ZIMBABWE – HARARE – Guess what? The Shake Shake opaque beer, phased out in the 90s, is back.
However the Shake Shake will have to continue to compete for the market share with the Scud, which Delta Beverages says it is not phasing out. The Chibuku Shake Shake is made from a mix of sorghum and maize.
Retailing for US$0,50 cents, it is thought to be be a drink for lower-class people.
This thick brown millet beer is shaken vigorously before drinking it because of its thick layer of sediment of sand collected on the bottom of the carton.
It has a powerful yeast flavor that is offset by a lemony tang, surprising given the color. When the liquid has been consumed and you reach the bottom of the carton, standard practice is to slurp up the pile of sludge that remains.
Retailing under the line Chibuku, ‘the beer of good cheer’, it is most regularly enjoyed in a shabeen, a probably illegal, almost certainly dingy spartanly furnished drinking den playing loud repetitive piston-popping kwassa-kwassa music.
A meal in a box, Shake Shake doesn’t pretend to refresh; it is taken as a cheap and efficient intoxicant.
Not to be confused with the tub-thumping scouse club scene, chibuku is the preferred Friday-night medicine for millions of Zimbabweans. It is commonly referred to as ’shake shake’ because of its propensity to settle into its liquid and solid fractions. Shaking restores the beverage to its former grainy off-yoghurt consistency.
Delta Beverages marketing executive, San Muchenje said: We are not phasing out the Scud, but adding value and wide selection for our consumers.”
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Vandigonera wena. Ndichahunwa nani?
Comment by chaps — October 13, 2009 @ 11:06 pm
Its either you are against this beer or you really dont know what it is. You say it has ’sediment of sand’. So the only discription of sadiment you know is that associated with sand, that you learnt in your ZJC Geograpy lessons. Just for your own information Shake – shake and scud are one and they all go through the shaking process. You sould have researced more on this article, even asking the Delta people to describe the process of making this beer and how it came to be named shake shake. Dont gossip for the sake of it.
Comment by Topten — October 14, 2009 @ 8:29 am
I don’t drink, but I know much better about beer than this reporter. First Chibuku makes the “SAME” beer and its only the packaging that’s different. scud, shake shake zangata in the midlands go5. its all one beer but the packaging is different. you say shake shake is for poor people??? where did yu get that from?? you also say its sold in shabeens??? are you really from Zimbabwe???
Comment by BabaTee — October 14, 2009 @ 4:01 pm
Munozoitawo go over the board kani!! Sand mudoro here? nyoraiwo zvine sense! That being said me and my broke former change money friends are ecstatic at the news coz tanga tanzwa nenyota since economy dollarised. It’s going to be a new fashion statement paXimex mall tichitengesa stolen phones and lines tichihurova nemapurisa epaCentral.
-Vakuru Chaivo-
Comment by Vakuru Chaivo — October 14, 2009 @ 8:08 pm
Kana usinganwi doro rega kunyora naya dzedoro,
1 shake shake inonaka manje,
2. even ari mafresh inotori mahwani,
3. shake shake is lega in Zimbabwe for your own
4 information, the shaking is not as vigorous…people enjoythe shaking thats why people shake longer and more vigorously its not stated on the beer how vigorous and how long atleast,
5. who told you there is a sediment of sand my friend,
6. there is no sludge either,
7. you dont know what a shabeen is,
8. it is refreshing manje low cheap intoxicant..thats an insult
Comment by Chakanetsa Succeed — October 14, 2009 @ 9:13 pm
hwahwa uhwu hwakandirera ini reporter iyi inonyepa kana ichiti ndewevarombo uchiri mucheche mufana
Comment by tindo — October 14, 2009 @ 10:49 pm
A-beer is a-beer seka zvako Chasura Chatibweeee Matapatira isu toanwa vamwe vakati tuzu
Comment by Chasura Chatibweeee — October 15, 2009 @ 8:31 am
U may change names and package (scuds to shake shake or shake shake to scud) but what we need is to get drunk thus all .
Comment by Chasura Chatibweeee — October 15, 2009 @ 8:46 am
Irir ndiro doro manje, plus ndiyo yega nyaya mamanyora inemusoro makore mashanu ese apfuura. Tohudambura isu.
Comment by Fedza Fedza — October 15, 2009 @ 11:36 pm
boss as long as scuba is still arnd its 1 tym.zvako zvekuti low class kupenga coz kuno totoirova coz that beer identifies zimbabweans like sadza netsunga ine mabhonzo.masese ndizvo wherever u r.pamberi ne shake shake namdara skuba
Comment by chamhembe — October 16, 2009 @ 2:01 pm
Shake-shake is a disposable container and is better than the scud that has its container abused in many ways. i still remember foreign bodies being found in the scud due to poor cleaning. I urge Delta to team up with hunyani so as to promote the recycling of the empty shake shake packs as they can be turned into book covers.
Comment by Topten — October 17, 2009 @ 8:21 pm
Does this tabloid have an editor to check reporters’ content? If it does, please do not let half wits write untruths.
Comment by Danger Boy — October 18, 2009 @ 8:42 pm
i remember the shake-shake very well, but was still young then i never really got to try it, im tempted i have to say,cant wait to go to zim.
Comment by ish — October 19, 2009 @ 2:57 am
plus gubas haringoita rogona risina kunyatso gezwa… PAMBERI NE SHAKE SHAKE…unonyatsoketa kuti hapana deposit plus ndiwe watanga kurinwira… Very hygeinic and cost saving
Comment by mdhara — October 19, 2009 @ 8:10 am
Gidza, sack the reporter who wrote this article. Haazivi zvaanotaura. Delta you must sue this monkey-anoti jecha mudoro vakomana?
Comment by JM — October 19, 2009 @ 8:31 am
surprised really at the ignorance of this reporter.the only thing which sediments that you knw is sand,ryt?wrong!uneducated fellow.also,why are you so negative brother?Why?be proud of our own things.be zimbabwean,be patriotic and get a life.
Comment by Augustine — October 19, 2009 @ 5:19 pm
can we say south africans use vuvuzelas because they cant afford electronic hooters?no!its their icon,their pride and their life.shake shake is not a beer for the poor and it not normally found mushabeen.its our icon,pride and our life as lovely zimbbweans
Comment by Augustine — October 19, 2009 @ 5:24 pm
reporter indove
Comment by Daramombe — October 19, 2009 @ 5:30 pm
ava ndivo vanhu vatakakura tichinwa masese navo uye kukanyirwa sadza nedoro.now he/she is with us in diaspora ofunga kuti pamwe anoshamisira imbwa yemunhu dofo.kuluton nekumilton keynes tichatoawana iwe uchinwa hwahwa hwausingazivi machende ari muhuro!
Comment by lutanfire — October 19, 2009 @ 7:17 pm
Memory ‘Sedimentari’ Khoza or should i call u ‘Sady’, what other news do u have for us?
Comment by Topten — October 19, 2009 @ 7:36 pm
Mhamba ingonake uina wamai pa-side but heyi nhuwiro inoita tsvina yeChibuku mahwani chaiwo. Doro ndimambara.
Comment by Kwirwai — October 20, 2009 @ 9:36 am
iwe muponda dzinga kapfambi aka kanonzi memory khoza kanongozviita reporter. wakakawanepi, kasi kapfambi kako kanhi. hakangatukiriri doro redu kudaizvi. ndikakaona ndoda kukasvira nekumashure chaiko kusvika kabowa semombe yasvika pakaurairwa imwe mombe.
Comment by chimamambhanzi — October 20, 2009 @ 11:39 am
Hey, I was stunned. I dont drink hangu doro, but to think Delta puts sand in beer and people have to shake so that they drink is really trying people appetite.I remember very well seeing this beer and people drinking. I remember again people boiling water in the container. I agree if delta can talk to hunyani pulp and paper, they can recycle the container. Sand in beer,hahaha. good sense of humour
Comment by prof — October 20, 2009 @ 12:53 pm
yes it’s a piece of kak done by this report but one thing graphics dze shake shake yacho took me down memory lane.
Comment by ini ndoga — October 20, 2009 @ 1:15 pm
Irresponsible careless reporting. Delta could take this further.
Comment by Xolani — October 21, 2009 @ 4:08 pm
Shake shake is the commercial equivalent of traditional beer, is legal and sold in most formal beer outlets including big supermarkets.It is everything a beer is and is taken as a matter of choice not because its for poor people. I hold no brief for Chibuku Breweries and suspect that non of their marketing people has seen it but your report is rather annoying for lack of responsible journalism. Maybe its really not your fault because you don’t sound like a trained journalist. The lack of facts and actual knowledge from this piece is disgusting to say the least.Its actually better to write about tea or coffee if you know nothing about traditional beer.
Comment by Mudhara Biggas — October 21, 2009 @ 6:23 pm
shake inoita manje.this tym smaller ,1 litre.unongorova kana one by yo self before errands .reporter akadzungaira uyo anomukira kuratidza kushaya ruzivo on posts which are read by millions zimbos
Comment by weshambochena — October 22, 2009 @ 5:44 am
Mufana wangu Mushaike ndofunga ari kupururudza ndobeer raka chairo. kuzoti mufana wangu Musamba chinofa mekunakirwa gore rino.
Comment by Sekuru Ngee — October 22, 2009 @ 1:07 pm
handufunge kana chichidhaka kupfura chishake shake chepamzansi, unorova bhosvo chete.
Comment by tunga — October 23, 2009 @ 11:21 am
stupid piece.nonsense all the way.this writer is ignorant. I checked out the writer’s name last and I had correctly gathered that it must have been a woman who wrote this. not just a woman but one who is out of touch. get your facts right and straight next time.
Comment by mike lawry — October 31, 2009 @ 9:33 am
zvakanyorwa nemwana mudiki asingazive zvaanotaura akaita form 4,ndokuziva geo akutsvaga kwekushandisa mawords.Munhu akatambira achilumila kudai,kubvira nhasi usafe wataurisa panyaya yechibuku ngachiuye kuno england tinwe zvedu SEDIMENT OF SAND rataurwa nedofo
Comment by sinyoro wenyoro — November 3, 2009 @ 2:40 pm
iri ndiro rinonzi doro
Comment by zvobeanz — November 5, 2009 @ 3:17 pm
uyu repota uyu anenge anogara mmdhezeti. Ugataure nezve sand muchinwiwa chinonwiwa navamwe.
Comment by kajekache — December 2, 2009 @ 3:56 am
uyu repota uyu anenge anogara mudhezeti. Ugataure nezve sand muchinwiwa chinonwiwa navamwe.
Comment by kajekache — December 2, 2009 @ 3:58 am