BEER!!

As the blog title lends to the Beer aspect its only fitting to add the subject to at least 50% of posts. We were pleasantly surprised at the selection of beers here in Uganda. Especially after coming from The Gambia that has all of three beers that they produce and a select few mediocre imports like Heineken or Becks (Bleh). Uganda has a plethora of beer to chose from to appeal to any taste; Stout, Pale, Pilsner, Lagers, and in a good variety from a few different breweries. Granted these are all from the mass produced breweries that only do packaged brew. However, (speaking now in a whisper) we heard tales of an elusive microbrewery hidden on the rooftop of some obscure multi story half empty building. And....ITS TRUE...we found it. Supposedly the only craft brewery in the country and the only place that you can get beer on tap. It was empty aside from a bunch of construction I couldn't seem to find anyone that worked there. Low and behold I finally find the Bar owner, a turkish guy that has been her for a decade, he promptly disclaimed "My beer is shit, you can try it if you want but its shit". Of course we want to try it, so he rounds up his assistant brewer (A local boy probably about 18 years old that doesn't seem to know anything about beer). So this kid goes into the brew room with 2 glass pitchers and pulls off a pitcher each of both a Stout and a Pilsner straight from the secondary fermentation tank. They were beautiful looking, frothy, cloudy and cold. The owner was right about the Pilsner it was not good at all, the Stout however wasn't half bad. So after a tour and a chat I proposed he hire me to help him make and market good beer, we shall see what happens.

Then today, I got lost trying to find my way home after dropping Nikki off at work and (whispers) guess what I found?? ANOTHER CRAFT BREWERY, SAINTS BE PRAISED. The guys working there didn't speak a lick of english and the place wasn't open yet since it was 9am so we are going back tonight to try the brew and hopefully meet the brewer...Stay tuned.