An employee carries Bira beer cans to deliver them to a customer at a liquor store in Mumbai, India March 23, 2018. Started in 2015, Bira is one of India's most popular craft beer makers. It competes with international brands such as Carlsberg (CARLb.CO) as well as Heineken-owned (HEIN.AS) United Breweries (UBBW.NS) in India's estimated $5 billion beer market. Kirin owns a stake in New York's Brooklyn Brewery, and its subsidiary owns U.S.-based craft beer makers New Belgium Brewing and Bell's Brewery. With five breweries in India, Bira says its beer is available in 500 towns and cities in 15 countries.

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