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According to the Alcohol and Drug Information Centre's 2008 report on alcohol in Sri Lanka, the types of arrack are: [30] Special arrack, which is produced in the highest volume, nearly doubling in production between 2002 and 2007. Molasses arrack is the least-processed kind and considered the common kind. [30]
W. M. Mendis and Company, is a Sri Lankan beverage alcohol company, with its headquarters in Negombo, Sri Lanka. It is as known one of Sri Lanka's oldest and most renowned liquor manufacturers in Sri Lanka. [2] Considered as one of the pioneers in the field, it still ranks as one of Sri Lanka's largest distillers. [citation needed]
According to the Alcohol and Drug Information Centre's 2008 report on alcohol in Sri Lanka, the types of arrack are: [7] Special arrack, which is produced in the highest volume, nearly doubling in production between 2002 and 2007. Molasses arrack is the least-processed kind and considered the common kind. [7]
Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC (DCSL) is a diversified Sri Lankan conglomerate listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of US$600 Million. [2] It was one of the first Sri Lankan companies included in Forbes 's list of non-US Best Managed companies valued under US$1 billion. [ 3 ]
Sri Lanka is the largest producer of coconut arrack in the world. 50 million liters in 2020. Distilleries major arrack production company in Sri Lanka. [ 10 ] Due to its concentrated sugar and yeast content, the captured liquid naturally and immediately ferments into a mildly alcoholic drink called "toddy", tuak , or occasionally " palm wine ".
Home distillation is legal up to 50 litres per year (13 US gal/a) per household; the excise tax is half of the standard rate. [19] Production is subject to government inspection, for purposes of levying the alcohol tax; undeclared distilleries, even for personal use, are considered tax evasion. [ 20 ]
The toddy in Sri Lanka, and I believe similar brews in several other countries, is not usually made from coconut but from inflorescences of fishtail palms, Caryota. Indeed most gardens in Sri Lanka have a few Caryota in different stages of development for this purpose. Whether this toddy is used for distilling arrack, I'm not sure.
Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited is a public limited liability company incorporated in Sri Lanka in 1926 by its founder D. R. Wijewardena. 75% of its shares were Nationalized under the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (Special Provisions) Law No. 28 of 1973 and this stake is held by the Public Trustee of Sri Lanka on behalf of the ...