Here's a confession. I've never tasted pineapple beer. I have heard countless tales from South African brewers of how pineapple beer was their first brew back in university/high school/kindergarten but I've never encountered a glass of it. In fact, before I...
Earlier this month, SAB launched a limited edition eight-pack of beers from across the African continent. Beers For Africa features lagers from Tanzania, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa. The best bit isn't the beers though - it's that funds...
If you're a fan of limited edition beer and also partial to sipping for a good cause, this blog post is for you. African Queen Blonde Ale is now available on tap at Banana Jam Cafe. Brewed by a great big pile of lovely ladies for International Women's Collaboration...
Do you brew beer? Do you kind of want to sell it but don't want to give up your day job and sink half a million rand into a brewery? This might just be the opportunity you're looking for. The Brewers Co-op in Cape Town has an opening for a shareholder. The Co-op is...
Every day's a school day they say, and when I tasted Poison City's The Other Bird, I learnt two things. First, that Czech Dark Lager is a thing (with its own BJCP guidelines). And second, that The Other Bird is a damn good beer. It didn't start off too well. The...
It sometimes feels like if you want to go out for lunch and ensure that the kids are entertained, you are doomed to eat in crappy cafes at kid-friendly attractions, or destined to dine at Spur. Well it doesn't have to be that way! Here are some Cape Town...
If you’re one of those people that bores your friends to near tears with your incessant chatter about IBUs and ESBs, white stouts and black IPAs, gravity readings and mash efficiency, BJCP styles and aromas of cat pee and pine forest and damp horse blanket, then...
I love me some fruit but good lord, have you seen the price of raspberries in Woolies? Luckily, brewing a beer using raspberries (although not necessarily fresh ones) seems to be in vogue in Cape Town at the moment. Drinking them in beer form is probably cheaper...
When Devil's Peak first released their cans of Stoned Pale Ale last week, a fellow beer fan expressed mild bafflement at the branding on the new can and how it's not quite in line with the rest of the brewery's range. And for me, the beer within is also somewhat...
