Sierra Leone Brewery Limited Explained

Sierra Leone Brewery Limited
Foundation:Freetown, Sierra Leone
Location City:Freetown
Location Country:Sierra Leone
Key People:Willy Ngana (MD)[1]
Products:Beer, The brewing, marketing, and selling of lager, stout, and malt drink)
Brands:Star, Maltina, Heineken, Guinness, Mutzig
Owner:Heineken (83.15%)
Guinness (11.59%)
Paterson Zochonis (3.02%)
Sierra Leoneans (2.24%)
Num Employees:125[2]
Footnotes:[3]

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]

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.

Products

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sierra Leone Brewery Launches Mutzig Beer . 31 May 2014.
  2. Web site: Sustainability Factsheet 2012 – Sierra Leone Brewery Limited, Sierra Leone . 31 May 2014 . 4 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131106094023/http://www.theheinekencompany.com/~/media/Websites/TheHEINEKENCompany/Downloads/Download%20Center/Sustainbility/Sustainability%20Local%20Reports/Africa%20Middle%20East/Sustainability%20Factsheet%202012%20-%20Sierra%20Leone.ashx . 6 November 2013 .
  3. Web site: About Us . 31 May 2014.
  4. Web site: Sierra Leone Brewery to double capacity . Inside Beer . 16 December 2020.
  5. Web site: Sierra Leone Brewery Awarded Factory of the Year for Quality Products 2019 . The Calabash Newspaper . 13 December 2019 . 16 December 2020.
  6. Web site: Sierra Leone Brewery Launches Mutzig Beer . 31 May 2014.
  7. Web site: Sierra Leone Brewery to double capacity . 16 December 2020.
  8. Web site: Sierra Leone Brewery Awarded Factory of the Year for Quality Products 2019 . The Calabash Newspaper . 13 December 2019 . 16 December 2020.
  9. Web site: The local sourcing of Sorghum by the Sierra Leone Brewery Limited (SLBL) . EUCORD . 31 May 2014 . Apotheker, Roos . 14.
  10. Web site: Sustainability Factsheet 2012 – Sierra Leone Brewery Limited, Sierra Leone . 31 May 2014 . 4 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131106094023/http://www.theheinekencompany.com/~/media/Websites/TheHEINEKENCompany/Downloads/Download%20Center/Sustainbility/Sustainability%20Local%20Reports/Africa%20Middle%20East/Sustainability%20Factsheet%202012%20-%20Sierra%20Leone.ashx . 6 November 2013 .
  11. Web site: Sierra Leone Brewery to double capacity . Inside Beer . 16 December 2020.

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