Who owns Very Special Old Arrack?
Very Special Old Arrack is owned by DCSL (Sri Lanka, CSE: DIST.N0000).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC Annual Report 2024/25. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka, Colombo
- Origin
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Category
- Beverages › Spirits › Rum
- Parent ticker
- CSE: DIST.N0000
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Very Special Old Arrack
Very Special Old Arrack is an arrack from Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka. The annual report calls arrack not just another beverage but a tradition, an institution and a pastime, and says the proof of what makes this one very special is in the tasting. It suggests drinking it straight, mixed, with chasers or in a cocktail. Arrack has no category of its own here, so it is filed with rum.
Ownership timeline of Very Special Old Arrack
Where Very Special Old Arrack sits in DCSL
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by DCSL
DCSL controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in rum, and who owns them
The 48 brands in rum on Brandtree belong to 22 owners. The largest is Angostura, with 7; DCSL has 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Angostura rum | Angostura | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
| Admiral Rodney | GBH | 🇲🇶 Martinique |
| Black Cat | SAB | 🇸🇷 Suriname |
| Cavalier | Antigua Distillery | 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda |
| Bacardi | Bacardi | 🇧🇲 Bermuda |
| Diamond Reserve | Demerara Distillers | 🇬🇾 Guyana |
| Captain Morgan | Diageo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Havana Club | Pernod Ricard | 🇫🇷 France |
About the owner: DCSL
DCSL is a publicly listed company headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as CSE: DIST.N0000.
Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka is a quoted Sri Lankan spirits company whose roots its annual report traces to 1913, when the Excise Department of Ceylon moved from enforcing liquor rules into distilling. It was privatised in the early 1990s. Its immediate parent is Melstacorp PLC, and the ultimate parent is Milford Exports Ceylon (Private) Limited. In 2024/25 it bought 99.4 per cent of Heineken Lanka from Heineken Asia Pacific and renamed it DCSL Breweries Lanka, which markets Heineken, Tiger and Anchor under the Heineken group's names (those are not listed here as DCSL brands) alongside DCSL's own beers. Its report also shows imported wines and spirits and a separate range marketed by Periceyl (Pvt) Ltd, a Melstacorp company; none of those are included.
🇱🇰 Very Special Old Arrack and other Sri Lankan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 53 brands that began in Sri Lanka. 1 of them (2%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Very Special Old Arrack is not one of them.
- Elephant House — Ceylon Cold Stores 🇱🇰
- KIST — Cargills 🇱🇰
- Lion Lager — Lion Brewery 🇱🇰
- My Juicee — Lanka Milk Foods 🇱🇰
- Atlas — Hemas 🇱🇰
- Causeway Paints — Asian Paints 🇮🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Very Special Old Arrack?
The parent company of Very Special Old Arrack is DCSL, a publicly listed company headquartered in Sri Lanka.
Is Very Special Old Arrack Sri Lankan?
Yes. Very Special Old Arrack originated in Sri Lanka and its owner, DCSL, is also headquartered in Sri Lanka.
Is Very Special Old Arrack still owned by DCSL?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Very Special Old Arrack is still owned by DCSL. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC Annual Report 2024/25 — Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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