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Beer in India

April 11, 2024

Beer in India has been prepared from rice or millet for thousands of years. In the 18th century, the British introduced European beer to India. Beer is not as popular as stronger alcoholic beverages like desi daru and Indian-made foreign liquor, such as Indian whiskey. The most popular beers in India are strong beers.[1]

Beer-like sura has been produced in India since the Vedic era (c. 1500–1200 BCE, Rig Veda),[2] rice beer has been produced by the native tribes since ancient times,[3] European beer imports to India from England started in 1716, introduced by the British raj.[4] Lion beer, produced continuously since the 1820s, is Asia's first beer brand, and the first Indian brewed European style beer.[5][6][7]

History edit

Traditional beer edit

 
Traditional beer vats in Meghalaya.

The Vedas mention a beer-like drink called sura.[2] It was the favourite of the god Indra.[8] Sura is also mentioned in the Ramayana.[9] Megasthenes has recorded usage of rice beer in India. Kautilya has also mentioned two intoxicating beverages made from rice called Medaka and Prasanna.[9]

Rice beer or handia has been traditionally prepared by various indigenous tribes of India, in which Ruellia suffruticosa is sometimes added for flavor. Rice beer also has ceremonial use among the Asur people.[3] Millet beer is also prepared by some tribes. According to biologist J. B. S. Haldane, local beer helped in keeping diseases like beri beri checked in these tribes. Recently, government and social workers have been trying to curb alcohol usage among these tribes.[10] Elephant herds have been known to attack villages to drink this rice beer for which they have acquired a taste.[11][12]

European beer edit

European-style beer was introduced in India by the British. By 1716, pale ale and Burton ale were being imported to India from England.[4] To protect the beer from spoiling during the long journey, it had to have high alcohol content and hops were added to it. This led to the invention of India pale ale in about 1787 by Bow Brewery.[13][14]

In 1830, Edward Abraham Dyer, father of Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer of Jallianwala Bagh massacre, travelled to India and set up India's first brewery, the Kasauli Brewery.[15][16][17][18][19][20] It produced the beer brand Lion, which is still available. In 1835,[5][6][7] the beer production at Kasauli brewery was moved to Solan Brewery at Solan in a swap when Kasauli Brewery started producing India's first single malt whisky, the Solan No. 1. In 1885, it was incorporated as Dyer Breweries. Later, more breweries were built across India, Burma and Sri Lanka, and added to it. Later, H. G. Meakin bought the Solan brewery and added some more. It came to be known as Dyer-Meakin & Company.[14] By the year 1882, there were 12 breweries in India in all, including one in Rangoon.[21]

In the year 1892, 4,831,127 gallons of beer were produced in India. Out of this 2,748,365 gallons were purchased by commissariat and rest was left for consumption by the civilian population. But, British soldiers reportedly did not like local beer and preferred imported beer which they were able to acquire cheaply. In 1967 the price was only 6.5 rupees.[22]

In 1937, Burma was separated from India and the company lost its Burmese assets.[14] The company was restructured and renamed as Dyer Meakin Breweries. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange.[23] In 1949, N. N Mohan acquired all the assets of Dyer Meakin Breweries and added a few more units. In 1967, the company was renamed to Mohan Meakin Breweries.[14]

Modern edit

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. It was a joint venture between United Breweries, UK-based Scottish & Newcastle and Ravi Jain.[25] In 2000, SABMiller India entered Indian market by acquiring Narang Breweries.[26] In June 2001, it acquired the Mysore Breweries.[27] In 2003, SABMiller India acquired 50% stake in local Shaw Wallace's beer business.[28] In November 2002, SABMiller India acquired Rochees Breweries.

In May 2005, SABMiller India acquired Shaw Wallace's beer assets for ₹600 crore.[28] Also in 2005, Carlsberg entered India with its local venture, South Asian Breweries. Also in 2005, Singapore-based Asia Pacific Breweries acquired a 76% shared the local Aurangabad Breweries.[29] In late 2005, UK-based Cobra Beer entered the Indian market by beginning negotiations with in December.[30][31] In 2006, SABMiller India acquired Foster's Indian assets.[32]

In February 2006, Anheuser-Busch Inbev, the makers of Budweiser, entered a partnership with Hyderabad-based Crown Beers.[29][33] Also in 2006, Ravi Jain divested his holdings in Millennium AlcoBev.[34] In 2010, United Breweries consolidate its assets, merging Millennium AlcoBev and other units back into itself.[35] In 2011, United Breweries announced that they would produce the Heineken brand beer in India.[36] In 2012 after India allowed foreign-direct investment from Pakistan, Murree Beer representatives stated that they were seeking to export their brand to India.[37] The Rawalpindi-based Murree Beer, which was established in 1861, has been trying to enter the Indian market since 2003.[38]

"Oktoberfest Goa", a beer, food and electronic music festival, has been held every year since 2011 in Goa.[39]

The Competition Commission of India found United Breweries Limited (UBL), Anheuser Busch InBev India Ltd. (AB InBev) and Carlsberg India Private Limited (CIPL) guilty of price fixing and imposed fines in September 2021. UBL and CIPL were fined ₹750 crore (US$94 million) and ₹120 crore (US$15 million) respectively, while AB InBev was given a 100% benefit of reduction in penalty.[40][41]

Brands and breweries edit

The largest selling India beer brand is Kingfisher. Other major Indian brands are Hunter, Kalyani, Haywards, Knock Out and Zingaro. The largest brewery in India by market share is the Bangalore based United Breweries. Other major breweries in India are Carlsberg, SABMiller India, B9 Beverages (Bira 91) Som Distilleries and Breweries Ltd and Anheuser-Busch Inbev.[1] In 2013, United Breweries had a market share of 55% and SABMiller India had a share of 23%.[42] SABMiller India owns the Haywards brand, KALS breweries owns Foster's Indian units.[42][43]

Although imported beer brands like, Corona, Singha, Tsingtao, Victoria Bitter, Geist and Christoffel [nl], are available in India, they are costly due to high import duties reaching up to 100%.[44] Carlsberg's Tuborg Booster Strong brand (8% ABV) and Anheuser-Busch Inbev's Budweiser Magnum (6.5% ABV) are sold only in India. United Breweries' Kingfisher Strong (8% ABV) is India's best selling brand.[1]

Some of the major beer brands in India by market share are:

Popular beer brands by market share (2014)[45]
Company Market share (%) Beer brand Market share (%)
United Breweries 51.1 Kingfisher 41.2
Kalyani Black Label 2.7
UB Export 2
Sandpiper 1.5
Bullet Super Strong 1
Zingaro 0.9
London Pilsner 0.2
SABMiller 25.6 Haywards 15
Knockout 8.7
Foster's 1.3
Royal Challenge Premium Lager 0.6
Carlsberg 7.6 Okocim 5.1
Tuborg 1.3
Carlsberg 1.2
Mohan Meakin 3.1 Golden Eagle 1.7
Black Knight 1.1
Vorion 0.2
Anheuser-Busch 2.1 Budweiser 2
Molson Coors 0.2 Cobra 0.2

Craft beer edit

Modern craft beer came relatively late to India. The first Indian brewpubs opened in Pune (Doolally) and Gurgaon Ahirwal (Howzat) in 2009. Also around the same time, India's first bottled craft beers were launched by the Martin Judd's brewery in Maharashtra, and Australian owned "Little Devils" in Ghaziabad. While the bottling ventures proved short-lived, and closed down within a years time, brewpubs have since become a successful format and common sight, especially in India's large cities. In 2019, India counts more than 200 brewpubs, of which about 60 each are located in Bangalore and Gurgaon, respectively.

Bottled Indian craft beer became available again after a long break in 2016, when the White Rhino brewery opened in Gwalior, and soon after started selling their beers in Haryana and Delhi. Since then, new packaging craft breweries have opened in Bangalore and Goa.

Due to restrictive Indian liquor manufacturing laws, some entrepreneurs have chosen to manufacture their beer outside of India. Among them was Bira91, an Indian witbier brand, which became extremely popular across the country, and has since shifted its production back to India.

Sales and consumption edit

In 2014-15 financial year, the beer market in India grew by 6% to 22.3 million hectolitres (or to 286 million cases). On the one hand, this rate is twice faster as compared to the 2013-14-year; on the other hand, it is half than the average rate over the preceding decade.[46] The per capita consumption of beer is 1.6 litres.[42] Due to the increase in disposable income and discerning consumers, the potential is high. The industry has been growing over the last few years and this growth is attributed to the growing middle class.[1] The increased consumption has raised the price of barley in India.[47]

Indians prefer stronger alcoholic drinks, like whiskey, over beer, because it is cheaper and has a higher alcohol content. Indians mostly consume stronger brews. Strong beer with alcohol content in the 5-8% range accounted for 83% of the total beer sales in 2012. Beer accounts for only 5% of the total alcohol consumed.[1] The low consumption is attributed to high cost, availability and stringent regulations. Karnataka and Kerala are the only two state in India which has a lower tax rate for beer compared to other alcoholic beverages. Maharashtra has the highest tax on alcohol, at 43%. The latest entrant into the Indian market is the Bira 91 brand with its headquarters in Delhi, making a steady rise in the beer market.[42][48]

Domestic-market beer is packaged in 650-ml bottles and come in cases of 6. Export-market beer come in 330-ml Standard European or 625-ml (22 imp. oz.) bottles. They come in mild (4% to 5% ABV) and strong (6% to 8% ABV) lagers.

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ a b Abraham Eraly (23 January 2002). Gem in the Lotus. Penguin Books Limited. p. 165. ISBN 978-93-5118-014-2.
  3. ^ a b Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri; Sucheta Sen Chaudhuri (2005). Primitive Tribes in Contemporary India: Concept, Ethnography and Demography. Mittal Publications. p. 57. ISBN 978-81-8324-026-0.
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Further reading edit

  • Pete Brown (11 August 2011). Hops and Glory: One man's search for the beer that built the British Empire. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-74047-1.
  • O’Yeah, Zac (30 December 2016). "Last orders at Beer-uru's classic watering holes". The Hindu Business Line.
  • ScoopHub Beer Brands List in India Author :- Mukta Dhiman

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Beer in India has been prepared from rice or millet for thousands of years In the 18th century the British introduced European beer to India Beer is not as popular as stronger alcoholic beverages like desi daru and Indian made foreign liquor such as Indian whiskey The most popular beers in India are strong beers 1 Beer like sura has been produced in India since the Vedic era c 1500 1200 BCE Rig Veda 2 rice beer has been produced by the native tribes since ancient times 3 European beer imports to India from England started in 1716 introduced by the British raj 4 Lion beer produced continuously since the 1820s is Asia s first beer brand and the first Indian brewed European style beer 5 6 7 Contents 1 History 1 1 Traditional beer 1 2 European beer 1 3 Modern 2 Brands and breweries 2 1 Craft beer 3 Sales and consumption 4 See also 5 References 6 Further readingHistory editTraditional beer edit nbsp Traditional beer vats in Meghalaya The Vedas mention a beer like drink called sura 2 It was the favourite of the god Indra 8 Sura is also mentioned in the Ramayana 9 Megasthenes has recorded usage of rice beer in India Kautilya has also mentioned two intoxicating beverages made from rice called Medaka and Prasanna 9 Rice beer or handia has been traditionally prepared by various indigenous tribes of India in which Ruellia suffruticosa is sometimes added for flavor Rice beer also has ceremonial use among the Asur people 3 Millet beer is also prepared by some tribes According to biologist J B S Haldane local beer helped in keeping diseases like beri beri checked in these tribes Recently government and social workers have been trying to curb alcohol usage among these tribes 10 Elephant herds have been known to attack villages to drink this rice beer for which they have acquired a taste 11 12 European beer edit European style beer was introduced in India by the British By 1716 pale ale and Burton ale were being imported to India from England 4 To protect the beer from spoiling during the long journey it had to have high alcohol content and hops were added to it This led to the invention of India pale ale in about 1787 by Bow Brewery 13 14 In 1830 Edward Abraham Dyer father of Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer of Jallianwala Bagh massacre travelled to India and set up India s first brewery the Kasauli Brewery 15 16 17 18 19 20 It produced the beer brand Lion which is still available In 1835 5 6 7 the beer production at Kasauli brewery was moved to Solan Brewery at Solan in a swap when Kasauli Brewery started producing India s first single malt whisky the Solan No 1 In 1885 it was incorporated as Dyer Breweries Later more breweries were built across India Burma and Sri Lanka and added to it Later H G Meakin bought the Solan brewery and added some more It came to be known as Dyer Meakin amp Company 14 By the year 1882 there were 12 breweries in India in all including one in Rangoon 21 In the year 1892 4 831 127 gallons of beer were produced in India Out of this 2 748 365 gallons were purchased by commissariat and rest was left for consumption by the civilian population But British soldiers reportedly did not like local beer and preferred imported beer which they were able to acquire cheaply In 1967 the price was only 6 5 rupees 22 In 1937 Burma was separated from India and the company lost its Burmese assets 14 The company was restructured and renamed as Dyer Meakin Breweries It was listed on the London Stock Exchange 23 In 1949 N N Mohan acquired all the assets of Dyer Meakin Breweries and added a few more units In 1967 the company was renamed to Mohan Meakin Breweries 14 Modern edit 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 It was a joint venture between United Breweries UK based Scottish amp Newcastle and Ravi Jain 25 In 2000 SABMiller India entered Indian market by acquiring Narang Breweries 26 In June 2001 it acquired the Mysore Breweries 27 In 2003 SABMiller India acquired 50 stake in local Shaw Wallace s beer business 28 In November 2002 SABMiller India acquired Rochees Breweries In May 2005 SABMiller India acquired Shaw Wallace s beer assets for 600 crore 28 Also in 2005 Carlsberg entered India with its local venture South Asian Breweries Also in 2005 Singapore based Asia Pacific Breweries acquired a 76 shared the local Aurangabad Breweries 29 In late 2005 UK based Cobra Beer entered the Indian market by beginning negotiations with in December 30 31 In 2006 SABMiller India acquired Foster s Indian assets 32 In February 2006 Anheuser Busch Inbev the makers of Budweiser entered a partnership with Hyderabad based Crown Beers 29 33 Also in 2006 Ravi Jain divested his holdings in Millennium AlcoBev 34 In 2010 United Breweries consolidate its assets merging Millennium AlcoBev and other units back into itself 35 In 2011 United Breweries announced that they would produce the Heineken brand beer in India 36 In 2012 after India allowed foreign direct investment from Pakistan Murree Beer representatives stated that they were seeking to export their brand to India 37 The Rawalpindi based Murree Beer which was established in 1861 has been trying to enter the Indian market since 2003 38 Oktoberfest Goa a beer food and electronic music festival has been held every year since 2011 in Goa 39 The Competition Commission of India found United Breweries Limited UBL Anheuser Busch InBev India Ltd AB InBev and Carlsberg India Private Limited CIPL guilty of price fixing and imposed fines in September 2021 UBL and CIPL were fined 750 crore US 94 million and 120 crore US 15 million respectively while AB InBev was given a 100 benefit of reduction in penalty 40 41 Brands and breweries editThe largest selling India beer brand is Kingfisher Other major Indian brands are Hunter Kalyani Haywards Knock Out and Zingaro The largest brewery in India by market share is the Bangalore based United Breweries Other major breweries in India are Carlsberg SABMiller India B9 Beverages Bira 91 Som Distilleries and Breweries Ltd and Anheuser Busch Inbev 1 In 2013 United Breweries had a market share of 55 and SABMiller India had a share of 23 42 SABMiller India owns the Haywards brand KALS breweries owns Foster s Indian units 42 43 Although imported beer brands like Corona Singha Tsingtao Victoria Bitter Geist and Christoffel nl are available in India they are costly due to high import duties reaching up to 100 44 Carlsberg s Tuborg Booster Strong brand 8 ABV and Anheuser Busch Inbev s Budweiser Magnum 6 5 ABV are sold only in India United Breweries Kingfisher Strong 8 ABV is India s best selling brand 1 Some of the major beer brands in India by market share are Popular beer brands by market share 2014 45 Company Market share Beer brand Market share United Breweries 51 1 Kingfisher 41 2Kalyani Black Label 2 7UB Export 2Sandpiper 1 5Bullet Super Strong 1Zingaro 0 9London Pilsner 0 2SABMiller 25 6 Haywards 15Knockout 8 7Foster s 1 3Royal Challenge Premium Lager 0 6Carlsberg 7 6 Okocim 5 1Tuborg 1 3Carlsberg 1 2Mohan Meakin 3 1 Golden Eagle 1 7Black Knight 1 1Vorion 0 2Anheuser Busch 2 1 Budweiser 2Molson Coors 0 2 Cobra 0 2 Craft beer edit Modern craft beer came relatively late to India The first Indian brewpubs opened in Pune Doolally and Gurgaon Ahirwal Howzat in 2009 Also around the same time India s first bottled craft beers were launched by the Martin Judd s brewery in Maharashtra and Australian owned Little Devils in Ghaziabad While the bottling ventures proved short lived and closed down within a years time brewpubs have since become a successful format and common sight especially in India s large cities In 2019 India counts more than 200 brewpubs of which about 60 each are located in Bangalore and Gurgaon respectively Bottled Indian craft beer became available again after a long break in 2016 when the White Rhino brewery opened in Gwalior and soon after started selling their beers in Haryana and Delhi Since then new packaging craft breweries have opened in Bangalore and Goa Due to restrictive Indian liquor manufacturing laws some entrepreneurs have chosen to manufacture their beer outside of India Among them was Bira91 an Indian witbier brand which became extremely popular across the country and has since shifted its production back to India Sales and consumption editIn 2014 15 financial year the beer market in India grew by 6 to 22 3 million hectolitres or to 286 million cases On the one hand this rate is twice faster as compared to the 2013 14 year on the other hand it is half than the average rate over the preceding decade 46 The per capita consumption of beer is 1 6 litres 42 Due to the increase in disposable income and discerning consumers the potential is high The industry has been growing over the last few years and this growth is attributed to the growing middle class 1 The increased consumption has raised the price of barley in India 47 Indians prefer stronger alcoholic drinks like whiskey over beer because it is cheaper and has a higher alcohol content Indians mostly consume stronger brews Strong beer with alcohol content in the 5 8 range accounted for 83 of the total beer sales in 2012 Beer accounts for only 5 of the total alcohol consumed 1 The low consumption is attributed to high cost availability and stringent regulations Karnataka and Kerala are the only two state in India which has a lower tax rate for beer compared to other alcoholic beverages Maharashtra has the highest tax on alcohol at 43 The latest entrant into the Indian market is the Bira 91 brand with its headquarters in Delhi making a steady rise in the beer market 42 48 Domestic market beer is packaged in 650 ml bottles and come in cases of 6 Export market beer come in 330 ml Standard European or 625 ml 22 imp oz bottles They come in mild 4 to 5 ABV and strong 6 to 8 ABV lagers See also edit nbsp Beer portal nbsp Drink portal nbsp India portalBeer related Beer and breweries by region Sura Kasauli Brewery Solan brewery Lion beer Asia s first beer brand Other India alcohol related Alcoholic Indian beverages Alcohol laws of India Alcohol prohibition in India Dry Days in India Desi daru Indian made foreign liquor Indian whisky Scotch whiskyReferences edit a b c d e Stronger is better brewers tap India thirst for potent beer Reuters 24 September 2013 Archived from the original on 28 September 2013 Retrieved 7 October 2013 a b Abraham Eraly 23 January 2002 Gem in the Lotus Penguin Books Limited p 165 ISBN 978 93 5118 014 2 a b Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri Sucheta Sen Chaudhuri 2005 Primitive Tribes in Contemporary India Concept Ethnography and Demography Mittal Publications p 57 ISBN 978 81 8324 026 0 a b Pete Brown 11 August 2011 Chapter 17 Hodgson s India Ale Hops and Glory One man s search for the beer that built the British Empire Pan Macmillan p 57 ISBN 978 0 230 74047 1 Retrieved 8 October 2013 a b Himachal Pradesh Solan Government of Himachal Pradesh Archived from the original on 10 December 2012 Retrieved 8 October 2013 a b https www livemint com Leisure PiKqdbm2wPGiQnCisfynmK 1800s Solan No 1 The accidental legacy html The Mint 13 Aug 2012 a b Damodaran Harish 25 June 2008 India s New Capitalists Caste Business and Industry in a Modern Nation Springer p 63 ISBN 9780230594128 Amitava Dasgupta Loralie J Langman 2012 Pharmacogenomics of Alcohol and Drugs of Abuse CRC Press p 13 ISBN 978 1 4398 5611 6 Retrieved 8 October 2013 a b Om Prakash 1 January 2005 Cultural History of India New Age International p 503 ISBN 978 81 224 1587 2 Retrieved 8 October 2013 Rabindra Nath Pati Jagannatha Dash 2002 Tribal and Indigenous People of India Problems and Prospects APH Publishing p 123 ISBN 978 81 7648 322 3 Beer swilling elephants terrorize Indian villages The Seattle Times 14 November 2004 Archived from the original on 16 October 2013 Retrieved 8 October 2013 India elephant rampage BBC News 24 December 1998 Retrieved 8 October 2013 Global Histories Imperial Commodities Local Interactions Palgrave Macmillan 12 July 2013 p 40 ISBN 978 1 137 28360 3 Retrieved 8 October 2013 a b c d Spirits still soar at Asia s oldest brewery The Economic Times 13 August 2013 Retrieved 8 October 2013 Colvin Ian Duncan 1 January 1929 The life of General Dyer Edinburgh London W Blackwood amp Sons Ltd OCLC 1335678 Colvin Ian Duncan 1 January 2006 The Life of General Dyer Unistar Books Collett Nigel 15 October 2006 The Butcher of Amritsar General Reginald Dyer A amp C Black ISBN 9781852855758 Saikia Arunabh 23 April 2016 How Old Monk went from India s star to another has been Mint on Sunday Retrieved 30 January 2017 Reginald Edward Dyer 1864 1927 Ancestry www ancestry com Retrieved 30 January 2017 Reginald Edward Harry Dyer the Butcher of Amritsar Lawrence 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