A craft beer shelf-life experiment with Doctrine Brewing
It's been a gentle start to the year - the obligatory January posts rounding up last year and looking forward to 2016. But now the kids are back at school, the gloves are off and it's time for a rant. On the agenda: the topic of beer shelf life and whether the kak...
Predictions for the South African beer scene in 2016
Last week I published a brief round-up focusing on the highs of 2015, now here are a few predictions of what might be on the horizon for the South African beer scene in 2016. The rise of the brewpub Brewpubs are awesome. They've really got every base covered. If...
Beer review: Aegir Project Hopricot IPA
They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but if you were going to judge a beer by its label, you have pretty damn high expectations for Aegir Project's latest release. Lucky then, that it's pretty damn good beer. Hopricot is an IPA infused with whole...
2015 South African Beer Round-up
So, apparently it's 2016 already. We've managed to get further into the future than Doc and Marty ever did, which is pretty cool, I'd say. I don't know about you, but I saw some massive changes in the South African beer industry in 2015: quality improved, scores of...
Spot the Brewery – back to work timewaster
Happy new year! I figure that round about nowish, you're either over the whole festive thing, have played with your toys and overdosed on chocolates and are looking for five minutes of pointless diversion, or you're one of the unlucky buggers who is back at work...
Help crowdfund a Cederberg craft beer lawsuit
There's a lot of crowdfunding about at the moment. Robson's brewery in KZN have a campaign running and I covered the crowdfunding campaign to help a Woodstock distillery get their tasting room off the ground. Well here's the latest craft booze-related crowdfunding...
Beer review: Riot Valve IPA
South Africa's IPA scene is looking up. Within the greater Cape Town area alone I can quickly count five superb American-style IPAs that do a fine job of showcasing their respective hops. And the Valve IPA from Riot is certainly one of the five. To look at, it's...
Win Tickets to My-Brew on Dec 16th
Twelve Days of Beermas might be (very almost) at its end, but that doesn't mean the season of giving is done! In fact, I have TWO sets of TWO tickets to give away for the inaugural My-Brew festival this coming Wednesday, December 16th. The event will feature around...
Win a digital & design package for your brewery worth R35k!!
If you are a start-up brew house or micro/macro brewery then this prize is for you. You’ll need to be an established business to qualify for this one… and it's a biggie. This prize is sponsored by CraftNation a craft beer enthusiast website run Regardt van der...