It's that time of year again. That awesome time of year, when the shops are full of Christmas goodies and the Hamilton's Rugby Club in Green Point hosts a veritable homage to beer. The 2014 Cape Town Festival of Beer takes place from November 28th-30th and I have...
You know what I hate? I hate it when someone has a great idea for a beer but doesn't quite follow it through. "I just added a hint of buchu but not so much that you'd taste it". Then why bother? "It's an IPA but I didn't want it to be too hoppy". Well it isn't a...
"When Breweries take on craft beer, they really do it in style!" - overheard at the Forries launch of SAB's latest innovation - "Brewery Fresh Tank Beer". It made me chuckle, but I don't think they're trying to "take on" craft beer - they really don't need to, with...
A couple of months ago I was at the Jo'burg Festival of Beer. It was the Sunday session and I loved it - both from a beer geek point of view and from a 'mum wth a baby at a beerfest' point of view. It was chilled, it was quiet, it was easy to get a seat and it was...
This is South Africa, home of rooibos and indeed, the only place where it grows naturally (or even at all?) So the question "Can I put rooibos in my beer?" seems a silly one. The answer though, depends on what you mean by "can". Are you physically able to chuck...
Summer is pretty much here and beerfest season is in full swing. So for being lovely, loyal readers of The Brewmistress, I have a special treat for you - tickets for this weekend's Craft Revolution at Somerset Mall. Just keep and eye on the blog, on Twitter and on...
The girls from Cederbrew launched their brand on to the South African craft beer market in style, with Chubbyhead Stout making it into the 10 finalists at the 2014 craft championships, held in September this year. It's a medium-bodied and easy-drinking stout, ideal...
Some of you might already know that the Cederberg now has a brewery. Cederbrew, womanned (see what I did there?) by sisters Melanie and Tania Nieuwoudt, propelled itself on to the scene in style, with their Chubbyhead Stout ranking in the top 10 craft beers...
A couple of weeks ago, while researching Beer Safari, the topic of Cape Brewing Company came up in conversation. The brewer I was chatting to (who I believe referred to CBC's brewhouse as 'a beer geek's wet dream') made a comment along the lines of "Ooh, the beers...
