Heineken buys out Soweto Gold
Rumours have been circulating for months, but it’s now official: Soweto Gold has been bought by Heineken. I was flown up to Gauteng yesterday by Soweto Brewing Company (a subsidiary of Heineken) and thought I was in pursuit of another ‘Heineken gains ground in the craft beer market‘ story, but it turns out that this […]
Beer review: Bridge Street Black Dragon Stout
Has this ever happened to you: you go to a festival or a tasting room or a pairing evening, you trya beer, you love it and you buy a bottle or three to take home. Somehow, when you get it home it has turned from a life-altering drink into something fairly average or even fairly […]
Beer Review: Brauhaus am Damm Dunkel
Well I’ll tell you one thing – it’s been a fair while since I’ve used the four-and-a-half hop image in a review. This makes me both happy and sad – happy because, well, great beer makes me happy; sad because it’s not a beer I can easily get in Cape Town. At last week’s National […]
Winners of the 2017 South African National Beer Trophy
Sixty-four breweries, 199 beers, 22 gold medals, 62 silver, one massive party and countless hangovers. This is how the third annual South African National Beer Trophy panned out. The overall prize for best beer in show went to Stellenbosch Brewing Company for their Hoenderhok Bock, which also took home the Best Amber Beer prize. Three […]
