Pakistan has 2 large Breweries,for those who arte not aware of it…
Beach Brewery (Pvt.) Limited
Beach Brewery (Pvt.) Limited is licensed to manufacture alcoholic beverages at Karachi. The factory is producing various types of Whisky, Vodka and Gin. Canned Beer, Red and White Table Wine will be produced under its own label. With 20 Million minorities in Pakistan as its clientele and with only two competitors, this company has a tremendous potential and produces quality products.This company is owned by Avari group of Companies.
Murree Brewery
The Murree Brewery at Ghora Galli was among the first modern beer breweries established in Asia in 1861. Murree Beer proved to be very popular among the British troopers who were largely barracked in the ‘Galis’ of these hills.The Murree Brewery is one of the oldest public companies of the sub-continent. Its shares were traded on the Calcutta Stock Exchange as early as 1902, and is now the oldest continuing industrial enterprise of Pakistan.
In 1997-1998 and 1998-1999, it was judged among the top 25 performing public companies by the Karachi Stock Exchange.Murree Brewery produced a revenue of 5.6 million $ in the year 2003.Their beer is popular with U.K. expats, through slogans like “Have curry with Murree.” The brewery also has an eight-year-old malt whisky that is getting excellent reviews. And, a black market has developed in Pakistan for the brewery’s products through Christian and Hindu permit-holders who double the price to errant Muslims who order from these “distributors” via cell phones for door-to-door delivery.
I have no Idea,but there must be many other local rural “Desi Alcohol” & “Bhung” Karkhanas/Factories in Pakistan.
I see the Murre brewery every time I go to PK. Let me warn you though non alcaholic beer is nasty, stay away from that stuff. It should be as haraam as regular beer
Currently, the firm my dad works for, is in a process of installing a huge distillery near Lahore. It will convert molasses or residual contents of sugar mills into liquor - apparently for "export" purposes. Under the current government, you are free to produce alcoholic beverages as long as they are for the designated consumers, or for export.
^Yeah i know that...currently Molasses is wasted in Pakistan...That can be used to made licorice...i have heard that it would be first exported to Dubai & then to the rest of the world....Pakistan has about 50 Sugar Factories that can add considerably to the revenue from Molasses distillations..Abdullah does your dad work in a Sugar Factory???Yes license is given to the desired consumers...but majority"chatkhoray" are more interested in it...I wonder Mullah hazrat under MMA has no eye on these breweries...
Well, the molasses has a huge export potential, and hardly any of it is ever wasted after the crushing season. I am against the idea of producing liquor for any purpose, period. But, my dad is neither the financier, nor the stake holder in this venture. He is just managing the project for someone else.
My dad is with a engineering firm which actually manufactures components for heavy engineering factories, such as sugar mills, cement and power plants.
^Well it is almost always wasted...look at the big pans outside the sugar factories...& you would get the smell of the rotten Molasses from miles...Although it is sometimes used to make some cheap spirit...It's been thrown & wasted in the past,as Pakistan has no infrastructure for the distillations(i don't know what happens now) after the 'Bagaas' is taken out...that is used for chip board making....
I am not sure if there are pans that are actually left 'filled', perhaps it is something that 'used' to happen, not anymore. From what I have been told, and I am talking about this year, that now they usually have a hard time keeping up with the demand of raw molasses in the global market. But, then again, I had only experienced this first hand at one sugar mill. There maybe different scenarios for other mills at different geographical locations..
^Well i have been to many...just to add...& it was 'never' something
'else' .....Yes its is left because it had no usage....or it is dumped in other areas...Molasses potential has never been realized until recent past...in Pakistan....
What currently Sugar Mills do is that they have pits or deep pans in which they presently store the molasses,without any coverage or steel tanks etc ...the usual norm....What is currently happening to Molasses is that 50% of it is directly picked up by the Indian Distillers,while the rest is distilled & then exported mainly to EU...another hub for distillation in near future is Dubai.
If it's adding to the revenue...then definitely it is....Exporting Distilled Molasses is more benificial then exporting the raw....Besides Indian Market is already competing in the Cotton/Textile Industry with Pakistan & Pakistan must find alternate source of revenues then just a meger dependance on Textiles...
Coming back to breweries...I guess these 2 are going to survive...& i also think that Pakistani society is quite dichotomous....Murree Brewery is working right under MMA's nose in NWFP...But i can assure you they would never be able to touch it...as they are getting revenue rights for it being in NWFP...
^ well, as it's not a matter of revenues only for the NWFP. As long as you have corrupt army government in place, they would be happy to lend a hand in the protection of brewries, since they happen to be one of the single largest consumer group of alcohol in the country.
Your comparitive analysis of export potentials based on molasses in an abridged one, because it only accounts for few million dollars if not more.
Our focus shouldn't be to compete with India, because there's just no comparison from any dimension. And I do agree that we should diversify our exports potential, and move away from textiles, but we need to have added focus towards job training and higher literacy. We are not a country which is rich in high-valued mineral resources. Only way we can move forward is through strengthening our industrial and services sectors.
^Well you know how the Textile Industry is getting out of the current Qouta system on Januray 1st & how right now Pakistani Industry is facing a huge challenge in front of India in the Free Market....the most serious of the Pakistani competitosr in the free market right now....Pakistan would be facing all the global textile marketeers pretty soon...Although most Global retailers including Wal-Mart , Target , Federated Stores , JC Penney etc are ordering ahead of the abolition of quotas on Jan. 1,but then too it is compared to the salt in the flour...
Regarding Molasses exports....Molasses is being widely used for making alcohol and animal feed, besides other industrial and edible goods. Pakistan can become the largest exporter of molasses in the world and can meet about 70 per cent of the EU demand by Pakistani exports.According to an estimate Pakistan can gain a revenue of about 60-100 Million $ by just exporting it to EU...& it is a lot for a country like Pakistan...
You are right Military has a back on many things that happen in Pakistan...
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