New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- In April 2017, after a month-long journey from Hungary by sea, it took six people two days to settle Agotha into her new 4x11 metre room. For the last eight years, she has been hard at work. Her colleagues say she is demanding, precise, and a little high-maintenance, and it took them a year to figure her out. Agotha is the copper pot still (traditionally used in gin distillation) at the Nao Spirits & Beverages distillery in Goa.

"The name Agotha was chosen from thousands of baby names that the distillery team went through," says Anand Virmani, co-founder and master distiller. "It stands for 'good-hearted' in Hungarian, which was a great sign because in the spirits line, we keep only the 'heart' of the spirit-the cle...