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Beer (known as pombe in Swahili) is an integral part of Tanzanian society, and local brands hold a strong sense of national pride and economic value. Tanzania is the sixth-largest per-capita consumer of beer in Africa. [3] Over 90% of beer consumption is of homemade-style brews; however the most recognizable bottled brands include: [4]
In 2009, Laurentina Premium won a Grand Gold medal at Monde Selection, positioning Mozambique as a high quality beer producer. In 2013, Laurentina Preta won two gold stars at the Superior Taste Awards in 2013. In 2013 and 2015 Laurentina Preta achieved first place for Best Beer from Africa at African Beer Awards.
Tusker is a beer brand owned by East African Breweries, with over 700,000 hectolitres being sold in Kenya per year. It is also the largest African beer brand in the Diageo group. [1] It is a 4.2% ABV pale lager. The beer's slogan "Bia yangu, Nchi yangu" means "My beer, My country" in Kiswahili.
Beer has been brewed by Armenians since ancient times. One of the first confirmed written evidences of ancient beer production is Xenophon's reference to "wine made from barley" in one of the ancient Armenia villages, as described in his 5th century B.C. work Anabasis: "There were stores within of wheat and barley and vegetables, and wine made from barley in great big bowls; the grains of ...
In recent years the hierarchy of international beer brands has been massively shaken up by the increasing popularity of the alcoholic drink in China. The 10 best-selling beer brands in the world ...
The new beer soon became popular amongst the prospectors of the gold rush, and in 1889 one of Johannesburg's early newspapers, The Digger's News, declared it "a phenomenal success." In 1895, on the success of Castle Lager, South African Breweries (SAB) was founded, with its head office being the Castle Brewery.
St George Amber Beer (Ethiopia) 2.72 61 Amber Lager/Vienna: 4 Hakim Stout 2.72 193 Foreign Stout: 5 Raya Beer 2.69 5 Pale Lager: 6 Bedele Beer 2.60 22 Pale Lager 7 Habesha Cold Gold: 2.51 11 Pale Lager 8 Walia 2.48 10 Pale Lager 9 Harar 2.38 128 Pale Lager 10 Meta Premium 2.25 63 Premium Lager: 11 Bedele Special Beer 2.24 65 Pale Lager 12
The first recorded shipment of the beer to the United States was in 1817. [9] In 1827, the first official shipment of Guinness on the African continent arrived in Sierra Leone. [11] The beer was renamed Foreign Extra Stout from around 1849 onwards. [12] The first recorded exports to South East Asia began in the 1860s. [13]