The Department of Commerce, Supplies, and Consumer Protection in its recent crackdown on three godowns of alcoholic beverage retrieved a huge cache of expired beer worth Rs 8.2 million.

Data shows that in Delhi, national beer brands make up only 36 per cent of the total beer sales. In contrast, regional brands and those imported from Bhutan and Nepal each account for 32 per cent.

Several well-known national and global beer brands have all but vanished from the city’s shelves. In their place, lesser-known names—some locally made, others imported from Nepal and Bhutan ...