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Kwete

Cloudy home-brewed beer of fermented maize and millet, drunk fresh

Uganda Wine & spirit Vegetarian

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

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History

Brewed in Buganda households and sold in village bars, fermented only a few days so it is drunk young and sour.

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What is Kwete?

Kwete is a wine & spirit from Uganda: cloudy home-brewed beer of fermented maize and millet, drunk fresh. Brewed in Buganda households and sold in village bars, fermented only a few days so it is drunk young and sour.

Made with

🌽maize millet

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