The Beer
Congo DR · Group KPale Lager · 5.0%
🇨🇩 Congo DR · Group K
Primus
Classic Congolese lager with soft cereal sweetness. The Congo's classic: a golden pale lager — soft, lightly sweet and easy — poured from its famous big bottles across Kinshasa's bars and music halls.
Est. 1923
📍 Kinshasa
Bralima · Heineken
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The Brewer's Tale
HeritageThe Brewery
Primus has been brewed by Bralima in Kinshasa since 1923 — the Democratic Republic of the Congo's oldest and most iconic beer. Bralima is part of Heineken.
The Pour
A golden Congolese lager: light-bodied with soft cereal sweetness and a clean, refreshing finish — usually shared from its trademark large bottles.
The Soundtrack of Kinshasa
Primus is woven through Congolese rumba and nightlife — the everyday beer of the bars, terraces and street parties of Kinshasa.
At The Table
With Congolese plates: grilled fish or chicken, fufu, and spicy pili-pili.
Vital Statistics
The CardBeerPrimus
StyleCongolese pale lager
Strength5.0% ABV
BreweryBralima · Heineken
Home CityKinshasa, Congo DR
First Brewed1923
ServeIce-cold, in the Kinshasa heat