Teacher's Launches Single Malt Whisky Range
Suntory Global Spirits introduces 12, 15 and 18-year-old single malts from The Ardmore Distillery in the Scottish Highlands.
Updated on Nov. 9, 2026 in Tea
Suntory Global Spirits has launched a single malt whisky range under its Teacher's Scotch brand, comprising 12-year-old, 15-year-old and 18-year-old expressions, each bottled at 40% abv. The whiskies will reach global travel retail in the Middle East from January, followed by Singapore, China, Sri Lanka and Australia.
Why it matters
The launch extends the Teacher's brand beyond its blended offerings into single malt, a category where it has not previously competed directly. Suntory said Indian whisky enthusiasts show strong brand loyalty and are popular among global travel retail shoppers.
All three expressions are bottled at 40% abv and distilled and matured at The Ardmore Distillery, with the 12- and 15-year-old aged in ex-bourbon casks and the 18-year-old finished in Oloroso sherry casks. Recommended global travel retail prices are £41 ($55), £58 ($78) and £78 ($105), and the source does not state pricing for non-travel retail channels.
The players
Suntory Global Spirits
The Japanese drinks group that owns the Teacher's Scotch brand and is launching the new single malt range across global markets. It is one of the largest spirits companies in Japan and operates a broad international portfolio of whisky and other spirits.
Teacher's Scotch
A blended Scotch whisky brand that has been sold since the nineteenth century and is one of the best-selling Scotch brands in Asia. The new single malt range extends the brand into a premium category built on Ardmore malt.
The details
The range is available through specialist whisky shops in India at launch, with global travel retail rollout beginning in the Middle East from January. Suntory plans subsequent launches in Singapore, China, Sri Lanka and Australia, drawing on Ardmore malt that the brand has used in Teacher's blends for 130 years.
Timeline
Initial launch in Indian specialist whisky shops (exact date not specified)
January: single malts reach global travel retail in the Middle East (year not specified)
Launches in Singapore, China, Sri Lanka and Australia follow the Middle East rollout (dates not specified)
Season Trajectory
The launch follows a pattern in which established blended Scotch brands extend into single malt to capture premium travel retail demand. Using Ardmore malt, which has supplied Teacher's blends for 130 years, places the range on a heritage component the brand already controls.
Readers who buy whisky in travel retail will see the new 12-, 15- and 18-year-old expressions at recommended prices of £41, £58 and £78 once the range reaches those channels. Buyers in India can find the range through specialist whisky shops at launch.
The takeaway
The range is a practical option for buyers who want an aged single malt at a set price point in travel retail, and the 18-year-old's sherry-cask finish offers a different profile from the bourbon-cask 12- and 15-year-old expressions.
Further reading
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Source note: This article includes information reported by Just-Drinks.
