Asmara Brewery

Asmara Brewery
Location	Asmara, Eritrea
Owner(s)	Asmara Brewery Corporation
Year opened	1939
Annual production	400,000
Active beers
Name Type Asmara Lager Beer Lager Asmara Extra Stout Stout

Asmara Brewery (formerly, Melotti Brewery) was the first brewery in Eritrea. It was founded in 1939 by Luigi Melotti^[1]. The Brewery was nationalized by the Derg during the Eritrean War of Independence and was then inherited by the Government of Eritrea. The Brewery is share owned by investors and the Government of Eritrea. The factory exports up to 40% of its production, with the remainder being domestically consumed.^[2]

Football

The brewery operates a football team that plays in the Eritrean Premier League.

References

1. ^ (Italian) Cronologia storica dell'Eritrea
2. ^ Killion, Tom (1998). Historical Dictionary of Eritrea. The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810834375.