Quiz: which day to attend the 10th Cape Town Festival of Beer
Do you remember your first CTFOB? Do you remember any of them? Perhaps you’ve never been to one, or maybe, like me, you’ve attended all nine. This year marks the 10th Cape Town Festival of Beer and the three-day fest is looking bigger than ever. You’ll have around 200 beers to choose from, a load […]
Why the Gugulethu Craft Beer Festival was cancelled
Early in September, I launched a new Facebook page. It’s something people in the industry had been discussing for a while and something that I somehow got involved in a few months back – the Gugulethu Craft Beer Festival. It began when I was contacted by Vuyani Blom, who told me he was an event […]
Beer review: Hey Joe Lavender Honey Saison
For some reason I’m not aware of, I haven’t written anything about Hey Joe Brewing Company on the blog yet. After a few false starts and many months of anticipation, the brewery opened in Franschhoek in April. If you haven’t visited yet, put it on your summer to-do list. Hey Joe is what I would […]
Welcome back to South Africa, Pilsner Urquell
When ABI took over SAB in 2016, the local beer industry was filled with questions: would they decide to crush craft? Would Budweiser replace Black Label as South Africa’s favourite beer? How many jobs would be lost? And perhaps most worryingly of all, how would I get my Pilsner Urquell fix? The takeover came with […]
