Rampur Double Cask
Rampur distillery is located in the Uttar Pradesh region of India and is owned by Radico Khaitan. While technically distilling spirits since 1943, by the turn of the century Rampur was launching brands under it’s own name for the domestic market and, increasingly, for international ones. The Rampur Double Cask is double distilled from six-row barley and matured using both American ex-bourbon and European ex-sherry casks.
Distillery: Rampur
Country: India
Age: NAS
Strength: 45%
Price: $59.99
Maturation: ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks
Location: Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
Nose: Apple cider, vanilla, brine, plum, coconut, toffee, almond
Palate: Vanilla, fruit, grain, oak, almond
Finish: Brine, ash, fruit
Comments: Looks do not make a good or bad whisky but the packaging definitely gives an impression of
Adam – The Rampur Double Cask opens with a gently fruity nose, plums wrapped with a spritz of vanilla. It is slightly shifty on the palate, dialing between vanilla and fruit influences that clearly shines a light on the maturation. What I appreciate is the unique character this whisky has. It’s not scotch, it’s not bourbon, it’s not any whisky you’re used to sipping.
Henry – A fruity and sweet nose of ripe (verging on overripe) plums with a hint of salt air. Even more sherry notes hit on the palate, with a whiff of perfume and some wet cereal on the back on a base of toasted oak and vanilla. Finish is dry with a pronounced astringency.
Ben – There’s an apple cider vinegar on the nose. It’s like when someone uses vinegar in their potato salad but also some fruit. The flavor covers the whole tongue all at once. Then it gets ashy on the sides of the tongue and dries up at the end. I can’t get over how dry it is at the end.
There’s a little mystery in the Rampur Double Cask and I kind of like it.
Bill – Toffee and coconut on the nose, toasted almond on the palette, pleasantly oily enough, coats the mouth well. Sweet notes abound. Fruity in the finish. Still pleasant. I like this, and it’s difficult to find out why. There’s a little mystery in the Rampur Double Cask and I kind of like it.
Mike – It’s dusty. It’s where you get that influence of over-ground grains, like I can still taste the grain – neither good nor bad. It’s a dusty flavor. The Rampur Double Cask isn’t a terrible whisky, it’s not a great whisky, but it is perfectly fine.
Evelyn – The Rampur Double Cask is not terrible whisky. This is a good, solid whisky.
Sam – Kinda tastes like clay. Somewhat iodine but more salty, like brine. At the end, it tastes a little like soaked wheat berry. It’s not crazy hot, it doesn’t have bad heads or tails but it definitely tastes heavily of bourbon. I bet this would pair really well with Indian street food.
