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Beer review: Poison City The Other Bird
Every day’s a school day they say, and when I tasted Poison City’s The Other Bird, I learnt two things. First, that Czech Dark Lager is a thing (with its own BJCP guidelines). And second, that The Other Bird is a damn good beer. It didn’t start off too well. The head retention was pretty […]
Family friendly restaurants that serve craft beer in Cape Town
It sometimes feels like if you want to go out for lunch and ensure that the kids are entertained, you are doomed to eat in crappy cafes at kid-friendly attractions, or destined to dine at Spur. Well it doesn’t have to be that way! Here are some Cape Town restaurants where kids can play while […]
Seven reasons to be excited for the Craft Brewers Powwow
If you’re one of those people that bores your friends to near tears with your incessant chatter about IBUs and ESBs, white stouts and black IPAs, gravity readings and mash efficiency, BJCP styles and aromas of cat pee and pine forest and damp horse blanket, then the Craft Brewers Powwow is for you. It’s your […]
Battle of the berry beers
I love me some fruit but good lord, have you seen the price of raspberries in Woolies? Luckily, brewing a beer using raspberries (although not necessarily fresh ones) seems to be in vogue in Cape Town at the moment. Drinking them in beer form is probably cheaper than just eating them and I’m fairly sure it still […]
