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Zululand Brewing Company
Category: Beer Wholesaler
Country: South Africa
Date:21/08/2013
The Zululand Brewery is a South African beer company founded in 1997 by the Chennells family. One of the smallest micro-breweries in Africa started brewing out of the old shed behind the George Hotel in Eshowe, Zululand where its beers are available on tap. ZULU BLONDE Zulu Blonde has been the flagship beer of The Zululand Brewing Company for the past 18 years. Zulu Blonde is an easy drinking session beer. In 2010 Zulu Blonde the company partnered with international brewing companies and was launched in the UK in over 900 pubs where it was voted Best Beer at the Wetherspoons International Real Ale Festival. Zulu Blonde is available at selected outlets in South Africa as well as a frequent guest beer in pub chains across England and Europe. In 2017 Zululand Pale Ale was launched in the UK. In 2020 Zulu IPA was launched across France. We have large scale brewing partners locally an internationally and can supply bottles or kegs worldwide. Zululand covers an area of about 30 000km2 on the east coast of South Africa stretching from the Tugela River in the south to the Pongola river in the north. After the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 Eshowe was established as the capital of Zululand and the towns original water supply was on main street where the brewery and hotel are based today. The brewery is the smallest on the Kwa-Zulu Natal Brew Route. All of our natural ingredients are from South Africa and abroad creating a perfect recipe of barley, wheat and hops to create the right taste and aroma we want from our hand crafted beers. Zulu Blonde, Zululand Pale Ale, Bull Horn Bitter, Assagai Lager to name a few.