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Help crowd-fund Rwanda’s first craft brewery
I receive a fair number of emails about crowd-funding campaigns and while they’re all worthwhile – I mean, helping someone to achieve a dream is always a worthy endeavour, right? – some seem more worthy of my cash and your cash and my time and your time. And this is one of them. I received […]
Beer review: Anker Brew
Den Anker celebrated its 21st birthday last year and for most of that time the draught line-up included an approachable ale brewed in Belgium specifically for Waterfront restaurant. Twenty years on, Anker Brew is still available, but Cape Town’s beer landscaped has changed a tad and with a dozen-plus breweries and counting in the city, it’s […]
Winners of the 2016 South African National Beer Trophy
You know those awards ceremonies where no one turns up to collect their prize, sending someone else in their place? Well, the second annual South African National Beer Trophy, held at Beerhouse was not one of those events. Every one of the 20 gold medal winners turned up to proudly accept their medal or trophy, with some […]
Craft Beer News from the Eastern Cape
We hear a lot about what’s going on in the Western Cape, Gauteng and KZN, beer-wise, but there’s not generally much news coming out of the Eastern Cape. I just took a road trip from Jeffreys Bay to Port St John’s and beyond, sampling a few brews along the way. Turns out there’s actually quite […]
