In an ongoing crusade to prove to people that beer goes with food just as well as even better than wine does, the blog will now feature recipes - some paired with beer, some cooked with beer, some paired and cooked with beer and all to be prepared with a beer in...
It's been a busy month in Brewmistress land and I've neglected the blog a bit, for which profusely apologise (and would like to say thanks to those of who who still stop by every day regardless). It seems a long time since I attended the IBD's Africa section...
Once a month or so I meet up with a group of beer geeks and taste a range of tough-to-find brews. It's not like I only see these guys once a month of course, I see them all the time. And our What's App group has exchanged almost 15,000 messages in the past year...
Every year around mid-Feb I roll out some vaguely Valentiney blog post like how to pair beer with chocolate or how to choose a beer that will help you get what you want on Valentine's Day. Well I'm not going to do that this year. Instead I'm going to point you in...
Over 100 breweries visited, more than 300 beers tasted, around 5000 km driven and close to 70,000 words written. Beer Safari has been a hell of a journey. You'll have to wait until November to read the finished product but for now I thought I'd share some musings...
1. You have a We Love Real Beer pint mug in your cupboard. 2. You remember when KZN had more breweries than any other province. (Note: this was my first ever published piece on the SA beer scene, printed in June 2009, but written and submitted in early 2008) 3. You...
Imagine if you brewed a beer, left it on a shelf for four months and just remembered it now? Imagine if the shelf in question was in a working kitchen, with temperatures rising over 35C? And imagine if said beer was unfiltered and unpasteurised? There are those who...
It's been a big year for the Brewmistress - I moved my blog to its own URL (from its former home over at The Craft Beer Project), I've been to every South African province seeking out breweries for my next book, Beer Safari, I've met beer enthusiasts from...
It is time to reward those who are most loyal to the Brewmistress - you the subscribers to the blog. Today's Cape-based prize is an exclusive chance to be a member of the SSBSS for the day. The SSBSS (Southern Suburbs Beer Snob Society) is a beer appreciation club...
