Akpeteshie is a home-made alcoholic spirit produced in Ghana

Ghana

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 and other West African nations by distilling palm wine or sugar cane juice. Other names for this drink are: apio, ogogro (ogogoro

Ogogoro

Ogogoro is a west African alcoholic drink, usually brewed locally. It is most popular in Nigeria, where it is known as the country's homebrew...

)sorabi, keley and hot

Hot

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or 'hot drink'. Use and abuse are on the increase and may pose a social and public health problem.

Akpeteshie is between 40 and 50% alcohol by volume.

Sources

Consumption and impacts of local brewed alcohol (akpeteshie) in the Upper West Region of Ghana: a public health tragedy
Social Science & Medicine, Volume 57, Issue 9, November 2003, Pages 1747-1760, Isaac Luginaah and Crescentia Dakubo

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00014-5
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12948582
http://www.afro.who.int/dnc/databases/substance_abuse/alcohol_country_profile/Ghana.pdf
http://www.modernghana.com/newsp/134974/1/pageNum1/akpeteshie-pumps-76m-into-economy.html