Bardstown and Amrut Come Together For a New Collaborative Series Whiskey

Amrut is one of India’s most acclaimed whisky makers, earning high marks for many of its single malts. Since making its export debut in the UK in 2004, the distillery has released numerous whiskies, awakening the world to India’s whisky potential. The vast majority of India’s whiskies traditionally focused on high volume, affordably priced brands for its local market, but its export releases have scored well above 90 points.

Now Amrut has teamed up with Bardstown Bourbon Co. on Bardstown’s latest Collaborative Series whiskey, which is a blend of American rye whiskeys finished in Amrut Indian single malt barrels and straight bourbons. It’s the first time Bardstown has partnered with a world whisky in its Collaborative Series.

The new whiskey has five different components in its blend. The biggest share at 43% of the total blend is 9 year old Indiana straight rye with a high corn component (45%) in the mashbill. A 20% share is MGP’s signature rye, with a 95% rye mashbill. The remainder of the blend is comprised of three aged bourbons at 14, 11, and 10 years old.

The two Indiana ryes were finished for 18 months in Amrut single malt barrels, then blended with the aged Kentucky bourbons; the resulting whiskey was bottled at 55% ABV. As with all Collaborative Series whiskeys, this one is available in limited quantities across the country, priced at $160.

Later this year, Bardstown will release two additional whiskeys within the Collaborative Series, one made in partnership with California’s Silver Oak winery and the other with Tennessee-based Blackberry Farm Brewery. The several releases within Bardstown Bourbon Co.’s Collaborative Series have fared well with our tasting panel, culminating in a 15th place finish in our Top 20 of 2022 for the Plantation Rum Barrel Finished bourbon, and a 9th place position in the 2023 Top 20 list for the Foursquare rum-finished blended American whiskey.