Search locations or food
OR
Sign up

What to drink in Africa? Top 82 African Spirits and Liqueurs

Last update: Thu Mar 13 2025
Top 82 African Spirits and Liqueurs
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Best African Spirit/Liqueur Producers

01
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List

Kakira Spirits is a producer of premium alcoholic beverages located in Jinja, Uganda, on the shores of Lake Victoria at the source of the Nile River. Established in 1930 by the Madhvani family, Kakira Spirits is part of the Kakira Sugar Estate, where sugarcane has been cultivated and processed for over 70 years.


The company produces award-winning spirits such as gin, vodka, and rum, using molasses derived as a by-product of sugar production. This approach reduces waste and carbon footprint while simultaneously increasing revenues.
AWARDS

IWSC- International wine & spirit competition - Spirit Gold

2024

European Spirits Challenge - Gold

2024, 2023

European Spirits Challenge - Silver

2024, 2023

BEST Kakira Destillery Spirits
02

Liqueur

SOUTH AFRICA, South Africa
4.7
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List
AWARDS

ISC-International Spirits Challenge - Double Gold

2023

ISC-International Spirits Challenge - Gold

2024

The Liqueur Masters - Gold

2023

03

Spirit

PAARL, South Africa
4.7
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List
AWARDS

ISC-International Spirits Challenge - Double Gold

2023, 2022, 2019

IWSC- International wine & spirit competition - Spirit Gold

2023, 2020

ISC-International Spirits Challenge - Gold trophy

2022, 2019, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2007

04

Spirit/Liqueur

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa
4.7
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List

Amarula is a renowned South African brand produced by Distell Group Ltd that has built its identity around the unique marula fruit, which grows wild across sub-Saharan Africa. Founded in 1989, Amarula is celebrated for its cream liqueur, made by distilling marula fruit into a spirit, blending it with cream, and infusing it with flavors that reflect the spirit of Africa.


This liqueur is globally recognized for its smooth, fruity taste and creamy texture, symbolized by the iconic elephant logo that pays homage to the elephants who consume the marula fruit in the wild. Amarula has expanded its range to include other innovative products, such as Amarula Ethiopian Coffee and Amarula African Gin, which use marula as a central ingredient while incorporating regional botanicals and flavors.
AWARDS

SFWSC - San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold

2024, 2023

The Liqueur Masters - Gold

2023

The Gin Masters - Gold

2022

05

Spirit

PRAIA, Cape Verde
4.7
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List
AWARDS

IWSC- International wine & spirit competition - Spirit Gold Outstanding

2023

BEST Kriol Distillery Spirits
06

Spirit

CAPE TOWN, South Africa
4.7
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List
AWARDS

ISC-International Spirits Challenge - Double Gold

2023, 2022

IWSC- International wine & spirit competition - Spirit Gold

2023, 2020

The Gin Masters – Second Tasting - Gold

2022

BEST Wharsay Investments | KWV Spirits
07

Spirit

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa
4.7
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List
AWARDS

World's Best Wine Brandy - Winner

2023

BEST Van Ryn's Spirits
08

Spirit

SOUTH AFRICA, South Africa
4.7
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List
AWARDS

World Gin Awards - Country Winner

2022, 2021

BEST Distillery Wilderen Spirits
09

Spirit

KWAZULU-NATAL, South Africa
4.7
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List
AWARDS

World Gin Awards - Country Winner

2022

BEST Karoa Cara Distilling Co. Spirits
10

Spirit

CAPE TOWN, South Africa
4.7
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List
AWARDS

World Gin Awards - Country Winner

2021

BEST Hout Bay Harbour Distillery Spirits
11
Spirit
QUEENSTOWN, South Africa
4.7
12
Spirit
KWAZULU-NATAL, South Africa
4.6
13
Spirit
SEYCHELLES, Seychelles
4.5
14
Spirit
KWAZULU-NATAL, South Africa
4.5
15
Spirit
STELLENBOSCH, South Africa
4.5
16
Liqueur
SOUTH AFRICA, South Africa
4.5
17
18
19
Spirit
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt
4.5
20
21
22
Spirit
WESTERN CAPE, South Africa
4.5
23
Spirit
STELLENBOSCH, South Africa
4.5
24
Spirit
CAPE TOWN, South Africa
4.5
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Best African Spirits and Liqueurs

01
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List

Kakira Sugar Limited, established in 1930, is Uganda's leading sugar producer, accounting for approximately half of the nation's sugar production. The company operates on a vast estate along the shores of Lake Victoria, where it cultivates sugarcane and processes it into various products.


Kakira Vodka is a notable product from Kakira Distillery. It is made from pure sugarcane spirit grown and distilled at the Kakira Sugar Estate. The vodka undergoes multiple chilled charcoal filtrations, resulting in an extraordinarily smooth taste and flawless finish. 
AWARDS

European Spirits Challenge - Gold

2024, 2023

London Spirits Competition - Gold

2024

02
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List

Kakira Dark Rum is a premium spirit from Uganda, meticulously crafted by Kakira Distillery. Distilled from the finest sugar cane grown on the Kakira Sugar Estate in eastern Uganda, this rum benefits from the fertile land and temperate climate along the shores of Lake Victoria, resulting in a complex and aromatic profile.


Handcrafted in pot stills, Kakira Dark Rum is solera-aged for a minimum of five years in casks, including American Bourbon barrels. It is then charcoal filtered and bottled at 40% ABV. The rum offers rich notes of mocha, dark chocolate, raisin, banana, and honey, making it an excellent base for rum cocktails or for mixing with cola.
AWARDS

European Spirits Challenge - Gold

2024, 2023

03
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List
AWARDS

ISC-International Spirits Challenge - Gold

2024

04

Spirit

SOUTH AFRICA, South Africa
5.0
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List
AWARDS

ISC-International Spirits Challenge - Gold

2024

05
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List

Kakira African Dry Gin is a premium gin from Uganda, made with high-quality juniper berries and locally sourced botanicals, including ginger, cardamom, and citrus. These ingredients are steeped and distilled in a copper pot still, creating a gin with a refreshing juniper-forward profile.


The distillery grows its own botanicals on the Kakira Estate, following a farm-to-bottle approach. The gin is bottled at 47% ABV and features notes of juniper, ginger, citrus, cardamom, and black pepper. It is best enjoyed with tonic and a slice of citrus.
AWARDS

London Spirits Competition - Gold

2024

06
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List
AWARDS

IWSC- International wine & spirit competition - Spirit Gold Outstanding

2023

07

Liqueur

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa
5.0
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List
AWARDS

SFWSC - San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold

2023

08
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List
AWARDS

ISC-International Spirits Challenge - Double Gold

2023

09
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List
AWARDS

ISC-International Spirits Challenge - Double Gold

2023

10

Spirit

PAARL, South Africa
5.0
Rate it
Wanna try?
Add To List
AWARDS

ISC-International Spirits Challenge - Double Gold

2023

11
Spirit
PAARL, South Africa
5.0
12
13
14
15
16
Spirit
SOUTH AFRICA, South Africa
5.0
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Liqueur
STELLENBOSCH, South Africa
4.9
32
33
34
35
36
37
Spirit
SEYCHELLES, Seychelles
4.8
38
39
Spirit
PAARL, South Africa
4.8
40
Spirit
SEYCHELLES, Seychelles
4.8
41
Spirit
SEYCHELLES, Seychelles
4.8
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
Spirit
KWAZULU-NATAL, South Africa
4.8
55
Spirit
KWAZULU-NATAL, South Africa
4.8
56
57
Spirit
STELLENBOSCH, South Africa
4.8
58
59
60
Spirit
KWAZULU-NATAL, South Africa
4.8
61
62
63
64
65
66
Spirit
KWAZULU-NATAL, South Africa
4.8
67
Spirit
SEYCHELLES, Seychelles
4.8
68
Spirit
STELLENBOSCH, South Africa
4.8
69
70
71
72
Spirit
SEYCHELLES, Seychelles
4.8
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
Liqueur
STELLENBOSCH, South Africa
4.7
80
81
82

TasteAtlas food rankings are based on the ratings of the TasteAtlas audience, with a series of mechanisms that recognize real users and that ignore bot, nationalist or local patriotic ratings, and give additional value to the ratings of users that the system recognizes as knowledgeable. TasteAtlas Rankings should not be seen as the final global conclusion about food. Their purpose is to promote excellent local foods, instill pride in traditional dishes, and arouse curiosity about dishes you haven’t tried.

Show Map
African Spirits and Liqueurs