Kingfisher Beer setting up unit in Patna
United Breweries (UB), the pioneer Beer maker in India, producing Kingfisher Beer and having nearly half of India’s beer market, is setting up a new unit near Bihar capital Patna. Construction on the new unit has already started.
United Breweries is also setting up a production unit to make litchi-flavoured wine. The company has leased litchi gardens and is setting up processing units in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar.
Almost 70 percent of litchis produced in India come from Muzaffarpur and neighbouring districts. Litchi is a sweet, pulpy and juicy fruit. The most popular variety of the fruit called Shahi Litchi is largely grown in the Muzaffarpur area.
The company plans to produce litchi-flavoured wine by mixing pulpy extracts of the fruit with various types of spirits.
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