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Reuters
a day ago
- Business
- Reuters
Nigeria's Bature Brewery taps into $7 billion beer market
LAGOS, July 29 (Reuters) - To the sound of Afrobeats in an open air pub at its headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria's Bature Brewery 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 $250 billion by 2033, research from Business Research Insights finds, as craft producers win over customers from the brands of the major international companies AB Inbev ( opens new tab, Guinness ( opens new tab and Heineken ( opens new tab. "We know there is more demand," Bature co-founder Kevin Conroy said. "Our goal is to get to 500 locations selling our products by the next 18 months. We are aiming to be doing 100,000 litres per month by next year." The 500 locations compare with 70 now. Bature Brewery, which began operations in Abuja in 2017 and is the biggest of Nigeria's craft brewers, produces 22,000 litres monthly, including locally-inspired flavours such as Harmattan Haze, Lagos Lager, and Mango Disco. Its efforts to persuade more people to drink its beer, which costs up to six times more than mass market bottled beer, include investing in draft dispensers in hotels, bars and restaurants. To help ensure supply, 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. 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 $7 billion annually, according to data gathering platform Statista. Conroy says he expects to remain relatively small. "We're going to be a small craft brewery compared to the big guys, but we believe we can make the best beer and we can keep growing in our own way and do things in our own style," Conroy said. Even 1% of a $7 billion market would be $70 million. "I will be very happy with 1% of the market. Even half of that will be great," Conroy said. Among those drinking at the Bature Brewery and enjoying the live band, Colin Egemonye, a businessman, is one satisfied customer. "The flavour is beautiful," he told Reuters.
Irish Times
2 days ago
- General
- Irish Times
Master brewer who died in Cork house fire remembered as ‘gentle giant with big heart'
A master brewer who died in a house fire in Cork city last week knew the importance of time and 'put more into the life of others than he took out,' his requiem Mass has heard. Peter Lyall, who was remembered as a 'gentle giant with a big heart,' died when a fire broke out at his home in Hollyhill in the early hours of July 21st. The 57-year-old, who worked at the Franciscan Well brewery in Cork for over two decades, was pronounced dead at the scene. His beloved dog Charlie also died. His partner Anna Neville managed to get out of the property and was transferred to hospital. Fr Sean O'Sullivan told mourners at St Mary's on the Hill Church, in Knocknaheeny on Monday that Mr Lyall learned a lot about life from the brewing process which he said involves 'choosing the finest ingredients', blending them in the right proportions and then giving them the time to ferment. READ MORE 'Family, friendship, his passion for work, his love of basketball and coaching, his love of fun and a bit of craic – they were the ingredients of his life he blended them into something that, like his beer, will last long beyond them.' Mr Lyall had also been a coach at Fr Mathew's Basketball club in the city. Shane Long, founder of The Franciscan Well bar and brewery, said Mr Lyall was a modest man. He said Mr Lyall was 'instrumental in producing a beer called Sunbeam' and that he never took any credit for it. 'And when everybody else is gone from here, his beer will still be there, a lasting memory for the amazing man he was.' He also said Mr Lyall met Ms Neville, 'the love of his life', over three decades ago and adored her, their children and grandchildren. Mr Lyall's grandson Paul said he had an infectious laugh which could be 'heard across a room and maybe even through the walls'. Chanice and Kia said he was a 'magical' grandfather who made them feel safe and loved and always told them how proud he was of them. Mr Lyall is survived by his partner Ms Neville, his daughters Sarah and Johann, his five siblings, grandchildren, relatives, neighbours and friends.
New York Times
4 days ago
- Business
- New York Times
Quote of the Day: Jack McAuliffe, Who Brewed a Craft Beer Revolution, Dies at 80
'While the Ramones launched a million bands, Jack McAuliffe launched 10,000 American craft breweries.' SAM CALAGIONE, founder of Dogfish Head beer, on the wide influence of the New Albion Brewing Company, whose founder died this month at 80.
The Sun
4 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
British beer giant is shutting NINE pubs today including its flagship bar with 100 jobs at risk – is one going near you?
IT'S a sad day for BrewDog fans as NINE of its iconic pubs are closing today. On Friday, the former punk poster child for craft beer even axed their most popular London watering hole in Camden. Union officials have blasted bosses at the pub chain on social media following claims that staff were given just three days' notice. The full list of BrewDog pubs closing today are: Aberdeen flagship (Gallowgate) Brighton Dundee Leeds North Street Oxford Sheffield Shepherds Bush Shoreditch York The brand's huge Camden branch closed on Friday, despite it being one of the company's most popular pubs. Details on the number of potential jobs that could be lost as a result of the closures are unknown at this stage. However, bosses at BrewDog have said they are undergoing an appropriate consultation process with all affected staff which will last a minimum of two weeks. They added that there will be one-to-one meetings with every member of staff who is at risk of redundancy. But they confirmed that "every effort will be made to made to redeploy as many members of staff as possible." Unite Hospitality shared the news with a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. It read: "Brew Dog have announced that they are closing 10 flagship bars from Aberdeen to Camden, as soon as THIS FRIDAY! "In what universe is THREE DAYS a morally (or legally) acceptable notice period for a proper redundancy consultation for the workers impacted?!" BrewDog's James Watt & fiancee Georgia Toffolo spark backlash with 'cringeworthy' video about their relationship A statement from CEO James Taylor was posted on the shareholders' forum announcing that closures come as part of a "strategic review". He explained that the firm has "faced continued challenges" in the UK, including "rising costs, increased regulation, and economic pressures", which have resulted in the closures. He said: "Despite our best efforts, it has simply not been possible to find a formula to make these bars viable due to their size, location and other limiting factors." Taylor added: "Keeping them open would put pressure on the wider business, making it harder to invest where we know we can grow. "This decision is not simply a response to the challenging UK hospitality market but a proactive decision to redefine the bar division's focus. "This is not a decision we've taken lightly. But as we evolve BrewDog into a more focused and sustainable business, we've had to be honest about where we are - and where we're heading". In an internal note shared amongst staff, Taylor said: "To everyone who worked in these bars, and every customer who supported them - thank you. "These bars helped make BrewDog what it is today, and we're grateful for your support over the years." 4 A spokesperson for BrewDog told The Scottish Sun: 'We can confirm that following a review of our bars business, we have made the difficult decision to close ten bars. "This reflects a more focused strategy and a rationalisation of our bar footprint. "Despite our best efforts, and the hard work of our teams, it has simply not been possible to make these bars commercially viable. 'We are working hard to minimise the impact on our people, and we expect to redeploy many affected team members across the BrewDog network. " For those leaving the business, we're providing as much support as possible during this transition. "We remain passionate and firmly committed to our bars, and optimistic about the future, as we still see significant long-term opportunity'. The Sun has also contacted BrewDog representatives for comment. BrewDog was founded in 2007 by James Watt and Martin Dickie. It bulldozed its way into the beer scene, flipping two fingers to the lager giants and slapping 'anti-establishment' on every can. In 2024, Watt stepped down from his CEO role after 17 years in the hot seat. He passed the baton to chief operating officer James Arrow as the "business pushed forward into its next phase of growth". But in March this year, Arrow stepped down from the hefty role due, citing "personal reasons". 4 4
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Yahoo
Delaware's 5 best summertime craft breweries to drink under the sun
Every winter, craft beer lovers either coop up with their favorite cans at home or push through the weather to gather in taprooms for drafts of the good stuff. But now with the warmth of the sun mostly reliable, it's time to bend those pasty elbows outdoors. For beer lovers, drink sessions at picnic tables in between games of cornhole is the best time of the year. And here in Delaware, we have a few stand-out spots for drinking under the sun. Here are some of them. Revelation Craft Brewing, Rehoboth Beach Revelation Brewing is perhaps undersung, as home to some of the tastiest beer in Delaware. But to beachy locals, hardly a secret. Its original Rehoboth Beach taproom is humble and out of the way, a backroad bar with a chalkboard beer list that feels made for the neighborhood. A little shack out front serves wood-fired pizza, and its beertenders justly have been voted some of the friendliest in the state. But its beers, likewise justly, have won national awards year after year. Mostly, this stems from Revelation's deftness with sour beers conditioned on unholy amounts of fresh raspberry or apricot or blackberry: beers that are balanced, light and beauteously expressive of fruit. But don't sleep on a clean and crisp Pilsner, nor a brown ale accented with on woody notes from Caribbean Mama Juana wood. Just off the Junction Breakwater Trail, its patio is a prime spot for bicyclists to mingle with other beer-drinkers under the open sky near the beach. Where to cycle: Looking for places to bicycle in Delaware? Here are 12 treks to check out Revelation also has expanded to a Georgetown brewery and taproom far from the beach, but conveniently located at a cross-section of highways for those coming in from parts south or west. 19841 Central St., near Rehoboth Beach. Visit Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton Delaware's oldest, biggest and most famous craft brewery is still worth a check-in even for locals. For out-of-towners, it's a rite of passage. Its Milton headquarters features a large outdoor area anchored by the 40-foot tall Steampunk Treehouse, also offering cornhole and patio space. Every once in a while, they also put pickleball courts in their parking lot for pickleball tournaments. Live music, picnic table seating and the buzz of beer tourists from around the country make the Milton brewery a great way to burn a weekend afternoon. And that's even before you get to their exclusive tap room tastings, offering hard-to-find pours. If you have time, a brewery tour is worth it. Choose from the $5, 25-minute "Quick Sip Tour" and the deeper dive $25, 75-minute "Off-Centered Tour," but note that you must be wearing closed-toe shoes to go into Delaware's Wonka world of beer. 6 Village Center Blvd., Milton. Visit Crooked Hammock Brewery, Middletown Crooked Hammock is a brewpub with the approximate personality of a Jimmy Buffett concert: a fun-themed Southern-beachy backyard of a place with rainbowed Adirondacks and ping-pong and an actual hammock we're not sure is crooked. And that goes for both their original Lewes and Middletown locations. The beers you should order also are the ones themed for "fun." This could be a pineapple-fruity Jungle Juice sour that tastes more sweet than sour. Or it could be a 'Joint Collaboration IPA,' infused with cannabis aromatics, which smells like a lit bong but tastes mostly mild. Especially, it should be the Hammock Light. The Hammock Light, a crystal-clear beach lager if there ever was one, is the most basic and frictionless beer you can expect to find in this world: It is low calorie, low hop, low gluten, low alcohol and low effort. It's what you'd drink in a parking lot or while thinking about mowing a lawn, the flavor of a life lived without care. A life led, we presume, mostly on a hammock. But the fun spills out into each brewery's "Backyard." At Middletown alone, they have two bocce courts, two horseshoe pits and seven cornhole sets to keep the good times rollin' at the family-friendly spot. 36707 Crooked Hammock Way, Lewes, and 316 Auto Park Drive, Middletown. Visit Thompson Island Brewing Co., Rehoboth Beach Thompson Island is the original beer outpost of Rehoboth Beach's omnipresent SoDel Concepts, the restaurant group behind well over a dozen restaurants and bars and breweries along the Delaware coastline. Thompson's better-than-usual taproom food menu shows evidence of this, from stacked smashburgers to seafood to locally famous wings. So does the minimalist white-on-white cottagecore of the restaurant's interior, whose self-consciously rough-hewn furniture looks a little like its painters left early for the day. Al fresco options: Dine outdoors at these restaurants in and around Delaware But if you're here, you're almost certainly here for the indoor-outdoor back bar, the spacious firepit patio with multiple cornhole courts, and an array of beers from a spot-on Baltic porter to No Bad Days lager that starts dry and ends with a strong noble-hop finish. Hopheads should always spend a glass with a truly excellent piney-citrusy, malt-balanced Thompson Island IPA. Some far-flung beer flavor experiments, like a maple pancake sour, might reward caution. But,a mixed-culture Brett saison, a style known for barnyard funk, scored national medals in 2024 at both of the biggest craft beer competitions in American beer. 30133 Veterans Way, near Rehoboth Beach. Visit Wilmington Brew Works, Wilmington Sure, the former site of the Harper-Thiel Electroplating Co. has a tasting room in what resembles The Alamo. But when the weather is nice, the best seats in the house move outside. The front patio is filled with tables for hoisting pints of Hazy Tang tangerine cuvée IPA or a glass of Nom de Pomme dry cider. In the back, the patio is a little more bustling with live music, food trucks and usually a kid or two running around and joining in the fun. Even though they have a solid line-up of food trucks, it's hard not to contemplate grabbing a pizza from stand-out La Pizzeria Metro in the same complex, which you can carry over to the brewery. 3129 Miller Road, Wilmington. Have a story idea? Contact Ryan Cormier of Delaware Online/The News Journal at rcormier@ or (302) 324-2863. Follow him on Facebook (@ryancormier) and X (@ryancormier). This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Try these Delaware breweries for summer outdoor craft beer sessions Solve the daily Crossword
