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Bature Brewery, which began operations in Abuja in 2017 and is the largest of Nigeria’s craft brewers, producing 22,000 litres monthly, including locally-inspired flavours such as Harmattan Haze, Lagos Lager, and Mango Disco
Nigeria’s Bature Brewery, producing craft beer, is working to wean more customers off the big brands and onto its locally inspired craft beers. Globally, the craft beer market is forecast to triple to more than USD 250 billion by 2033, research from Business Research Insights finds. Bature Brewery, which began operations in Abuja in 2017 and is the largest of Nigeria’s craft brewers, producing 22,000 litres monthly, including locally-inspired flavours such as Harmattan Haze, Lagos Lager, and Mango Disco.
Bature has installed diesel power and a water treatment plant to tackle sometimes erratic power and water supplies, and it has also installed new fermentation vessels and other equipment at its Lagos plant. Other challenges in Nigeria include the devaluation of the naira that has raised the cost of imported raw materials.
Bature is seeking to appeal to local tastes with local ingredients, including coffee sourced from Taraba State for its Black Gold stout, which won a taste category at the 2023 World Beer Awards.
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The world’s biggest stout producer, Guinness, first brewed in 1962 in Nigeria, which is its second biggest market for Guinness after the United Kingdom. In Nigeria, the total beer market is valued at US$7 billion annually, according to data gathering platform Statista.