The story of the latest Indian single malt goes back over a century. Founded 125 years ago, McDowell’s and Co is India’s original alco-bev pioneer.
Now Diageo India has reinvented its most widely sold spirit, to introduce McDowell’s & Co Distiller’s Batch Indian Single Malt (750 ml, 46% ABV — alcohol per volume of beverage). This time it has been crafted in India with a strong tether to terroir and a celebration of young India’s preference for quality homegrown spirits.
McDowell’s and Madras
The brand is named after Angus McDowell, a Scottish businessman who built a warehouse at Fort St. George, close to Madras (now Chennai) and, from 1826, served the British expat community with imports of groceries and spirits. In 1959, McDowell’s & Co established its first distillery in Cherthala, Kerala, marking the genesis of the McDowell’s No.1 brand, launching brandy, then whisky and rum. In 1968, the brand launched McDowell’s No.1 Whisky, marking the inception of the world’s largest selling whisky, born out of India.
