I remember the first time I went to Banana Jam Café. It was 2011 and we were broke – a freelance writer and a Master’s student saving for a wedding. We used to walk straight past the bright yellow façade of the Kenilworth-based Caribbean restaurant to drink pints...
It's not often that SAB launches a new beer. The last one that springs to mind is Castle Double Malt, which was released in 2021 and has seen plenty of success, both with drinkers and competition judges. Other beers, like Carvers Weiss and Castle Milk Stout...
It has been six years since Heineken acquired a minority stake in Cape Town based Jack Black's Brewing Company and today the founders, Ross and Meghan McCulloch announced that they have sold their remaining shares. "The long journey with Jack Black has come to an...
The first Thursday in August is celebrated by beer lovers worldwide as IPA Day. The day was started by beer writer Ashley Routson back in 2011 in the USA - you can read the full story over at All About Beer. As far as I can recall, the first IPA (India Pale Ale)...
There is something about Namibia that just says thirsty. There is not a patch of green to be spotted from the plane window as we fly from Cape Town to Windhoek, and the river beds are all dry. Inside the cabin though, I'm anything but thirsty. The drinks service is...
I am having one of those weeks where I strike things off my to do list. Specifically my February to do list. Why, just yesterday I replied to not one, but three emails that have been sitting in my inbox for four months. I am feeling very proud of myself and...
Hey - remember me? I used to write semi-regular blog posts about beer around Africa. It's been a seriously busy few months, with the African Beer Cup and BeerEx Africa, but I'm back and ready to give the blog a bit of love. I thought we'd kick off with a roundup of...
Huzzah and hooray - it is very almost time for the annual Fools & Fans Beer Festival in Greyton and I am excited. We don't really have any beer fests in the Cape Town region any more and while Greyton is a two-ish hour drive, this is a festival that's...
I've been a bit remiss in not writing anything about Spinal Tap Bar, which launched in Cape Town just over a year ago. The bar belongs to Carl Nienaber of Harambe (black IPA) fame and his fabulously talented wife, photographer Marla Burger. It's a tiny but...
