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In India the excise department of most states mandate the
following packaging norms for alcoholic beverages:
| Alcoholic item |
Bottle Term |
Ml per Bottle |
Bottles per case |
| Beer |
Full |
650 |
12 |
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Half/Pint |
330 |
24 |
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| Wines & Spirits |
Litre |
1 Litre |
9 or 12 |
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'Quart' |
750 ml |
12 (6 permitted for wine) |
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'Pint' |
375 ml |
24 |
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'Nip' |
180 ml |
48 |
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'Miniature' |
60 ml |
150 |
Goa is the only state where the sale of wine in 2 Litre "bag-in-the-box"
is allowed
Internationally, bottle sizes are standardised, and a bottle
containing 750 ml (75 cl or 27 fl oz) is accepted almost universally
as the standard wine bottle (for spirits many countries have
a 700 ml or 70 cl bottle); other bottle sizes available (some
only very rarely) are:
| Capacity (Ltrs) |
Bottles |
Bordeaux |
Champagne / Burgundy |
| 1.5 |
2 |
Magnum |
Magnum |
| 2.25 |
3 |
Marie-Jeanne |
N A |
| 3 |
4 |
Double Magnum |
Jeroboam |
| 4.5 |
6 |
Jeroboam |
Rehoboam |
| 6 |
8 |
Imperiale |
Methuselah |
| 9 |
12 |
N A |
Salamanzar |
| 12 |
16 |
N A |
Balthazar |
| 15 |
20 |
N A |
Nebuchadnezzar |
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