INTRODUCTION

 

Ghana has had four modern breweries for several decades, producing European liquor and Irish stout, and the country imports beers, wines and spirits from all over the world.  In spite of this overflow of foreign beverages, some of its traditional local beers are still produced by backyard brewers and distillers with a heady tradition of brewed and fermented alcohols and beverages produced across the country. Ghanaians do value their own locally manufactured drinks such as millet beer (pito), palm wine, maize beer (asaana), coconut juice and akpeteshie. These alcoholic beverages are manufactured in some part of the regions in Ghana with their own technique of preparation.

However in the southern Ghana by the Ga tribe of Greater Accra Region is known for their capability in the manufacturing of coconut juice, Akpeteshie, asaana (maize beer) and palm wine, the northern Ghana thus the northern region, upper  west and upper east is branded with their high regard for the production of millet beer (pito), also, Somewhere in the western region of Ghana is the undying love for the manufacturing of coconut juice, palm wine, and Akpeteshie. In the restaurants and bars in the cities the drinks on display are all familiar to the international world, and one may need to enquire discretely about the availability of a local specialty, but in remote rural areas the preferred intoxicant is still the clout that shielded the ancestors from the cares of everyday life.