When the Bubble Burst: New homegrown liquor brands adapt to new normal
Express News Service It’s 2019, and the Indian liquor industry has never seen better days. Across the sub-continent, new homegrown alcohol brands are being brewed, distilled, and beyond, by a new generation of Indian vintners, brewers, and distillers. Meanwhile, something else is brewing in a foreign land, where in a sniffle becomes a sneeze that becomes a pandemic, and suddenly all these brave new brands, relying on a burgeoning Indian economy, and an increasing millennial demographic with disposable income, have been gutted. "Everything changed overnight," muses Rohan Khare, founder of Ba...