The Kasauli distillery and brewery were set up in the late 1820s at Kasauli ( before the town was established nearby ) by Edward Abraham Dyer , father of Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer of Jallianwala Bagh massacre . He brought with him , brewing and distilling equipment from England and Scotland . This equipment came by sailing ship as far up the Ganges river as possible , before being loaded onto ox drawn carts and taken up to the Himalayas via the route to Shimla . Some of the original equipment including the copper pot stills are still in use today . This is prepared from tap water Edward Dyer selected the location of his brewery/distillery due to the fine springwater available there and because the climate at this altitude was similar to the climate of Scotland . His stated ambition was '' " to produce a malt whisky as fine as Scotch whisky , " '' albeit from much higher highlands . Another reason for this location was that there was a ready market of British troops and civilians in Shimla and elsewhere in Punjab for his products . He started by making India Pale Ale and malt whisky from the Kasauli brewery and distillery
Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Kasauli Brewery