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Video: Whip up these amazing cocktails

Last month, India's AlcoBev industry pulled off a successful two-day showcase exhibition at the Hotel Renaissance in Powai. So successful, in fact, that people in the food and beverage industry are still talking about the exiting event.

Participants included United Spirits Ltd, United Breweries Ltd, Bacardi, Radico Khaitan, Tilaknagar Industries, John Distilleries, Amrut Distilleries, South African Breweries and so on.

There were premium wines, top-shelf spirits and imported beer aplenty. rediff.com caught up with some of the exhibitors, and had them reveal some of the secrets of their trade.

Here, Abhijeet from Bacardi shows us how to make two separate drinks: the Black Russian and the Clove Martini.

Videos: Hitesh Harisinghani

Delicious daiquiri

The folks at Old Monk gave us a new drink to enjoy with their product: the litchi daiquiri. While the traditional daiquiri is popular in the West, certainly this new litchi-inspired drink owes much to Asia!

A hot lady shows you how to make hot drinks!

Spirits maker Xenia showed us two hot products, a pomegranate liquor and premium vodka.

Know your beer!

Finally, while beer unfortunately enjoys a sullied reputation in India, there's a committed core of connoisseurs hoping to change this. Here, US-raised, India-based Alex Postelnek tells us about some exciting happenings in the world of luxury beer.