Duty-free whisky at Delhi

Highland single malt from Aberfeldy in Perthshire, built by the Dewar family in 1898 and the heart of Dewar's blends. A rich, honeyed style.

Speyside single malt from the village of Aberlour, founded by James Fleming in 1879. Known for double-cask (sherry and bourbon) ageing and the cask-strength A'bunadh.

Indian single malt from Bangalore, the first single malt from India, launched in Glasgow in 2004. Rich and fruity, aged fast in the warm climate.

Islay single malt from the island's south coast, founded in 1815. Heavily peated yet sweet, with citrus, tar and smoke.

Highland single malt from Kennethmont in Aberdeenshire, rare for the Highlands in being peated. The heart of Teacher's.

Lowland single malt from near Glasgow, and the Scotch distillery that triple-distils all of its whisky. Light, sweet and citrusy.

Highland single malt from Edderton, on the Dornoch Firth, founded in 1790. Fruity, spicy and bright, bottled by age statement.

Blended Scotch dating back to George Ballantine's Edinburgh grocery of 1827, and one of the world's best-selling Scotch blends. Smooth with a light sweetness.

Speyside single malt from Dufftown, sister to Glenfiddich. One of the few distilleries that still malts some of its own barley on a malting floor and keeps coopers and a coppersmith on site.

Bourbon from the Beam family's small-batch range, named after a pioneer distiller. A high-rye recipe at 80 proof makes it light and spicy.

Blended Scotch named after Arthur Bell, a Perth whisky merchant of the 1800s, and owned by Diageo. Long one of the UK's best-selling blends, built around Blair Athol malt.

Speyside single malt from near Elgin, founded in 1898. Unusual for Speyside, it makes both unpeated and peated spirit and plays with a wide range of casks.

James Buchanan's blended Scotch, known for the black and white Scottie dogs on its label. Light and smooth.

Islay single malt from the town of Bowmore, founded in 1779 and one of Scotland's oldest distilleries. It still malts some barley on its own floors; peat smoke meets tropical fruit.

Islay distillery on the shore of Loch Indaal, reopened in 2001. Its own whisky is unpeated, unusual on Islay; it also makes the peated Port Charlotte and the super-heavily peated Octomore.

Kentucky bourbon with a high share of rye in the mash, which gives it a spicy, dry edge. Revived by Tom Bulleit in 1987 from a family recipe and now owned by Diageo.

Irish whiskey from Bushmills in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, which dates its licence to 1608. Triple-distilled, light and honeyed.

Canadian whisky founded by Hiram Walker in Windsor, Ontario, in 1858. Light and smooth, a classic mixer.

Single grain Japanese whisky from Suntory's Chita distillery near Nagoya. Light and gently sweet; Chita grain is also the backbone of Hibiki and Toki.

Blended Scotch from Aberdeen, where brothers James and John Chivas ran a fine-food shop in the 1800s. Built around Strathisla single malt from Speyside, it has a smooth, honeyed style.