Beer in Cape Verde

Cape Verde produces a popular beer called Strela which is a Pale lager brewed by the CERIS - Sociedade Cabo-verdiana de Cerveja e Refrigerantes S.A.R. out the capital Praia on the island of Santiago.

The beer is exported to neighboring Senegal, Gambia and Guinea-Bissau, as well as to the Netherlands, Portugal and the United States, where there are large Cape Verdean communities.