Brewing and distilling consulting, West Africa
Applied Brewing Solutions works with breweries, distilleries, and beverage brands across Nigeria and West Africa. We help develop new products, improve existing processes, and set up new plants, covering beer, malt drinks, functional beverages, and ethanol.
What we do
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Led by Oladapo Loto
Oladapo Loto is an experienced brewing and beverage production consultant with over 30 years in the industry, specialising in product development, large-scale production, and process optimisation.
Specialist in Brewing, Distillery Operations, and Ethanol Fermentation
Experienced in New Product Development for Beer, Malt, Carbonated & Functional Beverages
Start-up and Large-Scale Production Expert
Plant setup, product development, process improvement and training for breweries, distilleries and beverage businesses across Nigeria and West Africa.
View all servicesBrewing, distilling, and beverage projects delivered across Nigeria and West Africa.
Brewery
Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria
End-to-end brewery setup and commissioning for a commercial production facility in Benue State. Scope covered site assessment, equipment specification and procurement, process and layout design, regulatory compliance guidance, and full commissioning through to production-ready handover.
Craft & beverageCraft Distilling, Beverage Processing & Product Development
Alagbado, Lagos
Consulting engagement covering craft distilling setup, beverage processing operations, and new product development. Work included process design, production workflow optimisation, and formulation of beverage products tailored for the Nigerian consumer market.
Distillery
Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria
Full-scope ethanol distillery setup for an industrial production facility in Lagos. Delivered process design, equipment selection, distillation column specification, fermentation system setup, and commissioning support — from greenfield to operational plant.
Training
Douala, Cameroon
Professional brewing training engagement delivered to technical staff at one of Cameroun\'s leading commercial breweries. The programme covered brewing science fundamentals, fermentation management, quality control practices, and process standardisation — extending Applied Brewing Solutions' reach across West and Central Africa.
Other
Nigeria & West Africa
A range of advisory and development projects spanning agro-industrial processing and beverage innovation. Includes feasibility studies on cassava-based processing — covering starch, flour, ethanol, carbon dioxide, and glucose syrup production — as well as liquid product development work on malt drinks, energy drinks, and other non-alcoholic beverages for the Nigerian and West African market.
From the people who have worked alongside Oladapo on plants, products and teams.
Equipment, supplies and hands-on training for homebrewers and small breweries.
Training
A practical session where you brew a batch yourself, from grain to wort to the fermenter, with a working brewer beside you.
Building a new plant, improving an existing one, or developing a product? Tell us what you are working on.
