About CMJ
CMJ Breweries is a leading business group based in Meghalaya, a scenic state in the northeastern region of India. With a strong presence in the alcoholic beverages industry, CMJ Breweries stands as the largest brewery in Northeast India.
Dedicated exclusively to the production of beer, the company operates a modern, high-capacity brewing facility that serves the growing demand across the region. Known for its commitment to quality, innovation, and regional pride, CMJ Breweries continues to set industry standards while playing a key role in local economic development and employment generation.
Who we are, What we Do
Mission
To become a timeless global brand in the liquor industry producing world class products and being conscious and responsible towards society and environment.
What we aspire to be
Vision
To achieve Pan India presence and breakthrough in global markets with world class liquor products.
Brewery
CMJ Breweries – Strategic Collaborations & Brand Vision
CMJ Breweries has established a state-of-the-art greenfield brewery in Meghalaya, equipped with fully automated operations and advanced brewing technology. With an installed production capacity of 900,000 hectolitres (HL) per annum—expandable to 1.5 million HL annually—the facility stands as one of Northeast India’s largest and most modern brewing hubs.
As a trusted contract manufacturing partner, CMJ collaborates with some of the most recognized names in the Indian and international beer industry:
- United Breweries Ltd (UBL)– Makers of Kingfisher, India’s most iconic beer brand. CMJ supports UBL’s regional production requirements, ensuring seamless supply chain operations and deep market penetration across the Northeast.
- Carlsberg India Pvt. Ltd– A subsidiary of the global Carlsberg Group, known for Carlsberg and Tuborg. CMJ’s large-scale and quality-driven infrastructure enables Carlsberg to strengthen its presence and distribution in Northeast India.
- Mohan Meakin Ltd– One of India’s oldest brewers, renowned for its heritage brands including Asia 72 Beer. CMJ provides localized manufacturing to support Mohan Meakin’s reach and operational efficiency in the region.
- Yuksom Breweries Pvt. Ltd– The producer of Heman 9000, a widely consumed brand in Eastern India. CMJ helps Yuksom meet growing demand with scalable and consistent production.
- Sona Beverages– Makers of SIMBA Beer, a contemporary craft-inspired brand popular among urban consumers. Sona leverages CMJ’s modern facilities to ensure volume scalability and premium quality.
How do we brew?
Milling Malted barley is gently crushed in our mill and then added to the mash tun
Mashing Millled method barley and purified not water combines they enter the mash tun. The hot water (brewing liquor), activates enzymes that convert malt starches ito fermentable sugars.
Lautering Our mashtun is especially designed to separate the sweet malty liquid called wort (pronounced wert), from the hot porridge-like mash. To extract as much of the malt flyovers, colours and aromas as possible. We wash or spurge the grains with hot water as the wort is pumped across the kettle.
The Boil We boil the wort in the brew kettle for around 90 minutes. This is when we add the hops to contribute additional flavors, aromas and beer's unmistakable bitterness.
Whirlpooling The boiled wort is whirlpooled inside the kettle. This allows the spent hops (trub) to collect at the bottom so we can remove them.
Cooling The hot hopped wort is pumped through our wort chiller and rapidly cooled to room temperature while being transferred to our fermenters.
Fermentation As we fill the fermented, we add yeast. The yeast consumes the sugars in the wort and prodcues alcohol, flavors and carbon dioxide. On average, our ales take three to five days to ferment, lagers seven to ten days.
Aging We age our beer for upto four weeks. Aging allows our brewmaster's carefully crafte aromas and falvors to fully develop.
Packaging The beer is ready to be sipped ad savoured, analyzed and anjoyed. We package our beer in-house in bottles, cans and kegs.