Indian single malt is selling in much larger volumes than it was just a few years ago. Estimates from the Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies (CIABC) put the category at around 350,000 nine-liter cases in 2023 and 400,000 in 2024, before it reached roughly 500,000 cases in 2025, up about 22% from the previous year.
One of the brands behind that growth is Indri whisky, made by Piccadily Distilleries in the village of Indri in Haryana and launched in 2022. Piccadily, citing IWSR data, describes Indri as the world’s fastest-growing single malt.
So, with Indri’s rapid rise in mind, here are five things you might not know about the unstoppable Indian single malt whisky brand.
1. Indri’s Sales Grew Nearly Sevenfold in a Single Year
Indri’s sales took off in its second year on sale. In April 2024, Piccadily announced that Indri had sold more than 100,000 cases that year, a 599% increase on the year before, and described it as the fastest-growing single malt brand in the world.
In August 2025, the company reported that Indri sold 170,000 nine-liter cases in calendar year 2024, which works out at 2.04 million 750ml bottles. Of those, 124,000 cases were sold in India and 46,000 were exported. Piccadily also said, citing IWSR data, that Indri outsold The Glenlivet and Glenfiddich in India in 2024 to become the country’s best-selling single malt.
Two days later, The Economic Times reported, again citing IWSR, that Indri had been the world’s fastest-growing single malt for the second year running.
For a brand that is comparatively very new compared to established Indian whisky names like Amrut and Paul John, Indri has seen compounding success in its infancy.
2. Indri Is a Village, and Trini Means “Three”
Indri is a village in Haryana, in northern India, and Piccadily’s distillery there covers a 168-acre site. Skurnik, Indri’s US importer, also notes that the name is linked to indriya, the Sanskrit word for the five senses.
The flagship expression, Trini, means “three” in Sanskrit. It refers to the three types of cask used to mature the whisky, which are ex-bourbon, ex-French red wine and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks. Piccadily describes it as India’s first triple-cask single malt, and it’s bottled at 46% ABV with no chill filtration or added color.
Trini also did well with critics early on. Whisky Advocate scored it 94 points and placed it at No. 17 in its Top 20 Whiskies of 2022. Reviewer Jonny McCormick wrote that “Former Amrut master blender Surrinder Kumar demonstrates his unerring sense of balance, pace, and control over the fast-maturing single malt.”
3. Indri Has Won More Than 140 Awards in Four Years
Since it launched in 2022, Indri has won more than 141 awards. In its launch year, the flagship Trini was named Best Indian Single Malt at the World Whiskies Awards 2022.
In 2023, the Diwali Collector’s Edition 2023 won Best In Show at the Whiskies of the World Awards. According to Piccadily, the competition judges more than 100 whiskies a year.
A year later, the cask strength Indri Dru was named Whisky of the Year at the 2024 USA Spirits Ratings with 95 points, and it also won Best Indian Single Malt at the World Whiskies Awards 2024.
The Diwali Collector’s Edition 2025, finished in Marsala casks, scored 99.1 points to win Best World Whisky at the Las Vegas Global Spirits Awards 2025. It also won Best Special Edition Design at the World Whiskies Awards 2026, the first time an Indian brand has taken that title.
Most recently, at the 2026 International Whisky Competition, Indri took first, second and third place in both the Best Indian Whisky and Best Single Malt Indian Whisky categories. The Diwali Collector’s Edition 2025 scored 93.53 points, Dru scored 90.87 and Agneya scored 89.70.
4. Indri Is Made From Six-Row Barley in a Climate That Swings From Freezing to 50°C
Two-row barley dominates in Scotland, but Indri is made from six-row barley grown in Rajasthan. Master blender Surrinder Kumar told Luxurious Magazine that the distillery sources around 14,000 tonnes of it every year.
In an earlier interview with me, Kumar explained that six-row barley contains more protein and less starch than two-row, and he described the spirit it produces as “more robust, cereal-forward and textural.” He also acknowledged that it brings challenges with extract efficiency.
The distillery is in Karnal, where Kumar says summer temperatures can reach 50°C (122°F) and winters drop to around 0°C (32°F). He explains that these seasonal swings speed up the interaction between the spirit and the oak, so casks have to be watched closely to stop the whisky from becoming over-oaked. Kumar describes Indri’s approach as “stringent cask selection and continuous maturation monitoring.”
Kumar joined Indri as master blender in 2019, after working at Amrut as production manager and master distiller. In his view, “India’s climate is not a challenge but a powerful advantage, delivering depth, richness, and complexity.”
5. Indri Has Already More Than Doubled Its Malt Capacity
Piccadily started out as a sugar producer at Indri in 1994 and added a grain-based distillery there in 2007, according to BioEnergy Times. In November 2024, the company announced an expansion plan worth ₹10 billion. At Indri, the plan included raising malt spirit production from 12,000 to 30,000 liters a day.
The work at Indri was completed in October 2025. In a January 2026 filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange, the company said the expansion had been finished within its estimated cost and timeline. The company is also increasing its barrel storage from 45,000 to 100,000 by March 2027.
By February 2026, Kumar said the warehouses held more than 75,000 barrels. These range from virgin American oak and ex-bourbon casks to French wine, Marsala, Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks.
Looking ahead, Kumar says the priority is to “continue building aged stock and exploring innovative wood management through single casks, extended maturations and carefully curated cask finishes.”
Enjoying Indri Indian Whisky
If you want to try Indri, the flagship Trini is a good place to begin. In the US it sells for an average of around $50-$65 a bottle. In the UK, The Whisky Exchange lists it at £43.75. If you’d like to see how Indian single malt compares with Scotch, these bottles show the difference well.
Have you tried Indri yet, and what did you make of it? Let us know in the comments.
Read the full article at 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Indri, The World’s Fastest-Growing Single Malt
