Brasseries et Limonaderies du Rwanda (BRALIRWA)

Commercial Brewery in Kigali, City of Kigali, Rwanda 🇷🇼
Owned by Heineken Nederland

Established in 1957

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BRALIRWA Ltd is a Rwandan company producing and selling beers and soft drinks. The Company beer portfolio includes Primus, Mützig, Mützig Lite, Legend, Amstel, Turbo King and Huza produced in our Gisenyi brewery and Heineken beer which is imported. We produce Primus beer, our main brand since 1959 and our soft drinks plant started operating in 1974 in partnership with The Coca-Cola Company. We produce Coca-Cola brands; Coca-Cola, Fanta Orange and Fanta Citron, Fanta Fiesta, Sprite, Krest Tonic and own brand Vital’ O, all available in glass bottle and PET bottles.

The company was founded in 1957 with the construction of a brewery in Gisenyi, located at Lake Kivu. Since 1971, BRALIRWA Ltd is part of the internationally renowned Group Heineken which holds 75% of BRALIRWA Ltd shares while the 25% remaining shares are hold by independent shareholders. As a socially responsible company Bralirwa Ltd supports a variety of projects from Education to Health and Environment.

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5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
330ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo, thanks a lot!]. Clear, orange, dark golden colour with average, frothy to creamy, fairly lasting and lacing, white head. Grainy and strawy, slightly bready, pale malty aroma, hints of wet straw, some malty spiciness, whiffs of silage. Taste is grainy, pale malty, subtle sweetness, a touch of corn, bitter hoppy overtones. Minimally oily, watery texture, smooth and soft, minimally dry palate, medium to fine, mildly prickly carbonation. Rather clean, fairly refreshing - OK.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2022 at 15:34

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
330ml bottle, shared with blackhaddock at our rare country / region mega tasting afternoon April 2022. Clear gold appearance, good white head. Pleasant Rwandan lager, nicely sweet, good bitter prickle. Perhaps a light metallic hint but overall no complaints with this.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2022 at 18:04

5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 3 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
26th April 2022. Mega tasting with minutemat, pushing our countries, regions and brewery stats higher. First up was a 33cl green bottle (BB 4th September 2022) of this malty Pale Lager. It was clean and clear golden in colour with a lasting white head. Not unpleasant, a typical African Lager, not that I've had too many of them. This was my second beer from Rwanda, my third was to come later in the session.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2022 at 04:41



2.8/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Sample from Per, thx 2019-08-31 Göteborg AR: cardboard box, vegetables AP: amber, no head F: bitter, cardboard box, oxid, brown bakning syrup
Tried on 31 Aug 2019 at 16:21

4.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottled. Clear nut brown, small head. Syrupy nose with some nuts. Sweet with medium body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Red apples, syrup and caramel. Low bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jul 2019 at 17:43

3/10
RB backlog. Exactly the same as Cruzcampo but sweeter. Oh Heineken, dear Heineken. You never not deliver.
Tried on 08 May 2019 at 00:02

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
From iznogud, thanks... drank at bottleshare: pours light brownish with a whitish head. Aroma is light caramel. Taste is lightly sweet macro taste. This is really not bad for a macro amber.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jan 2019 at 04:34

4/10
Tried from Bottle on 30 Nov 2018 at 21:55