Beer lovers rejoice - the South African Beer community is coming together to celebrate our beloved beverage. On the first Saturday in February, breweries, bars, restaurants and liquor stores will be hosting events large and small, from braais to brewery tours to...
I regularly get asked for statistics on the South African craft beer scene - how many breweries are there, what are they brewing, how much are they brewing... I can never offer any answers as there aren't any statistics. So this year I attempted to put together my...
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It's official - the 2017 Beer Boot Camp presenters have been announced (well, some of them). To find out who will be visiting Jo'burg and Cape Town next July, check out the Beer Boot Camp page...then come on back for details of the #12DaysofBeermas prize... So now...
Merry December all. I do love Christmas. And I rather like beer too, so each year, for the first 12 days in December, I team up with a whole host of breweries, restaurants, distributors and homebrew stores to bring you Africa's biggest and bestest beer giveaway!*...
It's less than two weeks until one of my favourite weekends of the year. The last weekend in November marks the 7th annual Cape Town Festival of Beer and you should be attending. I've followed the fest from its first incursion (I like to think of it as the Black...
There's a photo on my fridge that's been there for a year. It's of me, my hubby, a couple of mates and my in-laws. I love it because there's a lot of happiness, because my father-in-law looks about ready for a beer-induced nap and because it was taken to a backdrop...
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...
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...
