Oktoberfest 2022: How Mumbaikars have warmed up to Indian-flavoured craft beers

Oktoberfest may have ended in Munich but it has only just started in Mumbai and will continue for the rest of the month in most restaurants in the city. Interestingly, the festival which is marked by food and German beer has been through a journey in Mumbai as the city has witnessed a huge change in the craft beer drinking space in the last 10 years. It has in fact taken a life of its own leading to many breweries experimenting with Indian flavours to appeal to the palates of locals. While flavours were earlier safer options, the experiments in the last seven years have flavours ranging from fragrant floral to fruit-inspired brews that hint towards the city’s ever-evolving palate and need to try out something new.