Carew & Co (Bangladesh) Ltd:
Carew & Co (Bangladesh) Ltd is a distillery producing alcohol made from sugar cane in Bangladesh and is located in Darshana, Chuadanga, Khulna Division, Bangladesh. It is the only distillery in Bangladesh owned by the Government of Bangladesh.[1] It is located inside the Darsana Sugar Mill compound and is under the authority of Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation. It is the only one of the 15 mills owned by Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation that makes a profit.
Carew & Co (Bangladesh) Ltd traces it origins to the distillery established by British businessman John Maxwell in 1803. He built the distillery in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, British India. The first distillery in the subcontinent. The distillery was successful and started making profits for Maxwel. He hired Robert Russell Carew, spirits specialist. carew was impressed by the result and bought out the factory with two other investors. Carew hired his younger brother as the manager. His brother died in the Indian Sepoy Mutiny in 1857. After the End of the mutiny Crew reopened the distillery with support of the British army. The company became a joint-stock company 1897. He opened branches in Asansol, Katni, and Darshana (East Bengal which became East Pakistan in 1938. The equipment in the factories were made in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1971 East Pakistan became the independent Bangladesh after the Bangladesh Liberation war. The government of Bangladesh 1973 nationalised the distillery in Darshana which became the Carew & Co (Bangladesh) Ltd.[1][5] The distillery is a profit making company of the government and pays taxes to it as well. It has a 20 feet security wall and strong security system. It makes two kinds of liquor, domestic ones using indigenous recipes and foreign ones that do not use indigenous recipes. It has 200 distribution agents and 13 country liquor distribution agents.
Products:
Fine Brandy
Cherry Brandy
Yellow Label Malted Whiskey
Imperial Whiskey
Old Rum
Rosa Rum
Gold Riband Gin
Orange Curaçao
Tsarists Vodka (AKA Jorina Vodka)