Beer has a long history and cultural importance in Africa. Unfortunately a lot of this tradition, including the techniques and ingredients, has not been fully recognised outside of Africa itself.
On March 19 we had a panel of experts on traditional brewing to talk about its cultural position, the techniques, the local ingredients (including yeasts), the African beer styles, and what African traditional beer can bring to modern craft brewing.
Our panel consists of three true experts…
Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela is the founder of South African craft brewery Tolokazi Beer, South Africa’s first black female owned brewery. She is the Chairperson for the Institute of Brewing and Distilling, Africa Section and the Beer Association of South Africa. She is on the Board of Directors for both the Craft Brewers Association of South Africa and African Manufacturers Association; and was Chairperson of the Board for the Beer Association of South Africa. She has always tried to incorporate traditional elements to her beers and has unrivalled knowledge of traditional brewing.
Jessi Flynn is the Managing Director of Kweza, Rwanda’s first craft brewery. Kweza has recently completed a very successful crowd-funding campaign and is building a brewery focused on bringing traditional brewing techniques and ingredients to the modern craft market.
Bayo Ijasan is the head brewer at Nigerian craft brewery Bature Brewery. He has always been interested in brewing both traditional and modern and qualified in Brewing and Distilling in Scotland.
Join us for free at this online event and get involved in the discussion.
This is the first of three sessions on African brewing arranged in association with The Chicago Brewseum. All 3 sessions can be seen at event.beoirfest.com/africanbrewing
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