I’ve written about festivals a lot. And, having never missed a Cape Town Festival of Beer, I’ve shared my thoughts on the 2011 fest, the 2012 version and 2013’s proceedings. So instead, I bring you a photo blog, with some of my fave shots from the weekend. Most of them were taken on a Blackberry so, y’know – they’re supposed to be about the content rather than the quality!!
My top beerfest tip – bring your own tasting glass.
Mary-Lou and Me after gaining our fifth judging point – first female certified BJCP judges in the Western Cape
A fine new addition to the SA IPA scene
I have no idea who these people are, but they seemed to be having fun!
Anja, junior assistant brewmaster at Cape Brewing Company pours me a pint of the much sought-after Red Weiss
More marketing genius from Garagista
The Brewmistress endorses Holger Meier’s Beer Book 😀
SAB’s Fransen Street donated the proceeds from their stand to Save the Rhinos. The Hoplet and his best buddy Rumble were pleased about this.
Cape Brewing Company’s Red Weiss made a return for the fest
Devil’s Peak King’s Blockhouse IPA took the top spot in the BJCP competition
CTFOB 2014 – the end. An awesome event, congrats to the organisers. See you again next year!
Some of my beer besties, for I couldn’t end this on the sad note that is a discarded festival wrist band once the weekend is over!
What were your #CTFOB highlights? Share your photos on the Brewmistress’s Facebook page to keep the festivities going!!
A few things.
First – thanks again for the tickets. I really enjoyed it.
Second – I was not expecting to see such a diverse range of ‘breweries’ there. The importers, SAB and the micro breweries all being friends. It was great and I think it is a good thing that SAB was there. If for nothing else to help you realise just how diverse the tastes of the micro brewed beers are (yes, I am being polite about someone’s beer).
Third – I thought quite a bit about that blog you wrote about dwindling attendance at beer festivals and what else should/could the festival organisers do. Besides getting Drayman’s Helles on tap in Cape Town I can’t think of much that could have been done to improve the festival (ok, I can think of some other things, but then they are not really related to beer). Friday was awesome and I got to speak to pretty much everyone I wanted to, including the Beermistress. So the small crowd didn’t bother me. The other beers I would have liked to see were Boston and Citizen and Three Skulls too. Maybe they were, but I wasn’t being too observant after I discovered Woodstock’s Belgium Amber.
Fourth – As much as i appreciate and acknowledge how cool the homebrew suppliers are and what they have done for craft and homebrewers alike – i think the industry is about to be shaken up. Being a capitalist, I don’t have an issue with it.
Lucy,
it was great to meet your family and friends! Thanks for endorsing TheBeerBook.co.za very kind of you!
🙂