Beer Reviews
Beer review: Brewdog Prototype Session IPL
Between pouring this beer and scribbling the notes on the awesome, made-for-the-beer-nerd labels (there’s space for notes on appearance, aroma, flavour and mouthfeel!) I seem to have forgotten what I was drinking. When I look back at those scribblings, in the ‘appearance’ space I wrote “almost fluorescent yellow; looks a lot like a lager”. This, […]
Beer Review: Drifter Brewing Stranded Coconut
Breweries are popping up so quickly and bringing out new beers at such a pace that it’s becoming difficult to feature everything on the blog. I never wrote anything about Drifter Brewing Co opening (they launched somewhat under the radar with a great IPA at CTFoB 2015) and haven’t listed their tap room, so instead […]
Beer review: Kizakura Kyoto Kölsch
We’re still a bit isolated from the rest of the craft beer world, down here at the tip of Africa, so what a treat it is to get hold of a fairly obscure brew from Japan. As far as I know, the Kizakura range is only available at Kyoto Garden Sushi in Cape Town, but please correct […]
Beer review: Aegir Project Hopricot IPA
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but if you were going to judge a beer by its label, you have pretty damn high expectations for Aegir Project’s latest release. Lucky then, that it’s pretty damn good beer. Hopricot is an IPA infused with whole apricots. I must say I didn’t get […]
