A toast to the return of the Botswana's thirst buster :: Mmegi Online

As the biggest local brewer rises from the ashes of the hefty alcohol levy with exciting news of the return of the country’s premium local beer, St Louis Export, Staff Writer THALEFANG CHARLES proposes a toast. He shares why it is of national importance that the ‘Export’ is back

Finally exciting news for patriotic beer lovers! Tinkling in like the heartwarming sounds of the Happy Hour bell announcing the best time of the day during a hot evening in a Gaborone beer joint are news that the Kgalagadi Breweries Limited (KBL) has brought back its award-winning local premium beer, St Louis Export after halting its production in 2016.

The St Louis Export is one of the KBL beverages that did not survive the burden of the former president Ian Khama’s punitive alcohol levy that drove beer guzzlers to the more potent spirits because of sky rocketing alcohol prices.

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A toast to the return of the Botswana's thirst buster

As the biggest local brewer rises from the ashes of the hefty alcohol levy with exciting news of the return of the country’s premium local beer, St Louis Export, Staff Writer THALEFANG CHARLES proposes a toast. He shares why it is of national importance that the ‘Export’ is back

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