Help crowdfund a new micro distillery in Cape Town
Craft beer, craft beer, craft beer. It's all anyone drinks these days, right? Well, not quite. There is, among all that ale (and apparently some people still drink wine..??!), a burgeoning craft spirits scene in South Africa, particularly in Cape Town. Woodstock -...
2015 South African Craft Championship: The Finalists
A whopping 25 judges, made up of BJCP-qualified tasters, SAB brewers, industry players and beer enthusiasts, met in Johannesburg last month to judge the third annual South African National Craft Brewers Championship. Judges had to be shipped in an the last minute...
Airport Craft Brewers @ OR Tambo
If you've flown out of OR Tambo International Airport on a domestic flight lately, you might have noticed an intriguing new addition to the departure lounge's food and beverage offering - Airport Craft Brewers. The brains behind this bar really know what people...
New Cape Town Brewpub: Afro Caribbean Brewing Co.
To followers of the beer scene, it won't come as any great surprise that Greg Casey - of Banana Jam fame - has opened a microbrewery at the long-running Caribbean-themed temple of beer. In fact, half of you are probably thinking 'didn't Banana Jam already have a...
Family-friendly breweries in South Africa
There is an ongoing debate as to whether kids and breweries can mix. Well in my life they can. They do. They must. And an increasing number of brewery owners seem to understand that having a safe place for kids to play is good for business. Here are some of my...
Win tickets to The Craft Revolution at Silverstar Casino
Beerfest season is well and truly upon us and to get things off to a cheery start, the lovely people at The Craft Revolution have given me a bunch of tickets to pass on to you, the beer-loving public! The next edition of The Craft Revolution is happening...
Beer review: Stickman Brewery Foreman IPA
Huzzah, a new IPA on the South African beer scene. Now I know that there's not a shortage of beers bearing the IPA handle on their label, but what there is a shortage of in many of said beers is hops. "I want to brew an IPA, but I don't want it to be too hoppy,...
Great Scott! Back to the Future…and beer!
You know those fake images of DeLorean control panels sporting today's date and claiming that this was the day that Doc and Marty travelled into in Back to the Future II? Yeah, well this time, it's for real. October 21st 2015. An auspicious day and one that anyone...
Beer review: Aegir Project Midnight Porter
"I taste something different each time I try this beer," says brewer Rory Lancellas of his Midnight Porter. It certainly is a well-made and fairly complex brew, and so it should be - the brewer at Cape Town's newest brewery (opened October 2015) closely follows a...