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United Breweries is India's largest producer of beer. [5] United Breweries now has greater than a 40% share of the Indian brewing market with 79 distilleries and bottling units around the world. In 2005, UB financed a takeover of the spirits business of the rival Shaw-Wallace company, giving it a majority share of India's spirits business. [6]
The word brewery was dropped from the company name in 1982 to remove the impression that the company was engaged only in beer making. New breweries were built during the 1970s and 1980s at Chandigarh, Madras, Nepal and Kakinada near Hyderabad. Today, Mohan Meakin's principal brands are Old Monk Rum and Golden Eagle Beer.
Varun Beverages Limited (VBL) is an Indian multinational company that manufactures, bottles and distributes beverages. It is the largest bottling company of PepsiCo's beverages in the world outside the United States. [3] [4] The company was incorporated in 1995 as a subsidiary of RJ Corp, and named after founder Ravi Jaipuria's son. [5]
Established in 1969, Lilasons Breweries in Madhya Pradesh is known for their strong beer brand Khajuraho. It is considered the first super-strong beer brand in India. [24] In recent years, foreign companies have been entering India and acquiring local businesses. In 1999, United Breweries floated a subsidiary called Millennium AlcoBev.
Kerala State Beverages (Manufacturing & Marketing) Corporation Ltd (BEVCO) is a public sector company fully owned by the Government of Kerala, it started under Civil Supplies Department in 1984 under the Minister N Sreenivasan (Excise Minister), K Karunakaran Ministry. Since then BEVCO has the authority under the Abkari Act & allied Rules for ...
A bottle of Bira beer. The company has five beers in its portfolio - Bira 91 White (a low bitterness wheat beer with alcohol content of 4%), [4] Bira 91 Blonde (an extra hoppy craft lager), [4] Bira 91 Light (a low calorie lunchtime lager), [5] Bira 91 Strong (a high intensity wheat beer with a higher percentage of alcohol content at 7%), [5] and The Bira 91 Indian Pale Ale (the first IPA ...
Mohan Meakin. Kasauli Brewery and Distillery (formerly a brewery and presently a distillery since 1835), [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] at Kasauli in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh state of India, was established in late 1920s during the British Raj by Edward Abraham Dyer. It started producing Asia's first beer brand, the "Lion Beer", and India's first ...
The Murree Brewery Company Ltd. was established in 1860 to meet the demands of British military and civilian personnel at Ghora Gali near the resort town of Murree. [15] The Brewery was managed by the family of Edward Dyer. He was the father of Colonel Reginald Dyer, the British army officer who was infamously responsible for the Jallianwala ...