Beer Reviews
Beer Review: Brauhaus am Damm Dunkel
Well I’ll tell you one thing – it’s been a fair while since I’ve used the four-and-a-half hop image in a review. This makes me both happy and sad – happy because, well, great beer makes me happy; sad because it’s not a beer I can easily get in Cape Town. At last week’s National […]
Beer Review: Damnation Brewing Co. Lone Wolf APA
Damnation Brewing Co. began life at the Brewers Co-op and have since branched out into brewing larger batches under contract in Cape Town. As one fellow Twittererer put it, “They win at labels” – but how is the beer behind the slightly scary face(s)? I must say I found this beer a bit of a […]
Beer review: Lonely Planet Travel Notes IPA
I don’t usually review beers that are not available in South Africa. I know the audience of this blog mostly resides in SA and there are probably few things more annoying than a “hey, look at this awesome beer you can’t get” type of post. But I have three good reasons to review the Travel […]
Beer review: Innis & None
I have very mixed feelings about this beer. Non-alcoholic beers are a tricky business and never quite a substitute for the real thing. As a beverage, I quite enjoyed Innis & None. As a beer, not so much. I loved the nose – a massive wave of stewed gooseberries (not the Cape kind). I love the […]
