Last week the blog went crazy with comments from grumpy craft beer lovers, fed up with the lack of quality control in South Africa. A simple, 300-odd word post attracted more comments than any other I've written to date and in general, people seemed pretty pissed...
Between pouring this beer and scribbling the notes on the awesome, made-for-the-beer-nerd labels (there's space for notes on appearance, aroma, flavour and mouthfeel!) I seem to have forgotten what I was drinking. When I look back at those scribblings, in the...
Today is Shrove Tuesday. As a practicing Pastafarian, I'm not entirely sure what that means, but as a Brit it means pancakes! (Is that also the case for South Africans??) And what better way to make a pancake than by getting rid of the milk and replacing it with...
A couple of weeks ago, when I published a post featuring a few beer-related ramblings and irks, a fellow beer blogger commented that one of the things that bothers him is the lack of honest reviews on blogs when it comes to bad beer. It was something he covered in...
Breweries are popping up so quickly and bringing out new beers at such a pace that it's becoming difficult to feature everything on the blog. I never wrote anything about Drifter Brewing Co opening (they launched somewhat under the radar with a great IPA at CTFoB...
I can't think of anything better to do on a hot summer's day than to drink beer. So yesterday, we jumped in the car to escape Cape Town's relatively mild 34-degree weather to swelter in the 40-plus heat of Riebeek-Kasteel - destination: Flagship Brew. The launch of...
11 Lower Kloofnek Road, Cape Town. Tel: 021 422 2001. kyotogardensushict.com Mains R150-200, sushi (2 pieces) from R65. Imported Japanese beer R65-75. There is something very calming about Kyoto Garden Sushi. The muted colours, natural materials and low lighting...
We're still a bit isolated from the rest of the craft beer world, down here at the tip of Africa, so what a treat it is to get hold of a fairly obscure brew from Japan. As far as I know, the Kizakura range is only available at Kyoto Garden Sushi in Cape Town, but...
When I first started blogging, I wondered if there was really enough material to sustain a blog focused solely on the South African craft beer scene. Here's a spoiler: there is. For the past year I've had this irritating checklist of blog post ideas saved in my...
