If you’re a commercial brewer, or you’re friends with a commercial brewer, and are based anywhere on the African continent (including, of course, the islands), you have just a few days left to enter the African Beer Cup. Run in conjunction with the annual Craft...
This weekend sees the return of one of my favourite South African beer festivals: the Southyeasters Summer Fest. Run entirely by the volunteers who keep Cape Town's homebrewing club operating throughout the year, the festival gives homebrewers a chance to share...
Yes, I know that the last beer I reviewed was also an Afro Caribbean brew. And yes, I know that a session IPA is pretty much a well-hopped pale ale. But I am, with a bunch of beery mates, heading off on an epic road trip tomorrow and reviewing this beer is a nice...
I am guilty of sometimes focusing on the negative when it comes to the South African craft beer industry. I have moaned about brewers not wanting to invest in training or equipment, grumbled about lazy contract brewing and rambled on and on about the perils of...
South African National Beer Day is almost upon us and to mark the occasion, the good people at Saggy Stone Brewing Company are gifting two tickets to the annual Saggy Stone Beer and Music Festival. The festival takes place at Saggy Stone, near Robertson, on...
It's time to celebrate the most bestest beverage on earth! February 2nd marks the third annual South African National Beer Day - and it's going to be the biggest yet! The idea of the day is simple - to celebrate our national beverage. Don't ever let people fool you...
It's been a couple of years in the making and last night Brewing the Republic, a feature-length documentary on the South African beer scene, was premiered at the Labia Theatre in Cape Town. It was a perfect evening: glorious weather to mingle in the courtyard...
Everyone knows that craft beer drinkers are a fickle bunch. This month's hot new release is next month's forgotten fad. And there is probably no beer that's considered more of a forgotten fad than black IPA. Well I for one am not happy about this. Of all the...
It has been two years since I last published a post offering some statistics for the South African craft beer scene. That piece has become the second most-viewed post ever published on the blog, not least - I suspect - because stats for South African craft beer are...
