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Beer review: Chibuku Shake-Shake
I have been writing about beer in South Africa for almost nine years and yet you could probably squeeze every word I’ve ever written about traditional sorghum beer into a single tweet. It’s kind of sad that while South Africa has been having this beer awakening, or renaissance, or whatever you want to call it, […]
Entries open for the 2020 Beer Label Design Awards
Entries for the 2020 Beer Label Design Awards are now open. This is the third year that beer has been included in the awards and will be the first year that spirits producers can enter. The motivation for the competition is to reward outstanding design as an influence on wine, beer and spirit purchases. All […]
Celebrate the 4th annual South African National Beer Day
I never expected it to catch on like it did. South African National Beer Day was born out of a desire to celebrate South Africa’s favourite tipple in style. It was also meant to give the local beer scene a little boost each year. After consulting a number of industry folk across the country, we […]
My beer of the year: Woodstock’s Mr Brownstone
Earlier this week I published the results of the 2019 Brewmistress Beer Awards. There was one brewery that I felt was lacking from the list, or at least from the votes. And that same brewery had been lacking in previous years too. In fact, when I searched for “Woodstock” on my blog, all that came […]
