I can't think of anything better to do on a hot summer's day than to drink beer. So yesterday, we jumped in the car to escape Cape Town's relatively mild 34-degree weather to swelter in the 40-plus heat of Riebeek-Kasteel - destination: Flagship Brew. The launch of...
When I first started blogging, I wondered if there was really enough material to sustain a blog focused solely on the South African craft beer scene. Here's a spoiler: there is. For the past year I've had this irritating checklist of blog post ideas saved in my...
It's been a gentle start to the year - the obligatory January posts rounding up last year and looking forward to 2016. But now the kids are back at school, the gloves are off and it's time for a rant. On the agenda: the topic of beer shelf life and whether the kak...
Last week I published a brief round-up focusing on the highs of 2015, now here are a few predictions of what might be on the horizon for the South African beer scene in 2016. The rise of the brewpub Brewpubs are awesome. They've really got every base covered. If...
So, apparently it's 2016 already. We've managed to get further into the future than Doc and Marty ever did, which is pretty cool, I'd say. I don't know about you, but I saw some massive changes in the South African beer industry in 2015: quality improved, scores of...
Happy new year! I figure that round about nowish, you're either over the whole festive thing, have played with your toys and overdosed on chocolates and are looking for five minutes of pointless diversion, or you're one of the unlucky buggers who is back at work...
There's a lot of crowdfunding about at the moment. Robson's brewery in KZN have a campaign running and I covered the crowdfunding campaign to help a Woodstock distillery get their tasting room off the ground. Well here's the latest craft booze-related crowdfunding...
Twelve Days of Beermas might be (very almost) at its end, but that doesn't mean the season of giving is done! In fact, I have TWO sets of TWO tickets to give away for the inaugural My-Brew festival this coming Wednesday, December 16th. The event will feature around...
If you are a start-up brew house or micro/macro brewery then this prize is for you. You’ll need to be an established business to qualify for this one… and it's a biggie. This prize is sponsored by CraftNation a craft beer enthusiast website run Regardt van der...
