South Africa is, as far as I know, the only country in the world that has a major intervarsity brewing competition (although do feel free to correct me if that's not accurate). Imagine this: you're a student of microbiology or chemical engineering or some such...
Oktoberfest is now over in Germany, so it seems about right that it's just getting started in South Africa - we're not known for our punctuality after all. I thought I'd do a quick round up of Oktoberfest celebrations happening around SA so that you can spend your...
I love it when big breweries release something new. Even if it is a play on one of their existing lagers. It can't be easy bringing out new beers when you work on such a massive scale, and have so very many kilometres of big business red tape to crawl through....
There’s a set of style guidelines that’s used in beer competitions around the world. It’s curated by an American organisation called the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP). It’s by no means the only set of guidelines in use, but the BJCP is the standard for...
A few weeks ago I was at Soul Barrel Brewing in the Cape Winelands for this blog post. While I was there, because I'm nosy, I started reading the info etched on various tanks and asking what was in them and when it would be coming out. One of them contained a...
I will kick off this post with a shameless self-promotion warning...just so that you're aware! Last year I became a partner in BeerEx Africa and at one of our brainstorming meetings, one of the team suggested having a live band. The cogs started turning as I...
It's been a while since I last did a Friday Beers post, and the more observant among you might have noticed that this isn't one either. But there's a good reason for that. While Friday is always a good day to drink beer, at Woodstock Brewery, Thursday is an even...
Hopman opens new taproom at old Shackleton location Last week, Shackleton Brewery opened their new premises in Paarden Eiland. This week, Hopman Brewery launches their new taproom - at the old Shackleton space in Salt River. The collaborative taproom, called 4...
Craft beer is the best. Check out this very cool initiative that took place at Aegir Project in Noordhoek (Cape Town) last Saturday. As beer releases go, this one is definitely one of the most creative, memorable and fun I've ever been to. The beer in question is a...
