Bonga Bonga Mystery Liqueur, a brand from IndoBevs, has made an entry into the global spirits conversation by becoming the first Indian liqueur to win honours across three of the world’s leading competitions in the same year. In 2025, its launch year, the brand picked up Silver at The Spirits Business Global Asian Masters, Silver at the World Liqueur Awards, and Bronze at the International Spirits Challenge.
Competitions that set global benchmarks
These competitions are regarded as among the most demanding in the industry. The International Spirits Challenge, now in its third decade, receives thousands of submissions from more than seventy countries each year.
Its Design & Packaging awards have become a byword for innovation, scrutinised by distillers, bartenders and design authorities whose decisions often set the tone for the global trade. The World Liqueur Awards operate at a similarly exacting pitch, benchmarking the best across taste and design, and pitting entrants against the grand old names of Europe. And the Asian Spirits Masters, organised by The Spirits Business, are judged blind, branding stripped away so that liquid alone must make the case.
Innovation at the core of IndoBevs
“From day one, Bonga Bonga was imagined for the world,” said Anupam Gurani, CMO, Indobevs. “We wanted to invent something that felt current, global, and alive. Something that is true to the Indobevs brand and is led by what is most important to us – Innovation. Winning three of the industry’s most credible awards affirms that ambition and reflects both a growing appetite for experimentation among drinkers and a willingness to embrace brands that tell stories beyond lineage.”
A secret blend with a ritualistic twist
At the heart of Bonga Bonga is a secret blend of over 40 botanicals, from rosemary, thyme and lavender to cinnamon, ginger and honey, creating a profile that is layered, sharp, and endlessly intriguing. Designed to be consumed at –10°C as a pure shot, it is not a mixer or a sweet afterthought, but a ritual: crisp, bracing, and unapologetically different.
With its built-in infuser, drinkers can add dried herbs to invent flavours of their own. Each pour becomes personal, each bottle a creative canvas. Even after the last drop, the bottle lives on; designed to be reused, repurposed, and reimagined in any and every way one may like.
