Hello - remember me? I used to blog regularly on things about beer in South Africa! Well I'm back with a highly informative post that not only reviews two recently released nitro stouts available in South Africa, it also contains a somewhat ridiculous video. In...
A couple of months ago I received an email from a PR company telling me that SAB were about to launch a new "product variant" and that I'd been selected to receive some of said product and to create hype. I must say I was excited. Not about creating hype so much,...
If you've been drinking beer in South Africa for a while, you'll likely be familiar with Striped Horse. The contract brand launched in 2014 with a lager and a pilsner, at the time both brewed at Cape Brewing Company (CBC). Packaged in unique long-neck bottles, the...
I've often heard brewers and drinkers in South Africa talking about how a beer "doesn't travel well". I mean sure, beer doesn't have the shelf life of wine or whiskey and some styles are certainly best drunk as fresh as possible. But on numerous occasions I have...
Afro Caribbean Brewing Co. is fairly well known for its quirky beer names. Many of them, like Hubba Bubba Habba Nero, Dragonberry Kaleidoscope and Disco Hop Party are simply the everyday output of ACBC owner Greg Casey's overactive brain. Others, like Quick Hands...
I first met Mike and Don Agar circa 2012 at the Solstice Festival, SA's first craft beer fest which at that point was in its fifth or sixth year. Back then the Agars were avid homebrewers, their beers available only at a couple of festivals. Since turning pro in...
With the alcohol ban reinstated for a fourth time, my beloved industry is again struggling to survive and needs every morsel of help it can get. So this week I'm going to post a series of reviews with info on how to pre-order the beers and keep craft brewer cash...
A few weeks ago I got a WhatsApp from Murray Middleton. Murray, you might recall, used to be the brewer at the helm of Cape Town's Metal Lane Brewery. Sadly, the brewery is no more but happily, Murray has launched a new contract brand, Jump Brewing. The WhatsApp...
The first time I tasted this beer, it was while we were staying at the cottages on Amandalia Farm - home to Saggy Stone Brewing Company. (Side note: make yourself a new year promise to stay at the cottages on Amandalia Farm - trust me). So, we were chatting and...
