Sierra Leone Brewery Limited


and United African Company began construction of the Sierra Leone Brewery Limited in October 1961 in Wellington Industrial Estate in Freetown and the first brew was mashed-in on 23 November 1962. The first brand to be brewed was Star Lager.
on 16 March 1963
During the 1997 Military Coup the brewing stopped for six months after the brewery was ransacked. On 6 January 1999 the rebel forces looted the brewery, stopping production for one and a half years.
after the destruction of the brewery by rebels in the civil war.

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In 2006 a program was started to encourage local farmers to grow sorghum as part of a local sourcing drive.
The current target of the local sourcing program is to achieve receive 60% of raw materials from within Africa.