Julbrew, Gambia | Banjul Breweries Ltd. info

Julbrew Beer, Gambia

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Contact Details:
Banjul Breweries Co. Ltd.

Website: www.julbrew.gm
Kanifing Industrial Estate
PO Box 830, Banjul
The Gambia, West Africa

Telephone number:
   +220 439 2626
            439 2566
            439 1863
            439 1864

Fax:       4392266

Email: banbrew@gamtel.gm

Overseas Shareholders:
DAH Deutsch
Amerikanische Handelsgesellschaft
(Major stakeholders)
Holländischer Brook 2
D-20457 Hamburg
Germany
Tel no: +49 40 229 34 01
Fax: +49 40 227 36 78
Website: www.dah-gmbh.com

Company Information:
The lager Julbrew

is brewed by Banjul Breweries Ltd., The Gambia’s only brewery. One of the oldest companies in The Gambia, it sells four varieties of Julbrew beer, each with different alcohol content and corresponding symbols on the label.

(Note that Julbrew Strong is a seasonal beer, produced only during the festive Christmas season). The export beer is darker and stronger than the regular which is sold wholesale locally and exported to the alcoholic drinks market in West Africa.

Their bottling factory, located near Westfield Junction at Kanifing, offers free tours—call to make arrangements. Banjul Breweries Ltd. also makes non-alcoholic beverages under the name Julpearl. The drinks company also bottle and sell the pricier Guinness. Banjul Breweries have won the Monde Selection, Brussels, Gold Award at least 4 times: 1979, 1987, 1990 & 1999.

Julpearl:
Made and bottled by the makers of Julbrew, provides a variety of non-alcoholic soft drinks: Vimto (berry-flavoured, like a popsicle from childhood), Malta, Vitamalt, Bitter Lemon, Cocktail des Fruits (citrus-flavoured punch), tonic water, and soda water.

The company started construction of its bottling plant in 1975 and began producing the Gambia's only locally produced beer in 1977. The largest shareholders are the Hamburg based companies DAH and Brauhaase International Management GMBH. The minority shares are owned the the Government of Gambia.