Sri Lanka's arrack producers are trying to take the spirit upmarket Distilled from the sap of the coconut flower, Sri Lankan arrack has been a local favourite for centuries. But now its makers are ...

The deep, powerful live performance by singer Joanne Jollie has cast a spell on everyone at Ropewalk, Sri Lanka’s first high-end, arrack-speciality bar, located at the historic Galle Fort Hotel.

Leading coconut arrack distiller, the Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka, was not allowed to proceed with an appeal in the Supreme Court against the use of the trademark “Extra Special Arrack” by ...

Sri Lanka's arrack producers are trying to take the spirit upmarket Distilled from the sap of the coconut flower, Sri Lankan arrack has been a local favourite for centuries. But now its makers are ...

For years, arrack was considered too "low class" to be taken seriously as a premium alcohol, even in Sri Lanka, whose elite in the capital Colombo preferred Scotch whisky, wine or rum. Image ...