“Tapgate” – is Devil’s Peak trying to monopolise South African craft?
Last week, in what started as a quiet deal and ended being shouted from the social media rooftops, Devil’s Peak – or in fact Signal Hill Products, the parent company to the Cape Town brewery – struck a deal with The Tap Room, buying some 700 installed draught taps around South Africa. The Tap Room […]
Win tickets to On Tap at the Tip Craft Beer Festival
If you live in the Overberg and were watching last week’s many Cape Town beer events with envy, it’s time to rejoice! This weekend, it’s your turn, with two days of beery events held at Fraser’s Folly brewery near Elim. And if you’re not an Overberger, it is a long weekend for many, thanks to […]
Beer review: Three South African stouts
There’s always been a bit of a dearth of dark beers in South Africa. Well, there has, at least, been a dearth of good dark beers in South Africa. Too many of them are thin. Too many are overly acidic thanks to the brewer’s indifference to mash pH. Too many are overly charred, like burnt […]
Win tickets to the 2018 Woodstock Winter Beer Festival
A few years ago, on any given Saturday you could find a whole load of beer fests to choose from in the Cape Town area. Some were amazing, others badly run and others just a total rip off. Many have fallen away and the cream, as it tends to do, has risen. The Woodstock Winter […]
