Six bullshit excuses you’re giving to not attend Beer Boot Camp (and why they’re bullshit)
Ah, I do have a potty mouth. But the fact that you read the title of this article and still clicked on it suggests that you don't mind, so let me expand... Next weekend (Aug 24 & 25) it is the fourth Beer Boot Camp, being held in Gauteng. I've come across a...
Beer review: Drifter x Tiny Keg Canned Grenade
It is perhaps no secret to those that know me, or regularly follow my ramblings, that I am not the beer world's biggest NEIPA fan. I tend to like my IPAs bitter and crisp and don't generally find New England IPAs to be particularly thirst quenching. Also, in South...
Karaoke Collabs: Little Wolf – Dark Dessert Highway
Before anyone emails to tell me that I have misspelt 'desert', I have not. This beer - a chocolate caramel imperial mild - is best served as (or with if you're one of those people that needs cake) dessert. It was inspired by The Eagles' classic Hotel California,...
Karaoke Collabs: Urban Brewing Co. – Midnight Train
It's the longest of the Karaoke Collabs videos, but when a song doesn't actually mention its title until three minutes in, it's tough to keep the clip below a minute and a half! We had so much fun with this and wow, Urban's Charlie Murray has some pipes. Come and...
Karaoke Collabs: Metal Lane – Ring of Fire
It was conceptualised as the perfect winter warmer - a 6% ABV stout with added chili and cacao nibs. The beer was to be called Hot Chocolate and the song that accompanied it was originally going to be You Sexy Thing. But Metal Lane brewer Murray Middleton was,...
Karaoke Collabs: Afro Caribbean & Dissident – Collaborate & Listen
We collaborated, we listened, we practiced our running man and we brewed a strawberry milkshake IPA. Check out the brewday vid for Collaborate & Listen, inspired of course by Vanilla Ice's classic (some would say only) hit, Ice Ice Baby. You can taste the...
Karaoke Collabs: The Kennel Brewery – Bed of Roses
It is a performance that will make musical history. The second in the six-strong series of Karaoke Collabs features Kennel Brewery's Paul Freysen giving the mash guitar performance of his brewing/musical career. The song is Bed of Roses by Bon Jovi. The beer goes...
Karaoke Collabs: Drifter Brewing Co. – Whiskey and Rye
Here it is at last folks - the first in a series of six videos featuring brewdays and general jolling. Each beer is inspired by a karaoke classic. First up, we brewed an American rye wine at Drifter, inspired by Don McLean's American Pie. The beer - a 9 percenter...
Karaoke collabs: exclusive to Woodstock Winter Beer Festival
It all began in a tiny pub in Greyton. I love singing. Can't say I'm particularly great at it. I don't think I'd make the joke reel on X Factor, but I certainly wouldn't be getting any golden tickets either. I do love a bit of karaoke though and after an epic night...