Some random beer-related thoughts

Some random beer-related thoughts

by | Jan 26, 2016 | Blog

When I first started blogging, I wondered if there was really enough material to sustain a blog focused solely on the South African craft beer scene. Here’s a spoiler: there is. For the past year I’ve had this irritating checklist of blog post ideas saved...
Five ways to get your man to drink craft beer

Five ways to get your man to drink craft beer

by | May 6, 2015 | Blog

Sometimes I get a bit fed up with the whole ‘girls don’t drink beer’ thing. How often do you read guff like ‘ladies will love our fruit-based ciders’ or ‘bring the whole family to our beer fest – we are serving wine for the...
Craft beer and the cold chain

Craft beer and the cold chain

by | Jan 5, 2015 | Blog

Imagine if you brewed a beer, left it on a shelf for four months and just remembered it now? Imagine if the shelf in question was in a working kitchen, with temperatures rising over 35C? And imagine if said beer was unfiltered and unpasteurised? There are those who...
Bottling South African craft beer – what’s going wrong?

Bottling South African craft beer – what’s going wrong?

by | Jul 5, 2014 | Blog

I’ve been meaning to get around to writing this post for weeks. Probably even months. There’s so much to be said, it’s tough to know where to start, so I’m just going to ramble on and ask you to  join in. Grab yourself a cold one, for you could be here for a...
Five ways to piss off a beer snob

Five ways to piss off a beer snob

by | Jul 2, 2014 | Blog

If you’re in any way interested in the South African beer scene, it can’t have escaped your notice that we are living in an age of abundant festivals. For a while it seemed that hardly a weekend could go by when there wasn’t a beer event of some sort taking place. And...
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