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The Brewmistress South African Beer Awards 2017
Some of you might recall that earlier this year, at the South African National Beer Trophy, that at the People’s Choice for best beer went to Black Label. This irked pretty much everyone I know (I mean come on – it’s not even SAB’s best). So in the interests of giving good beer a chance […]
Entries for the 2018 World Beer Cup open
Listen up brewers: applications for the 2018 World Beer Cup are now open and the Brewers Association wants you to apply! I’ll be up-front – with an entry fee of US$180 (R2530) it’s not a cheap competition to participate in, but think of the benefits. Best case scenario – you go up against close to 7,000 […]
The Pig turns 21 – Happy birthday Notties!
The very first article I ever had published on beer in South Africa featured the Nottingham Road Brewing Company. It was 2006 and I had just spent some time travelling along the KZN Ale Trail. Sadly, most of the other breweries I visited have since closed and and while others have opened in their place, […]
Craft Beer in the Northern Cape
It’s hot and dusty and has perfect beer-drinking weather, it’s home to a desert whose name means “place of thirst”, and it harbours place names like “Grootdrink”, but until now, the Northern Cape has been lagging behind in the craft beer stakes. Actually, its still lagging behind, although the first craft beer rumblings are beginning […]
