South Africa's IPA scene is looking up. Within the greater Cape Town area alone I can quickly count five superb American-style IPAs that do a fine job of showcasing their respective hops. And the Valve IPA from Riot is certainly one of the five. To look at, it's...
Twelve Days of Beermas might be (very almost) at its end, but that doesn't mean the season of giving is done! In fact, I have TWO sets of TWO tickets to give away for the inaugural My-Brew festival this coming Wednesday, December 16th. The event will feature around...
If you are a start-up brew house or micro/macro brewery then this prize is for you. You’ll need to be an established business to qualify for this one… and it's a biggie. This prize is sponsored by CraftNation a craft beer enthusiast website run Regardt van der...
First of all, I must apologise to the South African homebrewing community for the extreme delay in posting this. The results were actually released on November 30th but it's been a manic week since then and this is the first chance I've had to post anything about...
As a thank you for following the blog over the past year, today's 12 Days of Beermas prizes are for blog subscribers only. Here they are: 1. A signed copy of Beer Safari, posted to wherever you are in South Africa. To enter, just tweet at me: I want to win a signed...
It's an underdog story truer than the movie Dodgeball itself. In the third annual South African Craft Brewers Championship, a part-time brewer who shares his 120-litre system with 14 fellow beer lovers, beat more than 100 other South African beers from breweries...
It's that time of year again - the time when the South African beer community gets together to give you a whopping TWELVE DAYS of beery giveaways. Forget partridges in pear trees, this year the 12 Days of Beermas brings you homebrew kits and brewery trips, books...
While I've enjoyed many a pint of cider in my time, and have spent pleasant weekends exploring Cider Country back in my native Britain, I must admit that I've never really given too much thought to the flavours found within. Much like a lot of people I've met at...
I love the Cape Town Festival of Beer. It's probably my favourite beerfest of the year. Sure, part of that is because the festival is basically a reunion - I can see pretty much all my friends in South Africa without walking more than a couple of hundred metres....
