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Sierra Leone Brewery Limited

Sierra Leone Brewery Limited
FoundedFreetown, Sierra Leone (March 16, 1963 (1963-03-16))
Headquarters
Freetown
,
Sierra Leone
Key people
Willy Ngana (MD)[1]
ProductsBeer, The brewing, marketing, and selling of lager, stout, and malt drink)
BrandsStar, Maltina, Heineken, Guinness, Mutzig
OwnerHeineken (83.15%)

Guinness (11.59%)
Paterson Zochonis (3.02%)

Sierra Leoneans (2.24%)
Number of employees
125[2]
Footnotes / references
[3]

8°26′33.1″N 13°09′54″W / 8.442528°N 13.16500°W / 8.442528; -13.16500

Heineken and United African Company (UAC) began construction of the Sierra Leone Brewery Limited in October 1961 in Wellington Industrial Estate in Freetown, and the first brew was mashed-in on 23 November 1962. The first brand to be brewed was Star Lager.[4]

A Brass plaque recording the opening of the Sierra Leone Brewery by Sir Milton Margai on 16 March 1963

It closed for six months in 1982 following a shortage of foreign exchange, reopening after the end of the rainy season. During the 1997 Military Coup, the brewing stopped for six months after the brewery was ransacked. On 6 January 1999, the rebel forces looted the brewery, stopping production for one and a half years.[citation needed]

A brass plaque recording the reopening of the Sierra Leone Brewery by Ahmad Tejan Kabbah after the destruction of the brewery by rebels in the civil war.

Products

  • Star Lager - Pale Lager (launched in 1962)
  • Amstel [5]
  • Guinness Foreign Extra Stout 7.5% ABV (launched in 1967)
  • Mützig Lager (October 2013)[6]
  • Salone Beer (made of 100% sorghum)[7]
  • Maltina (Alcohol-free)
  • Trenk Dark Malt Energy Drink [8]

Community investment

In 2006 a program was started to encourage local farmers to grow sorghum as part of a local sourcing drive.[9] The current target of the local sourcing program is to receive 60% of raw materials from within Africa.[10] The production of Salone Beer, made with 100% sorghum, has created a reliable source of income for over 12,000 farming families.[11]


References

  1. ^ "Sierra Leone Brewery Launches Mutzig Beer". Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Sustainability Factsheet 2012 – Sierra Leone Brewery Limited, Sierra Leone". p. 4. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  3. ^ "About Us". Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Sierra Leone Brewery to double capacity". Inside Beer. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Sierra Leone Brewery Awarded Factory of the Year for Quality Products 2019". The Calabash Newspaper. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Sierra Leone Brewery Launches Mutzig Beer". Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Sierra Leone Brewery to double capacity". Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Sierra Leone Brewery Awarded Factory of the Year for Quality Products 2019". The Calabash Newspaper. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  9. ^ Apotheker, Roos. "The local sourcing of Sorghum by the Sierra Leone Brewery Limited (SLBL)" (PDF). EUCORD. p. 14. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  10. ^ "Sustainability Factsheet 2012 – Sierra Leone Brewery Limited, Sierra Leone". p. 4. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  11. ^ "Sierra Leone Brewery to double capacity". Inside Beer. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
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