In 2015, the world was going through a “Gin-aissance” and yet, two bar owners in Delhi who waited expectantly for the tsunami of Gin brands were left high and dry. The country where Gin & Tonic was invented and where exotic gin botanicals are found in most home kitchens was still in the dark ages of Gin. If they wanted Gin, they were going to have to make it themselves.
They stepped out from behind the bar, got themselves a copper pot still and experimented with every spice, herb and fruit they could find. They found a lot, they distilled a lot, they tasted a lot and they fell down a lot. With a little bit of luck and a lot of help, they found two recipes they loved enough to not just want to serve at their own bar but to take to the rest of the country and the world.
Nao Spirits, India’s first Craft Gin producer and the distillers behind Greater Than London Dry Gin and Hapusa Himalayan Dry Gin, has been nominated for the 2021 International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC) International Gin Producer of the Year trophy - nothing short of the Os... (more)
Hapusa, the Himalayan dry gin from Nao Spirits, recently bagged a Gold medal at the most prestigious global wine & spirits awards - The International Wines & Spirits Competition 2021. Having only recently completed three years since launch, Hapusa has grown rapidly within India and bey... (more)
NAO Spirits, the trailblazers of Indian craft-gin space and the makers of Greater Than and Hapusa, launched their first limited-release gin - The Juniper Bomb in Maharashtra and Karnataka. The brand celebrated three years of being India’s first craft gin, Greater Than by introducing this new ... (more)
