Namibia Breweries

Namibia Breweries Ltd. (NBL) Ohlthaver & List Group of Companies
legal form	Corporation
ISIN	NA0009114944
founding	1920
Seat	Windhoek , Namibia
management	Hendrik van der Westhuizen
Number of employees	802 (2017)
sales	N $ 2708.9 million (2017)
Branch	brewery
Website	www.nambrew.com

The Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL) is a beer brewery from Windhoek in Namibia .

History and background

The brewery was founded in 1920 by Carl List and Hermann Ohlthaver as Südwestbrauerei (SWB). In 1967 the Hansa brewery from Swakopmund joined the SWB. Under the German master brewer Günther Schulz, who was responsible for production from 1966 to 1978, the brewery was modernized and international prizes were won as early as the 1970s.

After Namibia's independence , the Südwestbrauerei received its current name on March 21, 1990.

Since 1999 there has been a cooperation with the Beck & Co. brewery from Bremen . In 2003, a cooperation with Heineken and Diageo resulted in the sale of 28.9 percent of the NBL, which is now listed on the Namibia Stock Exchange, to these two companies. The Ohlthaver & List Group still owns the majority of the company with 51 percent.

The associated Hansa brewery in Swakopmund was closed in October 2005.

In January 2014 NBL took over the Namibian microbrewery Camelthorn Brewing and launched its own wheat beer for the first time in June 2014 under the name Camelthorn Weizen .

Production, products and markets

The NBL brews its own beers, with the exception of King Lager , according to the regulations of the German Purity Law and received awards from the DLG when the Windhoek Lager was first tested . In addition, Vigo and Code are bringing their own soft drinks onto the market.

Around 60 percent of production is currently exported to South Africa and 23 other countries around the world. The NBL has been expanding internationally since the beginning of 2010 with the aim of becoming one of the top 15 beers in the world within 15 months. The newest country to be marketed was Cameroon on February 17, 2010 and Great Britain on May 19, 2010. Windhoek Draft has also been exported to Tanzania since the beginning of March 2014.

beers

The following beers and mixed beer beverages are produced or marketed.

Own beers

• Camelthorn Helles Lager (since August 2017)
• Camelthorn Weiss (until August 2017 Camelthorn wheat)
• Camelthorn Urbock (formerly only Urbock )
• Camelthorn Indian Pale Ale (since 2018)
• Hansa Draft
• Horizon Non-Alcoholic - Apple, Berries, Lemon (since July 2020)
• King Lager (since October 2015; 100% Namibian ingredients)
• Oktoberfest beer (only in September and October)
• Blackboard warehouse
• Tafel Lite (since July 11, 2016)
• Tafel Radler (since October 2018)
• Windhoek Draft
• Windhoek warehouse
• Windhoek Light
• Windhoek Special (until approx. 2016)
• Windhoek Non-Alcoholic (since September 2019)
• three to four beers in the microbrewery of the Strand Hotel Swakopmund (since October 2015)

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  Bottle of the Windhoek Special

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  Windhoek warehouse

Licensed beers

• Amstel warehouse
• Club Shandy
• Erdinger Weißbräu
• Heineken
• Job brewer

Other drinks

• Aquasplash - mineral water
• Code - carbonated soft drink
• McKane - Tonic , Soda, and Lemonade
• Vigo - carbonated fruit drink

Awards

The NBL has won numerous awards around the world, not only for the company's management but also for its Namibian beers.

These include:

• European Beer Star Award
  • Mild beer
    • Gold: Tafel Lager , 2008
    • Silver: Windhoek Draft (2012)
  • Bronze: Tafel Lager , 2009, Windhoek Lager (2018)
  • Light beer
    • Silver: Windhoek Light (2012)
  • Strong beer
    • Silver: Hansa Urbock (2015)
• German Agricultural Society (DLG)
  • Gold: Windhoek Lager (2007-2016), Windhoek Draft (2007-2013, 2015, 2016), Tafel Lager (2007-2014, 2016), Windhoek Light (2013, 2014, 2016)
  • Silver: Windhoek Lager (2006), Windhoek Draft (2006, 2014), Tafel Lager (2006. 2015), Windhoek Light (2006, 2010–2012, 2015), Hansa Pilsener (2006)
  • Bronze: Windhoek Light (2007)
• Brewing Industry International
  • Gold: Windhoek Light, 2005
• Prize of the best, by the German Agricultural Society (DLG)
  • Bronze for Outstanding Corporate Quality, 2009

Web links

• Official Website of the NBL (English)

• The Official Website of Windhoek Beer (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.namibian.com.na/2005/June/national/05B7FC8D6F.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ NBL News
3. ↑ http://www.nambrew.com/index.php?id=11
4. ^ Gold medal for Tafel Lager, Allgemeine Zeitung, February 26, 2008
5. ↑ European Beer Star Award 2009 ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ http://www.brewingawards.org/html/winners2005.html
7. ↑ Best of the Best at Nambrew