Sri Lanka's four major arrack producers - DCSL, IDL, Mendis and Rockland - employ hundreds of tappers on their vast coconut estates. With each tapper given a group of trees to look after, they ...

But Sri Lanka’s oldest licenced distillery, Rockland Distilleries, makes a great 100 per cent coconut sap, Ceylon Arrack, which has an elegant grassy/coconutty/golden flavour similar to light ...

If it’s a Sri Lanka win, it will be a vodka party. But there will sure be a huge booze party,” he says. Kalhara Alwis D E, a student at Indian Academy, says, ...

The hotel bar specializes in arrack-based drinks, and the food menu includes babath, a tripe dish prepared with coconut and lemongrass rooted in Sri Lanka’s Malay community. Doubles start at ...

Experience the unique taste of Sri Lanka at Ropewalk, a high-end arrack-speciality bar in Galle Fort Hotel. Enjoy arrack-based cocktails, local bites & live music.

Uncle’s in Colombo takes pride in being Sri Lankan, with toddy on tap, arrack cocktails and pilla chicken. Their unique style is drawing crowds and influencing menus across the city June 9, 2025 ...

There is peace in Sri Lanka, but the island remains divided. In the summer of 2009, Mahinda Rajapaksa, the modern-day Dutugemunu, killed Vellupillai Prabhakaran and ended the 30-year Tamil rebellion.

The owner of Stoli brand vodka and Kentucky Owl bourbon has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Stoli Group's U.S. unit, which owns a dozen spirits and wine brands, ...

Sri Lanka's arrack producers are trying to take the spirit upmarket Distilled from the sap of the coconut flower, Sri Lankan arrack has been a local favourite for centuries. But now its makers are ...

Sri Lanka's arrack producers are trying to take the spirit upmarket Distilled from the sap of the coconut flower, Sri Lankan arrack has been a local favourite for centuries. But now its makers are ...

Distilled from the sap of the coconut flower, Sri Lankan arrack has been a local favourite for centuries. But now its makers are trying to take the spirit global, writes the BBC's Ayeshea Perera ...