An alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol, commonly known as alcohol. Alcoholic beverages are divided into three general classes: beers, wines and spirits. Today, Indian beer is brewed at various places in the country and is mainly top-fermented. Indian rums have developed a reputation for smoothness and flavors. The demand for India’s Alcoholic Beverages products like Beer Made from Malt in India is increasing due to increasing income level.
Wines, including white wine and other grape-based alcoholic beverages, Brandy, Whiskies, Rum, gin and other Gin, etc. have increased in the global market. India is the third-largest market for alcoholic beverages in the world. There are 12 joint venture companies having a licensed capacity of 33,919 kilo-liters p.a. to produce grain-based alcoholic beverages. Around 56 units are manufacturing beer under license from the Government of India. The two segments in the liquor segments, country liquor and Indian Made Foreign Liquor, both cater to different sections of society. Low-income groups consume in rural areas and the former, while the middle and high-income groups consume the latter. Maharashtra has emerged as an important state for the manufacture of wines. There are 46 wineries in India out of which 43 are in Maharashtra, and around 1,500 acres of grapes are under cultivation for wine production in the state. The Maharashtra Government has declared the wine-making business as a small-scale industry and has also offered excise concessions.