South African craft brewers are upping their game. Well, some of them are upping their game. And the rest certainly need to start. Rory Lancellas from Noordhoek-based brewery Aegir Project has just risen the bar so high that some other breweries might need a pole...
I think one indicator that our beer industry is maturing is when brewers begin to experiment, when they step out of the comfort zone of their three or four regular brews and add something new to the range for a few months. Winter is the prime time for seasonal...
It's that time of year again. The time where I start to mentally berate Capetonian architects for their inability/failure to insulate houses in an appropriate manner. Yeah, yeah - the weather is warm for much of the year, but from May to August I sit shivering in...
Although I try to keep things as nationwide as possible, the blog does tend to be a little Cape Town-heavy so it’s nice to review something from the other side of the country. Stimela is the baby of Tsikwe Molobye who gave up the day job and launched his brand last...
Five years ago, I was thrilled if I found a craft lager in a Cape Town liquor store. And today I am writing a review of an Irish red ale that’s been aged for 66-and-a-bit days in an oak barrel that previously contained Jameson whiskey. That’s some pretty awesome...
So I finally got around to visiting the sparkly new brewery and tap room at Darling Brew last weekend (more on that soon). The timing turned out to be perfect as the had just released a brand new beer. Blood Serpent is a 5% ABV dry-hopped lager and apparently...
It's that time of year again. The time when beer nerds congregate to discover which hop the Duvel brewers have decided to add to this year's Tripel Hop vintage. Standard Duvel uses a combination of Styrian Golding and Saaz, but each year a special edition of the...
Without being overly dramatic, I think it's fair to say that Everson's is to South African cider what Devil's Peak is to South African beer. The country's largest craft cider producers are certainly at the forefront of the movement, constantly releasing new...
There was a lot of talk about the 2014 rooibos patent when it came to beer, but very little was said in relation to cider. In fact until quite recently, very little at all seems to have been said - or written - about cider in South Africa. Windermere are at present...
