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Brewers Turn To Sorghum For Local Beer Production

August 2008 | Industry News

While barely has traditionally been the main crop used to brew beer, in recent years a new trend has emerged for African beer - the use of sorghum as an alternative ingredient. The main driving force behind this change has been the continent's main brewers - Diageo-owned Guinness, Dutch brewer Heineken, and Anglo-South African SABMiller. While some of these projects were started as a corporate social responsibility initiative, they have now evolved into profitable businesses in their own right.

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