Best Country for Beer in Africa?

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Message KansaiBeerLvrs beers 8479 º places 567 º 09:07 Tue 10/28/2014 Well I’ve always wanted to visit the heart of Africa and some less touristy countries there but I was wondering which would be the best country for good beer or ticks?
Message omhper P beers 40214 º places 332 º 09:10 Tue 10/28/2014 I guess if you are talking African countries as a whole then South Africa with it’s booming microbrewery scene will clearly provide you with the best selection of microbrewed beers. Outside of that some microbreweries are known in for instance Kenya and Tunisia and a few more places, but I guess it matters how you define heart of Africa...
Message bartlebier beers 4526 º places 177 º 09:11 Tue 10/28/2014 Libeeria.
Message Ferris P beers 23108 º places 1878 º 09:15 Tue 10/28/2014 South Africa is the only place I have been that seems to have anything going on.

Message TheHOFF43 P beers 2045 º places 169 º 09:32 Tue 10/28/2014 I know Zimbabwe has some pretty solid lagers, drank them recently.
Message Homer321 P beers 5369 º places 54 º 10:07 Tue 10/28/2014 Screw loggers. Get some Shake!!! http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/chibuku-shake-shake/12703/ That stuff is so rare, you could probably get multiple bottles of KBBBBBBS in trade
Message puzzl beers 3258 º places 138 º 11:06 Tue 10/28/2014 Originally posted by KansaiBeerLvrs Well I’ve always wanted to visit the heart of Africa and some less touristy countries there but I was wondering which would be the best country for good beer or ticks? Forget it. The only decent beer country in Africa would be South Africa, but that’s certainly not less touristy. If you want to travel for beer, well, don’t go to Africa. Africa has so much else to offer, though. But if you are in Sub-Saharan Africa, and traveling outside of major cities, you’ll almost certainly come across local fermented beverages if you look for them. I was in Uganda over the summer and had a chance to drink locally brewed banana + sorghum beer, along with a local millet beer. Both were extremely unique and interesting, and really represent more what beer means in this region of the world than some random microbrewery attempting (and failing) to replicate Western brewing.
Message Travlr beers 33887 º places 4583 º 16:02 Tue 10/28/2014 Yeah, puzzl nailed it. Africa is a dismal continent for beer, except for South Africa and the traditional beers - mostly millet beers in the East and sorghum beers in the West. Most are known by their local tribal names, I’ve come across dolo (known by many different names) in Niger and Mali, normally made by women. Finding it by knocking on any rural hut. Ethiopia has a couple of interesting beer locations, including the brewery in Harrar, a nice historic market town. Mozambique has one interesting brown beer, Laurentina Preta, and you can get way off the beaten track there. Togo has one tasty lager, and is about as far off the beaten track as you can get without going to Mars. Good luck!

Message footbalm beers 1219 º places 76 º 17:22 Tue 10/28/2014 Hmmmm...I had some friends back in the mid 1980’s and they were flying in and out of most of the countries up and down the west coast. They brought back some interesting beers from The Congo. I am sure they were brewed by Belgians left over from when it was a Colony.
Message CLevar places 23 º 17:23 Tue 10/28/2014 SHAKE SHAKE!!!!!
Message Sparky beers 2244 º places 26 º 17:26 Tue 10/28/2014 Just drink Palm Wine