Project Report on Bottling Plant (Country Liquor) [Eiri-1233]

The history of distilling potable spirit is for shorter than that of making non - distilled alcoholic beverages. There are nevertheless several very early references which can be taken to indicate that a potable spirit (like country liquor) was known many thousands of years ago. The earliest regarding excessive consumption of potable distilled spirit, i.e. country liquor and other products, appear to have come from China, some 1000 years B.C. Aristotle later mentions purifying sea water by evaporation and also "wine which produces a spirit". For centuries the art of distilling remained firmly in the hands of alchemists. Herbs had long been thought to cure various maladies, agriurduly for Jaundice, fox glore, for blisters and it would seem that the alchemists argued that, if the juice of one of these herbs could be, say, quadrupled in strength, then the efficiency of  cure would be multiplied four fold. The alchemists were responsible for many improvements in the art of distilling. An Overview of the Indian Liquor Industry. The  alcohol industry is very important for the government. It generates an estimated Rs. 16,000 crore per annum in spite of the fact that the per capita consumption of liquor in India is the lowest in the world. The total liquor industry is worth Rs. 2,000 crore. IMFL accounts for only a third of the total liquor consumption in India. Most IMFLs are cheap and are priced below Rs. 200 per bottle. Alcohol  sales proceeds account for 45% of the total revenue collection in  the country.