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Poll: Does South Africa need more lager?
Recently, a few beer geek friends and I have been having a low-key debate on whether there is room for more lager in the South African beer scene. Our craft beer boom launched with lager – something that didn’t escape All About Beer writer Jim Clarke back in 2011. Since then, brewers – and indeed […]
SAB launches a new microbrewery: Newlands Spring
As the beer community continues to discuss the acquisition of craft beers by whopping great breweries like Anheuser-Busch InBev, South Africa’s home-grown big brewery has taken a different route into the realm of speciality beer. SABMiller’s Newlands plant has opened its own microbrewery, Newlands Spring Brewing Co. After the launch of the 3 Fransen Street brand in Johannesburg […]
Will South Africa’s craft beer bubble burst?
People have been talking about the “craft beer revolution” in South Africa for a few years now. It started slowly – the odd Jack Black tap here, a bottle of Darling Slow Beer there. First it was just bearded homebrewers who were interested in ales, then the bearded hipsters joined in and these days you […]
2015 National Craft Brewers Championships
Dates, rules and prizes have been announced for the 2015 National Craft Brewers Championships – entries are now open until 23rd October 2015. Sponsored by SAB and backed by Craft Beer South Africa (CBSA), the competition is open to professional craft brewers based in South Africa. “Craft brewing is about exploring less conventional beer recipes, a creative […]
