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...
I remember when there was precisely one IPA available in South Africa. Or at least only one that I wanted to drink. These days many, if not most, breweries offer some take on the IPA. All too often, these are dialed-back versions of the real thing, with recipes...
When aiming for good beer, you should always expect to spend a bit more than for a regular six-pack, but some beers out there go for really outrageous prices. Just to get things into perspective for your upcoming beer shopping session, here’s a short list of the...
You've probably heard the news, but if you haven't, Stellebrau have done a deal with Heineken and become a part of "the Heineken family". The reason for the vagueness of this blog post title is that at this stage nobody seems to know whether the world's second...
This Sunday, April 2nd, marks the 11th annual SouthYeasters Summer Fest. Once a year, the Cape's homebrewers have a chance to showcase their beers to the public. And you, you lucky public you, get to taste them. Here's what makes this the BEST BEER FESTIVAL IN THE...
What's sober and thirsty and roams the Overberg with a big sad look on its face? It's a fool who didn't get a ticket to the inaugural Fools & Fans Beer Festival of course. Don't be that fool! Happening on April 1st (no, really), the fest is taking place in the...
March 8th is International Women's Day. I'm not going to harp on about what annoys me when it comes to marketing and beer and women. I've already done that here and my opinions haven't changed much. One thing that has changed though is that women in the beer...
