beer!

Beer is popular in Cameroon. It's also popular with me. I've been trying the local brews, and my favorite is called "33" (see image above). Beer here mostly comes in large bottles, like the double-sized beers they serve back home in Chinese restaurants, and only in small bottles or cans occasionally. If you see people in small cafes or bars at the side of the road, they usually have a big beer bottle and a glass in front of them. They're usually at a table, and usually with someone else.

We saw the brewery too, which is here in Yaounde and responsible for bottling "33", Tuborg, Mutzig, Isenbeck (all Cameroonian beers), as well as sodas and other beverages.

That bottle on the right? If you see one, avoid it. I saw it at the store, and decided to give it a try. It has "genuine whisky taste" which should have been warning enough. It's a sort of whisky-flavored Zima, a heavily sweetened whisky and soda. I liked the name, since I like most black beverages -- Death and Taxes Black Ale (served on tap with pizza slices at Lanesplitters in Oakland, CA), black coffee, kahlua. But one Whisky Black is plenty for this trip, although I did drink it all just to make sure I wasn't missing anything.