IF YOU GO to a bar (or, better, when you can go back to a bar) and order a glass of arrack, you will have no real idea of what is in your drink. I don’t mean because the bar might be refilling ...

While the state government is firm on implementing a complete ban on liquor, the prohibition and excise officials are facing a tough challenge trying to rein in arrack production. Recent raids by the ...

Sailors used to hit town and basically just—to use the modern vernacular—freak the fuck out. After months of stinking water and half-rotten salted beef and weevil-infested sea-biscuit (“bargemen,” ...

I’ll come right out and admit that I still haven’t fully wrapped my head around Batavia Arrack. I’ve been trying for a few weeks, and its essential character still eludes me. One night, a sip of the ...

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Are bottles sexy? It would appear so, for the Karnataka govt is planning to chuck the system of selling arrack in sachets and revert to bottles. BANGALORE: Are bottles sexy? It would appear so, for ...

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that the ban on arrack did not help curb alcoholism but it affected the livelihoods of those who were in the business. Speaking at a convention organised by ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 23 : Even as death of a large number of tribal children due to "malnutrition" in Kerala continues to be hotly debated, Culture Minister K C Joseph today courted controversy ...

BANGALORE: The State Government which is trying to promote Neera as a health drink is facing resistance from arrack sellers. "For the last 10 years, the arrack lobby in the state has actively been ...