NÄO Spirits
| Formed: | 2017 |
| NÄO Spirits & Beverages Pvt Ltd 16-D, Community Center, Basant Lok, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110057 India | |
| +91-1141730047 | |
| https://www.naospirits.com | |
| hello@naospirits.com |
In 2015, the world was going through a “Ginaissance” 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.
NÄO Spirits brands
Smooth and Earthy
Hapusa Himalayan Dry Gin
Distilled in India with foraged Himalayan Juniper and locally sourced botanicals, Hapusa is a gin that is uniquely Indian. In Sanskrit, Juniper is called ‘Hapusa’, and it is this which Read more
Smooth and Citrus
Greater Than Gin
The first London dry gin made in India. Copper pot distilled with botanicals sourced from India and around the world. This gin has clean juniper and fresh lemon peel on Read more
Bold and Woody
Broken Bat Gin
Broken Bat is a limited edition version of Greater Than Gin. It is the distillery's version of cask-aged Gin. Their classic gin has been aged with toasted Kashmir Willow sourced Read more
No Sleep Greater Than Gin
The team at NAO Spirits love Gin – this we know. So much so that they made their own. What you didn’t know is that they also love Coffee. So Read more
Further information
NÄO Spirits Distillery
Hidden away in the back corner of a massive bottling facility lies a tiny shed which the team at NAO lovingly call their distillery. What started off as a location to make sure their small guys stayed out of the way of the “real work”, has quickly turned into the place people hang around outside of, trying to get a Read more
Anand Virmani, NÄO Spirits
Gin & tonic was the creation of the British in India. It was introduced as a way of making quinine – used to combat malaria – taste less bitter. But the Indian spirits market has always been dominated by whisky and rum. Is that about to change? We caught up with the Guild’s first member from India, Anand Virmani, who Read more
News featuring NÄO Spirits
Diageo acquires NÄO Spirits, maker of Greater Than and Hapusa
Diageo India (United Spirits Limited), today announced taking a majority controlling stake in NAO Spirits at an Enterprise Value of 130 Cr. (15.2 million USD), resulting in NAO Spirits becoming a subsidiary of the Company. Launched in 2017 by Anand Read more
NÄO Spirits & the Gin Guild create Jay Dhawan scholarship
Nao Spirits, in association with the Gin Guild, announces the Jay Dhawan Scholarship, a full scholarship for one student every year from the Indian F&B sector to pursue an MSc in Brewing and Distilling at Heriot Watt University in the Read more