Paul John whisky ? Well, I’ll come out and say it up front: I’d not previously been a fan of Indian whisky, having tried numerous expressions of Amrut over the years. Early experiences (2009) were very forgettable; several return visits between 2011 and 2013 left me wanting, and even when I tried some of the more recent releases of Amrut at The Whisky Show earlier this year, I struggled to get enthused. But you cannot dismiss an entire country’s single malt production on the basis of one distillery.
So when the good folks at Paul John got in touch with me from India after their recent Australian visit and offered to send me their core range for critical analysis and review, I was happy to have my Indian whisky experiences challenged and changed. And if you want to read the Executive Summary, here it is: This is good whisky!