A pale lager brewed in Moundou since the 1960s and so widely drunk across Chad’s Christian south that its name has become shorthand for beer. It is the country’s standard bottle.
It is one brewery’s commercial lager, and brewing beer at home is licensed or restricted in much of the atlas’s readership.
What goes into it
- malted barley
- maize or sorghum adjunct
- hops
- brewer’s yeast
- water
How it is made
Malt and adjunct are mashed to convert starch to sugar, the wort boiled with hops, then cooled and fermented cool with lager yeast, followed by weeks of cold conditioning before filtering and bottling. Lager depends on temperature control from beginning to end.
How long it takes: three to five weeks from mash to bottle
How it is eaten
Cold, from the bottle, in bars across southern Chad.
History
Brewed at Moundou since the 1960s and so widely drunk in the Christian south that its name is shorthand for beer.
Frequently asked questions
What is Gala?
Gala is a wine & spirit from Chad: pale lager brewed in Moundou, the standard beer of southern Chad. Brewed at Moundou since the 1960s and so widely drunk in the Christian south that its name is shorthand for beer.
How is Gala made?
Malt and adjunct are mashed to convert starch to sugar, the wort boiled with hops, then cooled and fermented cool with lager yeast, followed by weeks of cold conditioning before filtering and bottling. Lager depends on temperature control from beginning to end. It takes three to five weeks from mash to bottle.
Can I make Gala at home?
No, and the atlas gives no method for it. It is one brewery’s commercial lager, and brewing beer at home is licensed or restricted in much of the atlas’s readership.
What goes into Gala?
Malted barley, maize or sorghum adjunct, hops, brewer’s yeast, water.
How is Gala eaten?
Cold, from the bottle, in bars across southern Chad.
