Imported craft – bonus or burden?
If you follow the local beer scene closely, you’ll have noticed a couple of new names appearing on taps or bottles in your local bar or liquor store. Imported craft beers are infiltrating the South African market and some have suggested this is damaging for an industry so young. I’m here to tell you why I think […]
Band Aid Beer…and how to stop the sickness spreading
I received a DM the day after CTFoB from a beer buddy who will remain nameless. It was regarding a brewery that will also remain nameless. The beer buddy – let’s call him Bob – asked if anyone had “‘publicly rebuked” said brewery for its “band aid beer”. I feel I can safely discuss this […]
Cape Town Festival of Beer 2012
You’ll excuse the delay in posting this – it took me a while to recover from the third annual Cape Town Festival of Beer. This is not because I tried to mimic last year’s achievement of tasting every single beer on show, but more because this year, I actually worked at the festival. This is […]
Beer Review: Trappistes Rochefort 8
When I reviewed this beer I wrote ‘mahogany’ in my notes. It’s not a wooded brew, but it was the best word I could come up with to describe the colour – a deep, deep brown with oh-so-slight ruby highlights (not done justice by my photo). Rochefort 8 is a complex beast, a Belgian Trappist ale weighing in at […]
