Sierra Leone Brewery Limited
| Founded | Freetown, Sierra Leone (March 16, 1963) |
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| Headquarters | Freetown , Sierra Leone |
Key people | Willy Ngana (MD) |
| Products | Beer, The brewing, marketing, and selling of lager, stout, and malt drink) |
| Brands | Star, Maltina, Heineken, Guinness, Mutzig |
| Owner | Heineken (83.15%) Guinness (11.59%) |
Number of employees | 125 |
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8°26′33.1″N 13°09′54″W / 8.442528°N 13.16500°W
Heineken and United African Company (UAC) began construction of the Sierra Leone Brewery Limited in October 1961 in Wellington Industrial Estate in Freetown, and the first brew was mashed-in on 23 November 1962. The first brand to be brewed was Star Lager.
It closed for six months in 1982 following a shortage of foreign exchange, reopening after the end of the rainy season. During the 1997 Military Coup, the brewing stopped for six months after the brewery was ransacked. On 6 January 1999, the rebel forces looted the brewery, stopping production for one and a half years.