One of the most difficult aspects of brewing is consistency. It is something that's not entirely expected of a winery. A winemaker produces their wares once a year and variation from one vintage to the next is not only allowable, it is largely expected due...
It's not often that SAB launches a new beer. The last one that springs to mind is Castle Double Malt, which was released in 2021 and has seen plenty of success, both with drinkers and competition judges. Other beers, like Carvers Weiss and Castle Milk Stout...
I am having one of those weeks where I strike things off my to do list. Specifically my February to do list. Why, just yesterday I replied to not one, but three emails that have been sitting in my inbox for four months. I am feeling very proud of myself and...
Right, first up, let's address the name of this beer. The beer is a collaboration between Cape Town's Afro Caribbean Brewing Company and Terrapin Beer Co from Atlanta, USA. The founder and brewmaster at Terrapin Beer, Brian Buckowski (better known to all as...
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....
It has been a long, long time since I wrote a review on this blog. The last one was for the annual Tiny Keg festive mixed pack back in December, and that was only the second review I wrote in the whole of 2022. So it seems somehow fitting that I am making a beer...
This post is part beer review and part (very) last-minute Christmas present idea. Every year, around this time, mobile canning company Tiny Keg releases a limited edition six-pack featuring once-off beers from brewers around South Africa. The brewers fly (or drive)...
Throughout the pandemic and associated lockdowns, there was a lot of focus on the plight of craft breweries in South Africa. Estimates and industry surveys suggested that the majority of our breweries and contract brands might even go out of business. In fact, the...
Towards the end of 2020, someone suggested that I do a beer of the month post, picking a beer that stood out for me each month. And as I am just powering right through my November 2020 to do list, I thought I'd get right on that. (Yes, I do mean 2020. No, I am not...
