Beer Reviews
Beer review: Three South African stouts
There’s always been a bit of a dearth of dark beers in South Africa. Well, there has, at least, been a dearth of good dark beers in South Africa. Too many of them are thin. Too many are overly acidic thanks to the brewer’s indifference to mash pH. Too many are overly charred, like burnt […]
Beer review: Little Wolf Lemon Geranium Saison
I kind of fell in love with this beer before I’d even tasted it. When Little Wolf held an evening of saison appreciation a few weeks back, I was recovering from a three-week trip to the States (stinking cold picked up on the plane and a touch of beer fatigue from the hundred-plus beers tasted). […]
A bumper post of beer reviews
As one great 80s icon said, life moves pretty fast. Here we are, almost half way through 2018 and I have managed a measly 11 posts on this blog all year. Eleven. That’s half a post a week, which is a bit crap. It’s not that there isn’t stuff to write about – I have […]
Beer review: Bridge Street Black Dragon Stout
Has this ever happened to you: you go to a festival or a tasting room or a pairing evening, you trya beer, you love it and you buy a bottle or three to take home. Somehow, when you get it home it has turned from a life-altering drink into something fairly average or even fairly […]
