Beer Reviews
Beer review: Stellies Bos Weiss
I’ve been waiting a long time to taste the beers from Stellenbosch Brewing Company. I met brewer/co-owner Bruce Collins at a SouthYeasters meeting over three years ago, and the brewery was featured in the ‘Ones to watch’ section of African Brew back in early 2013. And now, after years of recipe development, company development and […]
Beer review: Newlands Spring Jacob’s Pale Ale
Named for one of South Africa’s earliest commerical brewers, Jacob Letterstedt, the pale ale from Newlands Spring is based on a 155-year-old recipe found in SAB’s archives. There still aren’t many people producing English-style beers in South Africa, so I was happy to find a little UK hop character here. It’s no secret that I’m […]
Beer review: Innis & Gunn White Oak Wheat
White Oak Wheat Beer is the latest Innis & Gunn brew to arrive in South Africa. The I&G website describes it as a “German-style wheat beer”, but with additions of blood orange and bergamot (Googled it so you don’t have to – it’s a citrus fruit), to me this really has much more in common with a […]
Beer review: Devil’s Peak Lager
I’ve always admired Devil’s Peak for not tiptoeing on to the South African beer scene. They arrived at the 2011 CTFoB and whacked us all in the face with a great big bag of much-needed hops. So I won’t lie – I was a trifle disappointed when I learned that they decided to brew a […]