Liquor Price in Maharashtra

Beer was notably spared from Maharashtra's major 2025 excise duty hike, which focused on IMFL and country liquor. Reported starting prices for beer run from around Rs 110 for a ... 180ml-equivalent budget option upward, with premium and imported beers priced well above that.

Brandy in Maharashtra is taxed under the same specific-duty, per-litre-of-alcohol model as whisky and rum, so it was affected by the 2025 IMFL duty increase. Reported price ranges for brandy ... in the state run from roughly Rs 350 at the budget end upward, depending on brand and ageing.

Gin has moved well beyond the basic London Dry style that used to dominate Indian shelves, and Maharashtra now carries a growing mix of classic and craft options. Contemporary Indian ... craft gins, often built around local botanicals, generally sit in the mid to premium band, above standard London Dry but below most imported labels, and pricing here is also shaped by a specific duty structure that taxes per litre of pure alcohol rather than as a percentage of price, pushing the effective tax burden to around 71 percent. Imported gins, particularly well known international brands, carry the steepest prices because of added import duty. If you're new to the category, standard London Dry gin remains the most affordable entry point before stepping up to flavoured or craft options.

Rum spans a wide range in Maharashtra, from inexpensive everyday brands starting around Rs 300 for a 180ml bottle to premium and spiced rums well above that. As part of ... the IMFL category, standard rum brands were affected by the 2025 excise duty hike, which raised the minimum retail price for a 180ml IMFL bottle to Rs 205, up from roughly Rs 110-115 previously.

Tequila remains a smaller, largely imported category in Maharashtra, and pricing reflects that: almost every bottle on the shelf carries import duty on top of the manufacturer's price, which is ... why even entry-level blanco tequila usually costs more than a comparable domestic whisky or rum. Reposado and añejo variants, aged in oak barrels, sit further up the price ladder than blanco because of the longer ageing process, and where a bottle lands within that range is also influenced by a specific duty structure that taxes per litre of pure alcohol rather than as a percentage of price, pushing the effective tax burden to around 71 percent. Demand has grown steadily among younger, urban drinkers in recent years, though selection is still concentrated in bigger cities and premium retail outlets.

Vodka in Maharashtra, including flavoured variants, generally starts around Rs 400 for a 180ml bottle at the budget end, rising well above Rs 1,000 for premium and imported labels. As ... an IMFL category, vodka pricing was affected by the 2025 duty revision alongside whisky, rum, and brandy.

Whisky is Maharashtra's largest liquor category, and it was also the category most affected by the mid-2025 excise duty overhaul, which raised the duty on IMFL from three times to ... 4.5 times the declared manufacturing cost. Premium and imported whisky brands, including well-known Scotch labels, saw some of the sharpest increases -- industry estimates suggested minimum prices for premium foreign brands could rise by as much as 70 percent under the new structure.

Wine, like beer, was explicitly exempted from Maharashtra's 2025 excise duty hike -- a decision that gave a notable boost to Maharashtra-based wine producers, since the state is home to ... a significant share of India's domestic wine industry, particularly around Nashik.