Nile Breweries
Commercial Brewery
in
Kampala,
Uganda 🇺🇬
Owned by
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Established in 1951
Contact
10 Port Bell Rd, Kampala, Uganda
Description
Nile Breweries Limited (NBL) was established in 1951 by a group of businessmen, associated with the Construction of Owen Falls Dam. After several ownerships, SABMiller Plc, the world’s 2nd largest brewer in the world, acquired the company in 2001 from the Madhvani family. The combined capacity of Nile Breweries Limited with two plants in Jinja and Mbarara stands at 2.45 million hectolitres of beer, making NBL the No 1 provider of locally produced beer in Uganda with a 59% market share. The company was recognized as The Investor of The Year 2015 by Uganda Investment Authority.
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Golden color. Malt, grain, earthy aromas. Light sweetness. Average body, watery
Tried
on 25 Jan 2024
at 16:26
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Golden color with white foam. Malt, earthy aromas. Medium sweetness. Average body, bit fizzy
Tried
on 22 Jan 2024
at 17:52
6/10
Tried
on 20 Aug 2023
at 18:12
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 4.5
Texture 5
Overall 4.5
Pours light, pale yellow. Not much head. Scent is weak, bit corny, but not as sweet impression. Taste is very weak, corn, very mild, chemical bitterness. Bit age on the beer? Pretty tasteless beyond that.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2023
at 16:33
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle. Pours clear pale yellow with a medium-sized white head. Aroma is corn, sugar, malt. Taste is medium sweet, malt and corn. Light bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2023
at 17:13
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
500ml bottle. Pours clear gold with a small white head. Aroma is malt, grain. Taste is light to medium sweet, malt, grain. Light bitter finish. Reminded me of cheap post-Soviet Zhigulevskoe lagers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2023
at 07:17
5/10
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Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2022
at 14:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Country tick #151, Bottle shared, golden beer, small head. Aroma is malt, grain, light hops. Taste is the same, bitter, sweet, malty, light grain, not too bad
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2022
at 12:17
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
500ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - thanks a lot for the African reciprocity!]. Opalescant, yellow-ish, golden colour with average, thick, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, snow white head. Very weak, somehow husky, minimally biscuity, pale malty aroma, a touch of cracker. Taste is slightly biscuity, pale malty, subtle sweetness, mild, bitter hoppy counterpart. Minimally creamy, watery texture, smooth and soft palate, fine, soft, mildly prickly carbonation. Very clean, fairly refreshing, sadly extremely weak nose - not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2022
at 21:00