Guwahati: The Assam government is all set to allow the online sale, purchase, and home delivery of liquor in Guwahati on a trial basis. The Assam Cabinet decided to allow online sale and purchase and home delivery of liquor within the Guwahati Municipal Corporation area as an experiment for a month. The order states- Whereas…
Alcohol delivery emerged as the next big thing in India’s e-commerce scene amid the Covid pandemic. A lot of e-commerce players, including BigBasket and Amazon, acquired licences for delivering alcohol in a few states, while food aggregators Swiggy and Zomato too offered alcohol delivery services in limited regions. The home delivery and e-com model, however,…
[ad_1] Chandigarh: To streamline the working of liquor-manufacturing units, the Punjab excise department has roped in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar, for carrying out a structural audit of the layouts and technical audit of the mass flow meters (MFM) installed in these units. An official said the department had collaborated with an independent agency…
Calls for more liquor outlets that sell legal products Says short-term goal should be to eliminate illegal liquor And long-term goal to reduce per capita consumption of liquor The new CEO at Lion Brewery Ceylon PLC recently urged the need for drastic policy changes over consumption-killing taxes and the other restraints that prevent the legal…
Americano Originally served in the 1860s at Gaspare Campari’s bar in Milan, Italy, the Americano combines Campari and sweet vermouth in equal parts with a splash of sparkling water. Fun fact about this drink: It’s the first cocktail James Bond orders in 1953’s “Casino Royale” (the book) proving that 007 didn’t only sip martinis, shaken,…
Illustration: Ramandeep Kaur According to legend, a rum-loving British monk would be seen lurking around the rum barrels belonging to the company Mohan Meakin in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh. He would apparently taste the rum in its ripening season, and hang out with the master craftsmen. Over time, the monk became a bit of a rum…
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As per Parimal Suklabaidya, the government licensed about 360 liquor “ON SHOP” (Bars) since 2016, while no liquor licences have been issued to “OFF SHOP” (Wine Shops) since 2001. GUWAHATI: During the current state assembly’s question hour, Assam Excise Minister Parimal Suklabaidya stated that the government has given about 360 liquor licences to “ON SHOP”…
Wine culture is nascent but slowly catching on in India, historically, known for its hard liquor drinkers. Modern day wine production was pioneered by the now defunct Champagne Indage with French collaboration in the 1980’s to produce and export sparkling wine Omar Khayyam but varietals were introduced by Grover and Sula in the mid-late 1990’s….
On a cold morning in the early winter of 2019, Shekhar Chauhan reached his small sugarcane farm to start a regular work day, only to find it flooded. The boundary of a nearby drain had broken and water spilled into the farms in the Muzaffarnagar district of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. A…