A pale lager brewed by Sobragui, Guinea’s national brewery in Conakry. It is sold in large bottles in bars and maquis across the country and is the beer most Guineans mean when they order one.
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
- lager yeast
- water
How it is made
Malt and adjunct are mashed, the wort boiled with hops, then fermented cool with lager yeast and conditioned cold 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, in a maquis with grilled fish.
History
Brewed by Sobragui, Guinea’s national brewery in Conakry; it is sold in large bottles in bars and maquis across the country.
Frequently asked questions
What is Guiluxe?
Guiluxe is a wine & spirit from Guinea: pale lager brewed in Conakry, the country’s own beer. Brewed by Sobragui, Guinea’s national brewery in Conakry; it is sold in large bottles in bars and maquis across the country.
How is Guiluxe made?
Malt and adjunct are mashed, the wort boiled with hops, then fermented cool with lager yeast and conditioned cold before filtering and bottling into returnable large bottles. It takes three to four weeks from mash to bottle.
Can I make Guiluxe 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 Guiluxe?
Malted barley, maize or sorghum adjunct, hops, lager yeast, water.
How is Guiluxe eaten?
Cold from the large bottle, shared, in a maquis with grilled fish.
