Beer in Africa Bedele were acquired by Heineken's parent company and re-branded. Some of the best Ethiopian brands include: Golden Star, brewed by the Golden Star Brewery, is the unique beer in Eritrea after the closing of Asmara Brewery (ex Melotti) which had been brewing beer since the colonial era. Tusker, brewed by the Kenya Breweries Limited, is the most-popular beer in Kenya. Popularly known as "Keroro" beer, Tusker is a source of Kenyan pride highlighted in the late 1990s, when East African Breweries waged a marketing war against Castle Breweries, a subsidiary of international brewing giant SABMiller. In this media campaign, Castle,
Beer in Africa the company's division O&L Leisure also has a hotel in the coastal town of Swakopmund called the Strand Hotel. The hotel boasts its own brewery with frequent changes to the variety of their craft beer. The Hotel and Restaurant Roof of Africa is the first, privately owned Restaurant in Namibia to start brewing its own beer, after installing a brand new brewery imported from Europe. The house brew will mainly be Draught and Pilsner, with four other beer types will be brewed throughout 2018 and onward. The beers will be available middle of March 2018. Of South African beers, Castle