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Entries for the African Beer Cup close soon!
If you’re a commercial brewer, or you’re friends with a commercial brewer, and are based anywhere on the African continent (including, of course, the islands), you have just a few days left to enter the African Beer Cup. Run in conjunction with the annual Craft Brewers Powwow, the competition aims to find the very best […]
Win tickets to the Southyeasters Summer Fest
This weekend sees the return of one of my favourite South African beer festivals: the Southyeasters Summer Fest. Run entirely by the volunteers who keep Cape Town’s homebrewing club operating throughout the year, the festival gives homebrewers a chance to share their beers with the public. For some, it’s a launchpad to opening their own […]
Beer review: Clarens Road Trip Session IPA
Yes, I know that the last beer I reviewed was also an Afro Caribbean brew. And yes, I know that a session IPA is pretty much a well-hopped pale ale. But I am, with a bunch of beery mates, heading off on an epic road trip tomorrow and reviewing this beer is a nice segue […]
A love letter to the South African craft beer community
I am guilty of sometimes focusing on the negative when it comes to the South African craft beer industry. I have moaned about brewers not wanting to invest in training or equipment, grumbled about lazy contract brewing and rambled on and on about the perils of screwing up bottle conditioning. These posts are really meant […]
