Sierra Leone Brewery Limited
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| Founded | Freetown, Sierra Leone (March 16, 1963) |
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| Headquarters | Freetown, 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%) |
Number of employees | 125[2] |
| Website | www.slbrewery.com |
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Coordinates: 8°26′33.1″N 13°09′54″W / 8.442528°N 13.16500°W
Heineken and United African Company (UAC) began construction on the Sierra Leone Brewery Limited in October 1961 in Wellington Industrial Estate in Freetown and the first brew was mashed-in on the 23 November 1962. The first brand to be brewed was Star Lager.
During the 1997 Military Coup the brewing stopped for six months after the brewery was ransacked, and on the 6 January 1999 the rebel forces looted the brewery stopping production for one and a half years.
Products
- Star Lager - Pale Lager (launched in 1962)
- Heineken Lager (launched 1964)
- Guinness Foreign Extra Stout 7.5% ABV (launched in 1967)
- Mützig Lager (October 2013)[4]
- Maltina (Alcohol-free)
Community investment
In 2006 a program was started to encourage local farmers to grow sorghum as part of a local sourcing drive.[5] The current target of the local sourcing program is to achieve receive 60% of raw materials from within Africa.[6]
References
- ↑ "Sierra Leone Brewery Launches Mutzig Beer". Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "Sustainability Factsheet 2012 – Sierra Leone Brewery Limited, Sierra Leone". p. 4. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "About Us". Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "Sierra Leone Brewery Launches Mutzig Beer". Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ Apotheker, Roos. "The local sourcing of Sorghum by the Sierra Leone Brewery Limited (SLBL)" (PDF). EUCORD. p. 14. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "Sustainability Factsheet 2012 – Sierra Leone Brewery Limited, Sierra Leone". p. 4. Retrieved 31 May 2014.