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Is South Africa’s craft beer scene in a slump?
Between 2014 and 2016, brewery numbers in South Africa almost doubled (from 86 to 154). Two years on, the growth has slowed and today we have around 225 microbreweries and contract brewers, some of which are rarely, if ever, heard from. In the past 12 months or so, we have seen the launch of 18 […]
Beer review: Little Wolf Lemon Geranium Saison
I kind of fell in love with this beer before I’d even tasted it. When Little Wolf held an evening of saison appreciation a few weeks back, I was recovering from a three-week trip to the States (stinking cold picked up on the plane and a touch of beer fatigue from the hundred-plus beers tasted). […]
A note on sexist beer branding
Last night, just as I was tucking into my “yay the child is in bed” beer, my phoned beeped. It was a message from our Women in Beer group, a screen grab of labels from a new contract brewery in Gauteng. There was a fairly instant uproar. I read a lot about sexism in beer […]
A bumper post of beer reviews
As one great 80s icon said, life moves pretty fast. Here we are, almost half way through 2018 and I have managed a measly 11 posts on this blog all year. Eleven. That’s half a post a week, which is a bit crap. It’s not that there isn’t stuff to write about – I have […]
