Otherside Whiskey Wins Gold at The World Whisky Masters 2025, Redefining India’s Place in the Global Whisky Conversation

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India – Business Wire India The Spirits Business has awarded a prestigious Gold Medal to Otherside Subcontinental Whiskey, at The World Whisky Masters 2025, spotlighting Third Eye Distillery’s bold vision to reframe India’s role in contemporary whisky making.

Launched earlier this year, Otherside is crafted with malts that are 100% blended and aged in India, offering a distinctly tropical, rooted expression to this category. Matured entirely in India’s year-round heat and humidity, and finished in charred ex-bourbon barrels through a Solera process, Otherside delivers a robust, vibrant profile with a lingering, gently peated finish- a true product of its provenance.

Since introducing Stranger & Sons Gin in 2018, Third Eye Distillery has consistently challenged conventions, crafting premium spirits defined by place, process, and purpose. With Otherside, the distillery turned its focus to whisky — not just to enter the category, but to ask bigger questions about what Indian whisky can be.

“India is one of the world’s largest whisky markets, but much of the category still echoes the early days of gin — dominated by legacy brands and familiar profiles,” said Rahul Mehra, Co-Founder & CEO of Third Eye Distillery. “With Otherside, we wanted to introduce a bold, homegrown perspective to the whiskey conversation, one shaped by India’s terrain, climate, and creative spirit. Rather than emulate Scotch-style expressions that crowd our shelves, we chose to create a whiskey with malts that are 100% aged in India. To see that vision recognised on a global platform is deeply rewarding- not just for the liquid, but for what this represents.” This recognition marks a category-first for India: Otherside is crafted with malts that are 100% blended and aged in India, making it the first whiskey in the category from India to win Gold at The World Whisky Masters, broadening how Indian whiskey continues to be seen and celebrated on the world stage.

The win adds to Third Eye Distillery’s growing list of international accolades. Stranger & Sons Gin was named Gin of the Year 2023 by The Whisky Exchange, having earlier secured Gold Outstanding at the IWSC UK in 2020. In 2023, five of the distillery’s expressions earned medals at the Asian Spirits Masters, including two Master Medals for Trading Tides Gin and Short Story Vodka.

Otherside Whiskey is currently available in Mumbai and Goa, with further rollouts planned as India’s next whisky chapter begins to unfold.

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