Year: 2024

• Wine & Spirits

Glenfiddich has teamed up with the Aston Martin Formula 1 Team for a unique collaboration, celebrating their shared commitment to excellence and innovation

Aabkari Times Team November 22, 2024

As part of this partnership, Glenfiddich is releasing a special 65-year-old single malt whisky, which was originally...

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• Whisky & Premium Spirits

Johnson Reserve, a whisky maker known for its expertise in maturation, has set a new world record for the whisky with the greatest variety of flavours

Aabkari Times Team November 22, 2024

The record was awarded by Guinness World Records for their whisky Ascension, which was aged in 33...

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• Whisky & Premium Spirits

Indian spirits company Piccadily Agro is planning to set up a distillery in Scotland

Aabkari Times Team November 22, 2024

Piccadily Agro Industries (PAIL), known for making Indri single malt whisky and Camikara rum, is planning several...

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• Liquor Industry Updates

SOM Distilleries and Breweries Ltd has reported a 27% increase in its total income for the first half of the financial year 2025

Aabkari Times Team November 21, 2024

This positive growth highlights the company’s strong performance during the period.     SOM Distilleries and Breweries Ltd...

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• Company News

Sanjay Dutt’s liquor brand, The Glenwalk, has sold 600,000 bottles in the first seven months of the financial year 2025

Aabkari Times Team November 21, 2024

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt’s premium Scotch whisky brand, The Glenwalk, has hit a major milestone by selling...

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• Alco-Bev Industry News

The government is planning to introduce a new system in the coming months that will use QR codes to track liquor bottles

Aabkari Times Team November 21, 2024

The Meghalaya government is set to introduce a QR code-based tracking system for every bottle of Indian...

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• Government & Regulation

The freeze on beer prices in Telangana is putting local breweries in a tough situation

Aabkari Times Team November 21, 2024

The Brewers Association of India (BAI) has urged the Telangana government to either approve an immediate price...

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• Company News

Liquor sellers in Karnataka have decided to call off their planned strike for November 20 after meeting with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah

Aabkari Times Team November 20, 2024

The strike was initially planned to protest alleged corruption within the Excise Department and to address various...

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• Whisky & Premium Spirits

New Indian single malt whiskies are proving to be strong competitors to traditional Scotch whiskies

Aabkari Times Team November 20, 2024

Indian single malt whiskies are gaining significant popularity, moving from being relatively unknown to winning international awards....

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• Liquor Industry Updates

Proost Beer, an Indian craft beer brand, has raised INR 30 crore (about $3.5 million) in its ongoing Series A funding round

Aabkari Times Team November 20, 2024

The round was co-led by Chimes Group and Srinavasan Namala, CEO of Porus Laboratories, with additional investments...

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