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Black Dog is a brand of Scotch Whisky that is distilled, aged and blended in Scotland, and bottled and marketed in India by United Spirits Limited (USL), a subsidiary of the United Breweries Group. In 2013, Black Dog was reported to be the world's fastest growing Scotch Whisky by volume, according to International Wine and Spirits Research (IWSR). The whiskies used in the blend come from Scotland. Black Dog Scotch Whisky sold in India is bottled in Parmori District Nasik in Maharashtra,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-01-07/news/27650460_1_united-spirits-whisky-bottling )〕 by importing the undiluted spirits from Scotland, a strategy that avoids the import duties imposed on liquor imports to India that are bottled prior to import. (Import duties may be as high as 150% for liquor bottled prior to import, but only about 30% when bottled in India.〔) The brand's main competitors are Teacher's (by Suntory) and Something Special (a Pernod Ricard brand). == History == Black Dog was launched in 1883, with the name Millard Black Dog,〔 by James McKinley of the Leith family of Scotland. The whisky was named by the man who brought the whisky to India, Walter Millard of the East India Company. He named it after his favourite salmon fishing fly, known as the Black Dog. McDowell & Co (now known as USL) and United Distillers formed United Distillers India Limited in 1992, creating India's first joint venture in the alcoholic beverages industry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=theubgroup.com )〕 It began bottling operations in Nashik to produce Black Dog for the Indian market.〔〔Balfour, Frederik, (Alcohol Catches on in India ), ''New York Times'', April 10, 1995.〕 In April 2004, it was reported in the media that USL (then named McDowell & Co) was planning to sell Black Dog in Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Black Dog had been sold in Pakistan during the British Raj, prior to the Partition of India. In October the same year, it was reported that McDowell & Co was negotiating with a company in Pakistan to manufacture Black Dog. According to Vijay Rekhi, then managing director of McDowell & Co, and then President of the UB Group's spirits division, "It will only be a small set-up as just 3 per cent of the Pakistani population is permitted alcohol consumption. But we are looking at the opportunity as we are trying to widen our footprints in the SAARC region." Rekhi also stated that bottling was already underway in Sri Lanka and the company was looking to expand to Bangladesh, Malaysia and Myanmar. Black Dog was only available in 60 ml and 750 ml bottles in India until January 2008, when the company introduced 180 ml, 375 ml and 2 litre packs for the 8 and 12 year blends in select markets. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Black Dog Scotch Whisky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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