Cosmopolitan IT city Bengaluru, also called the Pub City, is bringing a new organic beer called Ragi Beer which is a new fad that is taking the binge to a new height. Bengaluru which has many microbreweries to boost
brimming beer culture are now brewing native beer variety to attract new crop of tipplers or beer guzzlers to taste these new ale.
These microbreweries, the pitshop for young and old in Bengaluru have variety of fresh beer using many grains and fruits which include Basmati rice, wheat, mango jack fruit beer. Fresh, smooth and not too bitter.
This range of native beer is creating a new crop of tipplers who relish it on their way to a high. Bengaluru being one of the highest beer guzzlers in the country, microbreweries in the city are experimenting variety of local and native fruits and grains to brew beer as their favourite drink.
The new fad in the growing pub culture is the organic Ragi Beer which is taking tipplers to a new height but without adding to their tummy which beer guzzler fear of. ‘Cheers to Ragi Beer’ is the new mantra the tipplers are saying.
Many curious takers are opting for the freshly brewed drink from Ragi as breweries are experimenting with several locally grown fruits, spices and veggies. The local twist in brewing Ragi beer is a new taste to the beer connoisseurs.
Ragi or finger millet is an annual herbaceous plant widely grown as a cereal crop in Karnataka.
Ragi is known for its low glycemic index with high micronutrient contents. Mixing with jiggery, Ragi Beer is a new favorite flavor for the tipplers.
Ragi a popular millet in South Karnataka, now taken a metamorphosis as Ragi Beer to cheer up the beer connoisseurs. In fact when JDS leader HD Devegowda was the Prime Minister the Ragi ball was introduced in some of the hotels in Delhi.
As Bengaluru breweries are experimenting with Ragi and other millets it has been there in many African countries as also in parts of Nepal and Bhutan.
The central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) in Mysuru experimented Ragi beer few decades ago. However this is for the first time it has been brewed for consumption commercially.
Karnataka started licencing microbreweries in 2010, and today beer is one of the fastest-growing consumer categories in the city, earning major share of revenue.
According to Rohit Jairam Parwani of The Biere Club many beer connoisseurs are taking to this new brew and becoming popular.
A group of guzzlers from a software company identify this brew as local and their own. Another professional who is a beerolic finds this a way too good to other beer and familiar to him.