What Geist does

Geist Brewing Co. (legal entity: Beerworks Restaurants and Microbrewery Pvt. Ltd.) is an Indian craft beer manufacturer founded in 2017 by Narayan Manepally and headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The company operates a 10,000 sq. ft. production brewery in Nimbekaipura — South India's first distribution craft brewery, repurposed from an abandoned plywood factory — and brews a portfolio spanning seven year-round core styles (wheat beers, IPAs, lagers, blond ales, dunkel, witbier) plus approximately twenty limited-release specialty beers (stouts, barrel-aged variants, wild fermentation, fruited beers, smoked lagers, kolsch-style ales). Its technical capabilities include barrel aging in bourbon and whisky casks, Brettanomyces Bruxellensis wild fermentation, and integration of local Karnataka ingredients such as 'Aralu' popped rice.

Geist generates revenue through four channels: (1) direct-to-consumer sales at three company-owned brewpub locations in Bangalore (OMR, Rajajinagar, Hennur); (2) on-tap draught beer supplied to 500+ partner hospitality venues with backend installation and cold-chain support; (3) packaged 500ml canned craft beer in 500+ retail stores across Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pondicherry, and Mahé; and (4) corporate experiences including team outings, office catering, beer subscriptions, prepaid beer credits, and event kiosk setups (100+ events hosted in 2024). Pricing is not publicly disclosed for individual SKUs; corporate packages are quoted on request.

Geist positions as a quality-led craft brand with international recognition — winning Gold at the European Beer Star Awards 2025 (Uncle Dunkel, Hefeweizen Dunkel category, the first Indian brewery to do so) and Silver in 2024. Its customer base spans individual craft beer enthusiasts, hospitality SMBs, retail outlets, and enterprise corporate clients. The company is privately held with no disclosed external funding rounds and no parent company, operating entirely under Indian alcohol regulations across four states/UTs.

Name

Geist

Legal name

Beerworks Restaurants and Microbrewery Pvt. Ltd.

Website

https://geist.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Geist Brewing Co. is an Indian craft beer manufacturer (founded 2017, Bengaluru) operating a production brewery in Nimbekaipura, three company-owned brewpubs in Bangalore, and distribution to 500+ on-tap and 500+ retail partners across four cities, serving individual craft beer consumers, hospitality venues, and corporate clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Craft Beer

NAICS

Breweries (31212), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224), Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers (424810)

SIC

Malt Beverages (2082), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Regional & National Breweries (THAFALAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Brewpubs & Taprooms (On-site Beer Service) (THAFALAA), Taprooms & Brewpubs (CRANACAF), Craft Beer Bars & Taprooms (THAFAEAG)

Keywords

• Craft beer production
• Craft brewery operations
• Draught beer distribution
• Brewpub hospitality
• Corporate event services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bangalore

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. On-site Beer Sales: Revenue from selling draft and packaged craft beer directly to consumers at Geist Brewing Co. brewpub locations in Bangalore, including takeaway options like growlers and crowlers.
2. Draught Beer Distribution: Supplying fresh craft beer on tap to 500+ partner restaurants and bars. Includes backend support for draught installations and cold-chain deliveries.
3. Retail Packaged Beer: Sales of 500ml canned craft beer through 500+ retail stores. Vibrant, retail-friendly packaging designed for eye-catching display.
4. Corporate Experiences & Catering: Revenue from corporate events, team outings, private bookings, office catering (meal boxes), beer subscriptions, and prepaid corporate beer credits.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Geist Brewing Co. brews and sells a range of international-style craft beers (wheat beers, IPAs, stouts, lagers, barrel-aged and wild-fermented variants) through three company-owned brewpub locations in Bangalore, on-tap draught distribution to 500+ partner hospitality venues, and 500ml canned retail distribution across 500+ stores. The company also offers corporate event services including team outings, office catering, beer subscriptions, and venue buyouts.

Product overview

Geist Brewing Co. is an Indian craft beer company offering a portfolio of award-winning craft beers across two main categories: Year-Round core styles (Geist Weiss Guy, Geist Kamacitra, Geist James Blond, Geist Uncle Dunkel, Geist Witty Wit, Geist Repeat, Geist Repeat Strong) and Limited Release seasonal/specialty beers (IPAs, stouts, lagers, fruited beers, barrel-aged beers). The company also operates three beer garden restaurant locations in Bangalore and provides corporate event services, draught/retail partnership programs, and event beer kiosk setups. Geist positions itself as South India's first distribution craft brewery, with a 10,000 sq. ft. production facility transforming an abandoned plywood factory in Nimbekaipura, Karnataka.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Geist Weiss Guy A Bavarian-style Weissbier (South-German Style Wheat Beer) that is intense yellow with classic cloudiness, low bitterness, and lively carbonation. Features bready notes, banana, and clove from the yeast. Part of the year-round core portfolio for craft beer consumers.
• Geist Kamacitra An American-Style India Pale Ale that is deep orange with pleasant hoppy bitterness. Features citrus and tropical fruit hop characteristics with a bready-biscuity malt character. Year-round core IPA offering.
• Geist James Blond A Belgian-Style Strong Blond Ale that is pale in colour and medium-bodied with a smooth finish. Unfiltered, lightly sweet with fruity character and mild spicy notes, balanced by noble hop bitterness. Year-round core offering.
• Geist Uncle Dunkel A German-style dark wheat beer (Dunkelweizen) that is hazy and amber-brown, full-bodied and effervescent. Features bready malt character with hints of chocolate, caramel, nuttiness, and yeast-derived banana and clove. Gold medal winner at European Beer Star Awards 2025.
• Geist Witty Wit A Belgian-Style Witbier brewed with orange zest and coriander. Refreshing with notable wheat flavour and tartness, pours hazy whitish-yellow with an impressive creamy head. Year-round core offering.
• Geist Repeat A craft lager that is pale golden in colour with a refreshingly light palate, delicate mouthfeel, and faint fruity aroma. Year-round core lager offering.
• Geist Repeat Strong An export lager brewed to a higher alcohol strength. Showcases a rounded malt character with light aromatic hop notes and gentle bitterness, with a smooth and clean finish. Year-round core offering.
• Geist Pop Fiction A Popped Rice Lager featuring 'Aralu' (Karnataka's local popped rice). Crisp, dry, and full of quiet character with a gentle texture and whisper of toastiness. Limited release showcasing local ingredient integration.
• Geist Blood Orange IPA A west coast style India Pale Ale that is juicy with bursts of citrus fruit. Combines an assertive bitterness and mild resinous notes from hops that linger into the aftertaste. Limited release IPA.
• Geist Stouter Space A roasty chocolate stout that is brown-black in colour with a creamy tan head. Features notes of dark chocolate and roast, medium-bodied with soft carbonation, hints of coffee, mild caramel, and sweet malt notes. Limited release stout.
• Geist Imperial Stout An imperial stout with notes of cocoa, toffee, and mild coffee. Soft on the palate with a smooth and velvety mouthfeel amplifying flavours of dark chocolate and roasted grain. Limited release high-strength stout.
• Geist Barrel-Aged Stout Brewer's Blend A bourbon barrel-aged stout that received seven months maturation in bourbon casks, blended with Geist Stouter Space. Features notes of whisky, Maraschino Cherries, and chocolate reminiscent of Ferrero Rocher. Limited release barrel-aged stout.
• Geist Peated Barrel-Aged Stout A whisky barrel-aged stout matured for five months in whisky casks carrying Scottish highland peat character. Blended with Geist's classic stout to accentuate roasted grain flavour. Limited release barrel-aged stout.
• Geist Tropical IPA A hazy IPA with bright fruity aromas and tropical hop flavours. Built on the Geist Kamacitra base with a perception of lighter body and mouthfeel. Limited release IPA.
• Geist New-England Style IPA A hazy New England-style IPA with fresh stone fruit and lush tropical fruit flavours, highlighted by soft and significant bitterness. Pours cloudy pale yellow. Limited release IPA.
• Geist Smoked Lager A Bamberg-style Rauchbier inspired by historic smoked beers from Bavaria. Brewed with beechwood smoked barley malt, exhibiting toasty malt character balanced with mild smokiness. Silver medal winner at European Beer Star Awards 2024. Limited release smoked lager.
• Geist Maibock A German-style Helles Bock that is malt dominant, pouring dark orange with rich bread-like character and assertive bitterness. Features spicy and herbal notes from noble hops. Limited release bock.
• Geist Festbier An unfiltered German-style Oktoberfestbier celebrating Munich Oktoberfest. Pouring straw yellow with bready malt character and noble hop flavours. Limited release seasonal lager.
• Geist Brett Ale A wild beer tank conditioned with Brettanomyces Bruxellensis (SafBrew BR-8). Lightly tart with very low carbonation, exhibiting tropical fruit and funky notes like barnyard, horse, and leather. Limited release wild-fermented ale.
• Geist Show Me The Honey A wheat ale refermented with Multifloral Honey from the Moonshine Honey Project. Pours light gold with hints of banana and huge honey flavours without being cloyingly sweet. Limited release collaboration beer.
• Geist Kölsch-Style Ale A German-style Kölsch that is pale golden in colour with a refreshingly light palate. Centrifuged beer with faint fruity aromas and lager-like characteristics. Limited release kölsch.
• Geist Passion Fruit Chilli Ale A fruited beer that is hazy yellow and fruity sweet with subtle aromas of fresh chilli and tropical fruit. Infused with locally sourced Passion Fruit with mild chilli heat. Limited release fruited ale.
• Geist Kala Namak Jamun Ale A fruited beer infused with Jamun (purple-hued seasonal fruit). Pours hazy rose gold with balanced sweetness, tartness, and saltiness. Limited release fruited ale.
• Geist Stratosphere Lager An aromatic pale lager brewed with the Bangalore collective #LadiesWhoLager, showcasing 'Strata' hops and featuring 'Aralu' (Karnataka's local popped rice). Limited release collaboration lager.
• Geist Oz LagerO An Australian-style lager brewed in collaboration with Ellerslie Hop & St. Andrews Beach Brewery. Light-bodied with crisp lager profile showcasing Southern Hemisphere hops. Limited release collaboration lager.
• Geist Beer Garden Restaurant Experiences Beer garden restaurant locations offering hospitality experiences with chef-curated meals, craft beer on tap, and event spaces. Operates multiple locations in Bangalore including Geist Brewing Co. OMR (Old Madras Road, Hoskote), Geist Brewing Co. Rajajinagar (Orion Mall), and Geist Brewing Co. Hennur (Bhartiya Mall of Bengaluru). Includes on-site beer consumption, food service, and takeaway options (growlers, crowlers).
• Geist Corporate Experiences Corporate event services including team outings, milestone celebrations, venue buyouts, food and beer pairing sessions, office catering (meal boxes), on-site office activations, beer subscriptions, and prepaid corporate beer credits. Targeted at enterprise clients for team building, corporate events, and employee engagement experiences.
• Geist Draught & Retail Partnership Partnership program for restaurants, bars, hotels, and retail stores to serve Geist craft beer on tap or stock 500ml packaged cans. Includes end-to-end backend support for draught installations, cold-chain deliveries, and event kiosk setups. Available across Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pondicherry, and Mahé.

Quantifiable outcome

• First Indian brewery to win Gold at European Beer Star Awards 2025 in the South German Style Hefeweizen Dunkel category

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Ellerslie HopminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Australian hop supplier Ellerslie Hop for the Geist OZ LagerRoo, an Australian-style lager showcasing Southern Hemisphere hops.
• St. Andrews Beach BreweryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAustralian brewery partner in the collaboration for Geist OZ LagerRoo.
• #LadiesWhoLagerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBangalore-based brewing collective that collaborated with Geist on the Stratosphere Lager limited release.
• Moonshine Honey ProjectminorOthersHoney supplier for Geist Show Me The Honey - multifloral honey sourced from bees feeding on diverse flora, used without heat application to preserve nutritional properties.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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