Rwandan coffee used to make beer

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BBC

Drinking five or six bottles will stop you sleeping

A London brewery has started producing beer brewed from Rwandan coffee beans.

The beer, which has a 4% alcohol content, is targeted at adult drinkers as a cappucino drink or as a digestif.

Meantime Brewery uses Fairtrade Arabica coffee beans, grown by the Maraba Co-operative in Butare Province. Coffee is one of Rwanda's major exports.

The Rwandan coffee had the right mix of flavours for the beer, Meantime owner Alastair Hook told the BBC's Network Africa programme.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4073075.stm

[mac56]

1. Another variation on "Buzz Beer" from the Drew Carey show.

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[rogerashton]

2. Dogfish Head, a craft brewery in Delaware,

makes a Chickory Stout with a little coffee in it. Not enuf to give you a buzz, but really tasty.

:beer:

[mac56]

3. Roasted barley

often imparts a coffee-like flavor to beer. Stout is a good example. They don't need to add real coffee to get that flavor.