we would pour to explain what the brand is for.

Nose
Dried apricot, toasted almond, warm oak.
Palate
Malt sweetness, orange peel, a dry cocoa edge.
Finish
Long, spiced, gently drying.

The Dean

Single Malt · 18 Years · 46% ABV · 750 ml

Eighteen years, first-fill sherry throughout, non-chill filtered. Released in small allocation each year and not held back for anyone.

Nose
Fig, dark chocolate, old leather, a little woodsmoke.
Palate
Christmas cake, walnut, clove, deep sherry weight.
Finish
Very long, tannic, warming.

The Emeritus

Single Cask · Cask Strength · 700 ml

One cask, bottled as it came, numbered by hand. Strength and character vary by release — that is the point of it.

Nose
Varies by cask. Typically resinous, waxy, concentrated.
Palate
Undiluted and assertive. Water is not a failure here.
Finish
Extended, oily, slow to fade.

Origin to Shelf


How it reaches India

Importing whisky properly is unglamorous work. Casks are selected at source, shipped under bond, cleared through customs and released state by state under separate excise approvals.

We handle that chain ourselves rather than buying finished stock on the open market. It is slower and it costs more — but it is the only way to know exactly what is in the bottle.

01

Cask selection

Our team noses and samples at the distillery or bonded warehouse. Casks that do not meet the house profile are declined.

02

Bottling at origin

Filled, labelled and sealed abroad under the producer's supervision — never re-bottled after shipping.

03

Shipment under bond

Temperature-managed containers, full chain-of-custody documentation, customs clearance on arrival in India.

04

State excise release

Registered, labelled and released territory by territory. Availability differs by state — a legal reality, not a stock issue.

Serving

How we would pour it

Not rules. Simply what we have found works, from people who drink it often.

Neat

At room temperature

A tulip glass, no ice, five minutes to open up. This is how we assess everything before it is approved.

With water

A few drops

Still mineral water at room temperature, added slowly. It lowers the alcohol burn and lifts the aromatics — particularly at cask strength.

Long

With soda, over ice

Best with The Reader. A tall glass, plenty of ice, good water. There is no shame in a highball in Indian weather.

Professor Choice Natural Mineral Water is our own recommendation for cutting whisky — neutral, low in dissolved solids, and consistent. See the water.

Trade

Stock Professor Choice

Distributor, retail and on-trade enquiries are handled directly by Ecstacy Brewery Pvt Ltd. Licensed businesses only.

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