All Mxd Up S1 Ep1

Fermentation is an art form, and countless African civilizations have nailed it for millennia. Learn alongside Kas about the beer, wine, and potent liquors that stemmed from the hard work of history's oft-forgotten brewers and distillers.

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Sources:

• Craft Beer & Brewing, The Oxford Companion to Traditional Brewing in Africa

• Craft Beer & Brewing, The Oxford Companion to Porridge Beers

• IWSR: Beverage Alcohol in Africa: A Heady Mix of Complexity and Opportunity in 2024

• Alcohol and Pleasure: A Health Perspective, edited by Stanton Peele and Marcus Grant; Part III

• High on the Hog by Dr. Jessica B. Harris

• Akpeteshie: The Local Gin Which Has Served Presidents, Chiefs and Commoners

• The Delicious, Diverse World of Spirits From the African Continent

• Characteristics of African Traditional Beers Brewed with Sorghum Malt: A Review

• Sorghum Beer – The Beer That Celebrates Africa’s Rich Cultural Heritage

• Traditional Beers From the Fringes of the Ottoman World

• Akpeteshie: The Tasty Drink From Ghana

• Making Ancient Egyptian Beer, Britannica

• Wine Talk: Under the Fig Tree

• Boukha: Tunisia’s “Water of Life” Fig Liquor

• On the Possible Oriental Origin of Our Word Booze by Berthold Laufer (1929)

• Palm Wine, Atlas Obscura

• The Battle to Bottle Palm Wine

• In Nigeria, Palm Wine Celebrates the Human Experience

• Ghana’s Anti-Colonial Beverage Gets Rehabilitated