Posted on 08/21/2008 11:47:28 AM PDT by SJackson
Known officially as Senator Keg, the Kenyan brew honors its namesake in a country where most competitors are either illegal or unaffordable
Long before he became a top candidate for the Democratic Presidential ticket, Senator Barack Obama was inspiring a particular brand of prideful Obama-mania in Kenya, the birthplace of his late father, Barack Obama Sr., and the current home of his paternal grandmother. If the senator wins the nomination and even the Presidency, many Kenyans will be clinking glasses filled with a beloved product here that has hitched itself to the coattails of his fame and success: "Obama" beer.
Known officially as Senator Keg but as "Obama" by drinkers, the barley-based beer is marketed specifically by its manufacturer—East African Breweries Limited, or EABL, a subsidiary of London-based Diageo—to low-income consumers who have few options for a safe, affordable, and legal beer.
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Obama is the man, and his family comes from my province
said Nicolas Adero, 26, who was recently found in a Nairobi bar downing several glasses of Senator beer from a plastic dispenser that resembled a bong. The beer sells for about 30¢ a glass.
Doesn’t Barack’s brother earn $1 a month? He could have 3 beers a month if he didn’t have any other expenses.
Unfortunately, these products often contain dangerous substances that producers believe will speed up fermentation—noxious additives such as fertilizers, battery acid, or formalin that can blind and even kill. In June, 2005, 51 drinkers died and a dozen were blinded from a particularly toxic batch of homebrew laced with battery acid in a district outside Nairobi.
If The ONe can reduce the price of beer that much, I'm in.
they should make a beer for real people , like Peg “the Keg”
Lautenschlager .
“Peg Lautenschlager - Wisconsin Attorney General - OWI”
http://www.drunkdriverinfo.com/OWIPegLautenschlagerPage.asp
If Barry gets elected, we’ll all have (even more) reasons to drink.
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan. I knew it was too good to be true! Just like his whole candidacy, smoke and mirrors!
Change you can believe in!
Well that clinches it, it’s over, McCain doesn’t have a chance now ... the Messiah is turning water into beer! /sarc
I do hope you realize that my posts were a joke.
Wassupwidat?
yes:)
Obama beer:
- comes in a half-empty keg (that’s how he looks at the world).
- tells you white folks sucked out half the beer from the keg and to go and get reparations from them not Obama beer.
- gives the beer away to the poor, and charges a million bucks to the ‘rich’ and calls it ‘fair’.
- is really named ‘Soetoro beer’ and may have never renounced the ‘step-brewer’s’ citizenship.
- looks great in a glass, but tastes really bitter once you truly experience it.
- is brewed in great quantity and has a fancy no-flag label, but it lacks quality and substance compared to other beers.
The motto for Peg’s beer:
“Feel good - even while driving off the road.”
You could probably get twice as much of a much better beer in the Czech Republic.
Obama Beer comes in 2 flavors:
Pale Ale and Traditional Red.
There is a lot of froth but not much body.
You’ll wonder if it’s really a domestic or imported.
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