A pale lager brewed by the Monrovia Breweries since the 1960s, and Liberia’s best-known beer. It is sold in large bottles and is what people mean when they order a beer.
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 rice adjunct
- hops
- lager yeast
- water
How it is made
Malt and adjunct are mashed, the wort boiled with hops, cooled and fermented cool with lager yeast, then cold-conditioned for weeks before filtering and bottling into returnable large bottles.
How long it takes: three to four weeks from mash to bottle
How it is eaten
Cold from the large bottle, shared, with grilled fish and pepper soup.
History
Brewed by the Monrovia Breweries from the 1960s; Club Beer is the country’s best-known beer and is sold in large bottles.
Frequently asked questions
What is Club Beer?
Club Beer is a wine & spirit from Liberia: pale lager brewed in Monrovia, Liberia’s own beer. Brewed by the Monrovia Breweries from the 1960s; Club Beer is the country’s best-known beer and is sold in large bottles.
How is Club Beer made?
Malt and adjunct are mashed, the wort boiled with hops, cooled and fermented cool with lager yeast, then cold-conditioned for weeks before filtering and bottling into returnable large bottles. It takes three to four weeks from mash to bottle.
Can I make Club Beer 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 Club Beer?
Malted barley, maize or rice adjunct, hops, lager yeast, water.
How is Club Beer eaten?
Cold from the large bottle, shared, with grilled fish and pepper soup.
