You might have spotted a new Windhoek advertising campaign over the past week. The Namibian brewery launched a somewhat tongue-in-cheek string of ads playing on their Reinheitsgebot policy – that is, brewing using the ingredients laid out by the 1516 German beer...
Want to advance your homebrewing knowledge? Thinking of taking your brewing to a professional level? Join us for a three-day brewing course in Cape Town. Brewing Beyond the Basics covers every step of the brewing process, starting with an in-depth look at each of...
There's no shortage of beer festivals in South Africa but until now true beer geeks haven't had an expo, a conference they could call their own. Then along came Beer Boot Camp - set to be an annual addition to the country's beer calendar. The one-day indaba...
It has probably not escaped your attention that I have strong opinions when it comes to bottling beer. I have been known to rant about bottle-conditioning done badly. It's not that I hate the practice of bottle conditioning. Not at all. But bottle-conditioning is...
Over the past few years, many have tried putting together beer indabas in South Africa – I was most excited a year or so ago to receive an invite to speak at the same lectern as Stone Brewing’s founder Greg Koch. But alas, most of these conferences have ended up...
The first sip of beer I ever had was from my dad's can of Hemeling. I'd better not say how old I was, but I think that particular beer was discontinued in the mid 80s. I took a while for me to become a hophead (and I'm still trying to convert my dad to the joys of...
It's not an exaggeration to say that over the past five years, the craft beer scene in South Africa has exploded. Pints of ale have moved from the hands of bearded homebrewers to the hands of bearded hipsters and then into the hands of the not-necessarily-bearded...
If you're a beer fan - and the fact that you're reading this blog suggests that you probably are - you might well have already tasted the trio of Innis & Gunn beers that recently hit South African shores. Since arriving the beers have launched with a flourish,...
As winter inches closer, beer geeks' fridges are being emptied of pilsners and witbiers then restocked with Russian imperial stouts, imperial IPAs and Belgian dubbels. If you're in Cape Town there are plenty of the latter at Den Anker, The Waterfront institution is...
