Whenever you travel to different countries across the world, there are things that make places stand out.
For many it is the local befuddling stuff, that is to say alcohol.
In different parts of the United Kingdom for example, there are different pubs pushing local versions of cider or ale. It is a drink you will have to travel to that area to find. It becomes something of a tourist attraction.
In Zimbabwe not so much.
As a friend and I sat in a local watering hole the other day, we looked at the stock in place and realised that there was not one single local spirit on the shelf. The beers that often called local are your corporate giant produced which you will hardly find sitting on the romantic end of Zimbabwean identity.
Like, we realised that we craved for the romanticism of going to Chinhoyi or Lalapanzi because there is a special brew that will redefine your existence.
There is of course the illegalised kachasu or seven days from kumusha but you want more. You want a reliable supply as well.
Sure we have come across a kraft beer manufacturer but in a country of heavy drinkers as this one, they are too few and far between.
Something the tourism ministry might want to have a look at.
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