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Dubai to reinstate liquor tax from next month

Spiritz

Dubai will reintroduce the 30 percent liquor sales tax starting January 1, 2025. In January 2023, Dubai had suspended the tax and eliminated the fee for personal liquor licence in order to enhance the city's appeal to expatriates, tourists, and international businesses amidst competition from neighbouring Gulf cities.

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Review: Bulleit Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon (2025)

Drinkhacker

law in 1897, the bottled-in-bond act is still a relevant and, to spirits aficionados, familiar signal of quality in American liquor. This 2025 version carries a suggested retail price of $55. Established by U.S. In a world of sourced whiskey and non-distilling producers (nothing wrong with that, to be clear!), 100 proof.

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Kavalan Launches First Age Statement Whisky

The Whiskey Wash

Credit: Kavalan Kavalan Distillery , Taiwan’s pioneering whisky maker, is launching its first-ever age-statement expression in 2025. Kavalan 15 Year Old Single Malt Whisky 2025 Edition The Kavalan 15 Years Old Single Malt Whisky 2025 Edition marks a significant evolution for the award-winning distillery.

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We Asked 12 Bartenders: What’s the Most Overrated Whiskey? (2025)

VinePair

I am perfectly happy to walk right by that glass case in the liquor store and walk right over to the craft whiskey shelf.” 2025) appeared first on VinePair. I’ve found that smaller craft whiskeys meet that [price point] challenge and can stand up to those expensive whiskeys in a blind tasting.

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UP government's initiative to make Mahakumbh-2025 liquor free

Spiritz

UP’s Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has declared that the sale of meat and liquor would be prohibited within the traditional boundaries of Prayagraj, during the Mahakumbh-2025.

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Beer & wine will be pouring in UP without full bar licence

Spiritz

According to the new UP excise policy for 2025-26, low-alcohol bars — which serve only beer and wine — will pop up in Noida, Ghaziabad, Agra and Lucknow. “The threshold for composite shops will not exceed the total number of beer shops and foreign liquor shops. This will be applicable in each district.

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Uttarakhand allows bottling of foreign liquor

Spiritz

The Uttarakhand government has for the first time permitted bottling of foreign liquor in the state under its new excise policy for the fiscal 2024-25. In the new fiscal, Uttarakhand has proposed to establish itself as a hub for the production of world class aromatic liquor, wines/malts like Scotland and Italy, etc.

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