beers of East Africa…

Happy Saturday!!

I have been doing some serious ‘research’ for this blog post since I arrived in Tanzania first time over five months ago. I always enjoy investigating the beer selection wherever I travel. So here’s a little recap of my East African beer experience…

Some of the beers are the same across Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda – and many others taste very similar…at times the only difference would be if it was cold or ‘room’ temperature!

Tanzania

Enjoyable: Kilimanjaro (which we obviously had after the climb), Safari, Tusker, Ndovo (green or the brand new red version)
Drinkable: Serengeti, Castle
No thanks: Eagle

The Eagle beer is made with sorghum and is super sweet. This is a favourite for the locals however… not sure if because it’s the cheapest, or because it’s got the highest alcohol percentage or if they just like it better… or all of the above! In any case, I did not like it!

The Ndovo beer is a lot more malty than the others, so it’s a nice change … plus a smaller bottle, they call that size a ‘high speed’ – but most others are half a litre.

Uganda

Enjoyable: Club, Nile Special, Bell
Drinkable: Tusker Light
No thanks: Eagle, Eagle Dark

Apparently the Club beer was introduced for women. It has just 4% alcohol and I was told the advertising slogan was Can Ladies Understand Bills? Really? 😳 Is still my favourite, though…

My friend, Oscar, always drinks Nile Special… because he is special (his words!) therefore not possible to drink anything else apparently!

Eagle Dark is even less tasty and higher in alcohol than the lighter variety, so stayed well clear of that one!