People have been talking about the "craft beer revolution" in South Africa for a few years now. It started slowly - the odd Jack Black tap here, a bottle of Darling Slow Beer there. First it was just bearded homebrewers who were interested in ales, then the bearded...
60 Colinton Road, Vineyard Hotel and Spa, Newlands, Cape Town. Tel: 021 657 4545. myoga.co.za Mains R145-265, 7-course tasting menu R325. 440ml South African bottled craft beer around R55 The Vineyard Hotel has a fabulous setting. Expansive lawns are backed by the...
Dates, rules and prizes have been announced for the 2015 National Craft Brewers Championships - entries are now open until 23rd October 2015. Sponsored by SAB and backed by Craft Beer South Africa (CBSA), the competition is open to professional craft brewers based...
123 Lower Main Road , Observatory, Cape Town. Tel: 021 447 8554. jerrysburgerbar.co.za. Mains R60-150. 500ml South African draught craft beer R32-40 Jerry's has a kind of rough-and-ready, dare I say 'manly' feel to it - bare brick walls, shelves of whisky and lots...
Finally, the announcement has been made - the 2015 South African National Homebrew Championships are taking place and it's time to get brewing. The deadline for entries is October 30th 2015 and there are drop-off points in Cape Town, Jo'burg, Pretoria, Durban,...
There's a strange idea floating out in the world that beer is not a breakfast beverage. This is quite ridiculous - not only can you drink beer for breakfast (I suggest restricted this to weekends/non-working days), you can even make breakfast with the ingredients...
Mitchell's Brewery, South Africa's oldest microbrewery, has a brand new brewer. John Horn is a former SAB brewer with many years of experience under his belt. Mitchell's was founded in 1983, staying afloat for decades until the craft beer revolution hit South...
So you've bought a beer, it turned out to not be great, you've taken action to alert the brewer - now what? There are few things sadder than the sound of your R30 bottle of ale glugging down the sink so STOP! Don't tip away that sour ale or the ancient lager you...
At the recent Beer Boot Camp, a well known South African beer geek asked me an interesting question: what do you do when you buy a beer and find that, having paid your R30-ish for a bottle, it's undrinkable and ends up glugging down your sink. It's a topic that's...
