Indian spirits group to build distillery in Scotland

HMRC has approved plans made by Piccadily Agro Industries, the maker of Indri single malt Indian whisky, to build a new distillery site in Scotland.

Delhi-based spirits producer Piccadily Industries has announced plans to expand its production into Scotland with a new distillery.

The company produces Indri single malt Indian whisky and Camikara rum, made with 100% cane juice. Piccadily Industries now plans to invest a total of INR10 billion (£93m) in projects in both India and Scotland to meet “growing demand” for its two brands.

Its Scotland site will span 58 acres (23.5ha) in Portavadie on the Western coast of Scotland, according to Just Drinks. Piccadily has secured approval from HMRC, the publicly-listed company said in a stock exchange filing.

Piccadily Industries called its Scottish expansion an “industry-first for any Indian alco-bev company”. The distillery, it added, “positions Piccadily as a prominent player among Indian distillers on the global stage, producing exceptional Scotch-style malts and reinforcing India’s growing influence in the premium whisky industry”.

The business currently has three distilleries, all based in India. Production of its Indri single malt takes place at Piccadily’s site in Haryana in the north of India.

The company is planning to expand production at its Indri distillery and build a new plant further south in Chhattisgarh. Piccadily remains the largest independent manufacturer and seller of malt spirits in India.

According to its website, the company is also in the process of expanding its warehousing and coopering operations, adding 12 new warehouses and 60,000 barrels in total. This will bring total capacity to 100,000 barrels. Its current production capacity is 12,000 litres of malt spirit daily and four million litres annually.

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