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Seven Days

Home-brewed maize beer fermented about a week, cloudy and sour

Zambia Wine & spirit Vegetarian

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

Named for its brewing time, it is made in Zambian villages for funerals, weddings and communal work parties.

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What is Seven Days?

Seven Days is a wine & spirit from Zambia: home-brewed maize beer fermented about a week, cloudy and sour. Named for its brewing time, it is made in Zambian villages for funerals, weddings and communal work parties.

Made with

maizesorghum

Cooked

brewed

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