Windhoek Lager comes from the second most sparsely populated country in the world. Most Australians would have heard of Namibia for 2 reasons 1) Frankie Fredericks won 4 Olympic silver medals for sprinting 2) Namibia played in three rugby world cups and suffered a 142 – 0 defeat to Australia.
This latter event padded out numerous try scoring records of some Wallabies and was notable for Chris Latham celebrating his fourth or fifth try in a similar way to Brett Lee dismissing a No. 11. In other words he was a complete dickhead.
Namibia has been brewing its own beer since 1904. It used known as German South-West Africa and its breweries have adopted the Reinheitsgebot approach to brewing. In 1990, when Namibia became independent, the merged breweries renamed themselves – Namibia Breweries Limited, and it is this company that brews Windhoek lager. The german influence is very apparent in the only Namibian beer exported to Australia. Windhoek Lager, which is named for Namibia’s capital, is hoppy and has plenty of taste.
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