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Win tickets to the 2019 Fools & Fans Beer Festival
It’s time to dig out your best jester cap for the third annual Fools & Fans Beer Festival, happening this Saturday, April 6, in Greyton. The quirky country town fest has grown each year, with 15 South African microbreweries peddling their wares this weekend. New brews As well as a host of local breweries, Western […]
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 […]