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Craft beer is beer made by small, independent breweries using traditional methods and high-quality ingredients. It's brewed in limited batches, without shortcuts, and is known for its rich flavour, distinctive styles and strong local identity.

Regular, commercial beer is mass-produced by large breweries for a mild, uniform taste that's the same everywhere — often using adjuncts like rice or corn to keep costs down. Craft beer is brewed in smaller batches by independent brewers, with better malts and specialty hops, giving you a bolder, more flavourful and more varied beer.

They're the two main families of beer, set apart by how they ferment. Ale is brewed with top-fermenting yeast at warmer temperatures for a richer, fruitier, more aromatic character — our Witbier is an ale. Lager uses bottom-fermenting yeast at cooler temperatures and is cold-stored, or 'lagered', for a clean, crisp, refreshing taste — our Blue pilsner is a lager.

Caldera is craft, not commercial — brewed in small batches with quality ingredients and real character, rather than mass-produced for uniformity. It's Calcutta's own, made locally in distinct styles, so you get more flavour, more variety, and a beer with a genuine local identity.

That's natural — especially in our wheat beers. A style like the Witbier is meant to be cloudy, thanks to the wheat and suspended yeast, and craft beer is often unfiltered. So a little haze or settling is a sign of character, not a fault.

Caldera — Calcutta's Finest Craft — is brewed by Karnani FnB Specialities LLP, based in Kolkata.