New Delhi, Sept. 14 -- India beer market,

beer premiumization,

premium beer India,

beer sales India,

beer market growth,

Brewers Association of India,

United Breweries,

AB InBev India,

beer vs spirits,

Indian alcohol market,

United Breweries Ltd,

premiumization,

Anheuser-Busch InBev,

Budweiser,

super-premium brands,

strong beers,

Kati Patang :

Beer is closing in on spirits in India, but brewers are increasingly looking to premium and super-premium brands to drive their next phase of growth as drinkers trade up.

Beer volumes grew at about 12% annually between 2021 and 2025, more than twice the pace of spirits, narrowing the volume gap between the two categories from 9.15 million hectolitres to 1.25 million hectolitres, ac...