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Joala

homebrewed sorghum beer announced by a white flag at the door

Lesotho Wine & spirit Vegetarian

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Sorghum beer brewed by women; a white flag raised on a pole outside a Basotho homestead signals that joala is ready and for sale.

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What is Joala?

Joala is a wine & spirit from Lesotho: homebrewed sorghum beer announced by a white flag at the door. Sorghum beer brewed by women; a white flag raised on a pole outside a Basotho homestead signals that joala is ready and for sale.

Made with

sorghummaize

Cooked

brewed

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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