Seven reasons to be excited for the Craft Brewers Powwow
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 the Craft Brewers Powwow is for you. It’s your […]
Battle of the berry beers
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 than just eating them and I’m fairly sure it still […]
Beer Review: Devil’s Peak Stoned Pale Ale
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 baffling. I’m not entirely sure […]
Beer Review: Aces Brew Worx IPA
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 than seriously scrimp on hops (here’s an […]
