Wave Distilleries opens brewery for premium Carlsberg beers

Wave Distilleries and Breweries has set up a greenfield brewery in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, which will be used to make two premium brands of Carlsberg -- Green and Elephant.

The brewery has been established in association with Mohan Gold Water Breweries Ltd, Rajiv Gupta, Wave Group spokesperson said on Tuesday. “We are glad to set up this unit, which will be an exclusive, 100 <g data-gr-id="17">per cent</g> beer brewing plant for Carlsberg. The unit is set up as per the global standards. We are committed with <g data-gr-id="23">expansion</g> of brewery business and we are on an accelerated growth trajectory,” he added.

The plant at Unnao, spread across 12 acres, will be a brewery unit with global standards using modern ways of making beer and equipped with best of <g data-gr-id="21">machineries</g>. The brewery will be the third largest in India with the capacity to brew 0.7 million HLPA (Hectolitre per annum) of beer, 750,000 cases (650 ml) per month and 15,000 bottles per hour through its state-of-the-art, fully automated bottling and canning unit, Gupta said. Carlsberg lager premium beer under the brand name of Carlsberg ‘Green’ and ‘Elephant’ will be produced here and position it as premium beer with <g data-gr-id="19">international</g> look and feel.