The production of alcohol is based upon fermentation, the natural process of decomposition of organic materials containing carbohydrates. It occurs in nature whenever the two necessary ingredients, carbohydrate and yeast, are available. Yeast is a vegetative microorganism that lives and multiplies in media containing carbohydrates. Distilled spirits are all alcoholic beverages in which the concentration of ethyl alcohol has been increased above that of the original fermented mixture by a method called distillation. Drinking alcohol or grain alcohol, is a flammable, colorless, mildly toxic chemical compound, and is best known as the alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. In common usage, it is often referred to simply as alcohol. Blending is another method of obtaining a balanced product with precise flavour characteristics. Blended products are composed of one or more highly flavoured components, a high-proof component with a low congener content, a colour adjustment ingredient, and perhaps an additional flavouring material. Distilled spirits react upon exposure to many substances, extracting materials from the container that tend to destroy the liquor aroma and flavour. For this reason, glass, being nonreactive, has been the universal container for packaging alcoholic liquors. The Indian market for alcohol — mostly spirits and beer, as well as wine — totaled $14 billion last year, and was one of the fastest-growing alcohol markets in the world. Imports account for only a tiny fraction of that, but with India booming while demand elsewhere stalls, no international beverage company can afford to ignore it. Over the next five years, the Indian market for alcohol is projected to grow at 10% a year — more than in China, the U.S. and Europe combined, according to an estimate by KPMG India. "You've got a sizable population, a growing middle class, a growing economy," says Nigel Fairbrass, a spokesman for SAB Miller, one of the world's largest brewers. "All of that is driving increasing consumption of alcohol products." Few Indian Major Players are as under:- Allied Blenders & Distillers Pvt. Ltd. Amar Alcoholi Ltd. Amber Distilleries Ltd. Amrut Distilleries Ltd. Associated Alcohols & Breweries Ltd. B D A Breweries & Distilleries Ltd. B D A Pvt. Ltd. Bacardi India Pvt. Ltd. Balaji Distilleries Ltd. Balbir Distilleries Ltd. Baramati Grape Inds. Ltd. Beam Global Spirits & Wine (India) Pvt. Ltd. Central Distillery & Breweries Ltd. Dhampur Sugar Distillery Pvt. Ltd. Empee Distilleries Ltd. Glasgow Distilleries Ltd. Globus Spirits Ltd. Hyderabad Distilleries & Wineries Ltd. Interlink Exports Ltd. Jagatjit Industries Ltd. John Distilleries Pvt. Ltd. Jubilant Industries Ltd. Jubilee Beverages Ltd. Kedia Distilleries Ltd. Khoday India Ltd.Mcdowell & Co. Ltd. Mehra Beerages Ltd. Mohan Breweries & Distilleries Ltd.