GOAN SPIRITS

Established back in the year 1996, hailing from the tropical shores of Goa, comes the Paul John single malts, a golden spirit of brilliance, from John Distilleries. Today, within less than a decade John Distilleries grew to be one of the top most spirit company not just in India but across the globe. Presently, under the leadership of Mr. Paul P John, the company own a healthy portfolio of brands in various categories inclusive of Whiskies, Brandy and Wines. Apparently, Paul John has won over 280 international acclaimed awards. Paul John Indian Single Malts uses carefully picked indigenous ingredients which includes barley, water and yeast - which combine create a radiance of various kinds. For the whiskey to mature with perfection, Goa ’ s tropical clime offers the perfect temperature and ambiance. The Paul John Indian Single Malts are made from the thoroughly monitored process right from the mashing of the grains, fermentation, distillation, maturation, vatting and lastly bottling. Paul John Single Malt is non-chilled filtered and there are no additional ingredients. The Whiskies manufactured are having ZERO artificial colours and ZERO added flavours and are guaranteed non chillfiltered. Each expression has significant character of its own. Currently, Paul John Indian Single Malt in the journey to create the best Whiskey has lead to a family of 5 Crore expressions, out of which BRILLIANCE, EDITED and BOLD are the flagship expressions Paul John also organizes its sumptuous Whiskey tasting, informative masterclass, organizes whiskey Festivals and Whiskey Lives; also conducts sessions to have personal interaction with Mr. Paul John or Master Michael D’Souza.

Paul John Indian Single Malts Have bagged more than 100 prestigious awards in the past 5 years and have been rated Liquid Gold by Jim Murray and has been crowned with the best Indian Single Malt Award along with the Best Asian Award. The Double Gold Award from San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Chairman ’ s Trophy by the Ultimate Spirits Challenge, IWSC Silver Outstanding Award, and many more. Presently, whiskey lovers can now enjoy internationally acclaimed expressions 35 different countries Since the year 2018, Paul John Visitors Center which is situated in the beautiful state of Goa, was opened for the general public, so that the people get to know more about the great Indian Malt which is being produced and sees to that the guests have a great experience. In India, Paul John Centre has been tagged as the first distillery to allow visitors to experience the tour of the distillery and allowing the tasting of the top quality single malt whiskey. India having the highest number of Whiskey consumers in the entire world, Chairman of John distillery, Mr. Paul P John, had the vision to open up the visitors centre to the citizens of India and rest and rest of the world so that the people gain the knowledge about the single malt whiskey. The access to the main production plant will be granted to the visitors guided by the in house guided person, who will be providing the visitors about the various processes involved in making Paul John single malt and end the tour with the tasting of variety of Paul John single malt expressions. It takes around 1.5 to 2 hours to complete the entire tour. The visitors centre is also equipped with a gift shop for the visitors to purchase various merchandise and also indulge in purchasing Paul John single malt whiskey. The visitors centre manged to welcome 5148 visitors from the month of January till December 2021, in spite of the various COVID19 pandemic restrictions. However, the center had to remain close during the second wave, that is from the month of May till July the same year and was back in operation once the number of cases started to drop marginally. The team at the visitors centre took necessary safety precautions while handling the visitors keeping in mind the safety of the customers. Following are the key achievements from January 2021 till 2022 In spite of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the visitors center managed to get 5148 visitors. Students from various institutions visited the distillery as a part of educational trip. About 50 virtual tours of the distillery was conducted for various staff and management of hotel industry , liquor retailers, whiskey connoisseurs, international duty free.