Archive record · Brewery
Nambawan Brewery
Port Vila, Shefa, Vanuatu
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Closed
- 2011
- Archive ID
- TB-WVYMQA1V
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Type: Microbrewery / brewery restaurant lineage. Original Nambawan brewery is CLOSED. Early brand/operator lineage is now partially resolved: Nambawan Beer was attributed to Seven Seas in April 2011, while Nambawan is independently described as a brewer by March 2012. Exact spinout/formation/brand-transfer documents remain missing; later VBL transfer mechanism also remains unresolved.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Where it is
-17.73280, 168.31100
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
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Behind the beer
September 2017 industry report identifies Matt Measey as Managing Director while the brewery was planning a major expansion and local/export growth.
The Beer Library
Beers
Bitter
RetiredBitter - Session / Ordinary
(Historical / current brand lineage partial)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Draught
RetiredLager - Pale
(Historical / current brand lineage partial)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Nambawan Gold
RetiredBlonde / Golden Ale - Other
(Historical / current brand lineage partial)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Porter
RetiredPorter - Other
(Historical / current brand lineage partial)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Pacific Pale Ale
RetiredPale Ale - Other
(Historical / current brand lineage partial)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Island Lager
RetiredLager - Pale
(Historical / current brand lineage partial)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Dark Red Pale Ale
RetiredIPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Ale
(Historical / current brand lineage partial)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Pampelmousse Pale Ale
RetiredPale Ale - Other
(Historical / current brand lineage partial)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Reserve
RetiredWheat Beer - Witbier / Blanche
(Historical / current brand lineage partial)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Black IPA
RetiredIPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Ale
(Historical / current brand lineage partial)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Travel Guide
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