Bell Lager Wins Gold at 2026 Monde Selection Awards as Uganda’s Original Beer Turns 75
Ugandan beer brand Bell Lager has received a Gold Quality Award at the 2026 Monde Selection Awards. This recognition coincides with the brand's 75th anniversary and its ongoing cultural influence in Uganda.
Why it matters
The award highlights the international competitiveness of Ugandan consumer goods and the brand's long-standing role in local cultural development.
Kampala: Seventy-five years after its first brew, Uganda’s original beer has once again earned international recognition for the consistent quality that has defined Bell Lager for generations.
Bell Lager has been awarded a Gold Quality Award at the 2026 Monde Selection Awards, an independent international institute that evaluates and certifies the quality of consumer products.
The recognition comes as Bell marks 75 years of brewing in Uganda, reinforcing the brand’s sustained commitment to quality since its first brew in 1951.
Based in Brussels, Monde Selection evaluates products through rigorous sensory analysis, laboratory testing and quality assessment by international experts. Gold awards are granted to products that achieve scores between 80% and 89%, recognising excellence in taste, quality and production standards.
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