Diageo’s production unit in Alwar, Rajasthan, can store around 9,000 bourbon casks, each of which holds 200 liters. 

Diageo’s production unit in Alwar, Rajasthan, can store around 9,000 bourbon casks, each of which holds 200 liters. 

Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg

Whiskey Is Flowing in India. Cashing In Is the Hard Part

With alcohol sales falling in the US and China, Diageo and Pernod Ricard are looking to the subcontinent for a new generation of drinkers.

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In a bar in New Delhi, brother and sister Akshat and Shubhi Soni catch up with their cousin Yash. The three order the “Longest Long Island Iced Tea” — a mixture of four different spirits, triple sec and juice mixed in a skinny beaker.