Star

Star

Nigerian Breweries is the largest brewery in Nigeria and was founded on 16 November 1946 as Nigerian Brewery Limited, after the idea of a brewery in Lagos had been promoted. Construction of the first brewery at Iganmu near Lagos began in 1947 and was completed in 1949, marking the start of industrial beer production in the country. In the following decades the company grew continuously: in 1957 the brewery in Aba was added, in 1963 the one in Kaduna, in 1982 Ibadan followed, in 1993 the fifth brewery in Enugu and in 2003 a second one in Enugu at 9th Mile Corner. Also in 2003 the Ama Brewery began operation, which, with an annual capacity of three million hectolitres, is the largest brewery in Nigeria.

The listed company also expanded its offering through acquisitions and new brands: in 2010 it acquired breweries from the Sona Group, producer of the malt drink Maltonic and franchisee of the Goldberg brand, and in December 2020 it launched the tequila beer Desperados. The range includes, alongside Star Lager, among others Gulder Lager since 1970, Legend Extra Stout since 1992 at 6.5% ABV, Tiger Premium Lager since 2018 as well as the malt drink Amstel Malta since 1994 and various non-alcoholic beverages. For their quality, Star, Gulder and Goldberg were awarded a gold medal at Monde Selection.

Star, the brand's lager, is Nigeria's best-selling beer and is brewed cold-filtered so that it tastes particularly refreshing with its crisp flavour and golden bubbles. The ingredients are water, sorghum, barley malt, sorghum malt and hop extract, with the brewery relying on locally grown grains. The brand is firmly anchored in Nigerian everyday and festive culture and appears as a sponsor in sport, music and entertainment, among other things as the official beer partner of Chelsea FC in Nigeria. With more than 75 years of brewing tradition, Nigerian Breweries thus stands for a piece of West African brewing history that reaches the whole country from Lagos.