Winners of the 2018 Brewmistress Awards
Voting has closed and the responses have laboriously been tallied. Just over 200 beer lovers took part in the second annual Brewmistress South African Beer Awards with dozens and dozens of breweries, bars and bottle stores nominated. Although it makes the count a...
The Brewmistress South African Beer Awards 2018
It's December! A time for scheduling in multiple hangovers, panic buying crap on Takealot and for wasting those last few days of work before you finish for the year. And I have just the thing to help you while away a few minutes - it's time for the second annual...
Riot launches collab IPA with California’s Stone Brewing
If you've ever wanted to taste a beer from Stone Brewing, but travelling to the States is a bit beyond your budget, here's your chance. Cape Town based Riot Beer have brewed a collab IPA at Stone's San Diego brewery and a very limited amount will be on tap this...
Big name beer imports to South Africa – bonus or burden?
You might have noticed a few new names on the beer shelves lately. Well actually, they're very familiar names, but new to South Africa. Last month, Lagunitas beers arrived in our liquor stores and bars. Around 40 especially chosen establishments around the Western...
Introducing Big Sip Co, Botswana’s first microbrewery
As a continent, we are lagging behind somewhat when it comes to craft beer. At the moment, outside of South Africa, I have around 20 microbreweries on my very high-tech African breweries spreadsheet. So I was pleased to recently add Big Sip Co. to the list - the...
Winners of the 2018 South African National Beer Trophy
At the 4th annual South African National Beer Trophy, a record 212 beers were entered. Twenty two of them won gold medals and a further 59 were awarded silvers. Beers are judged to the 2015 BJCP style guidelines. There were six trophies awarded for the best beer...
“Tapgate” – is Devil’s Peak trying to monopolise South African craft?
Last week, in what started as a quiet deal and ended being shouted from the social media rooftops, Devil’s Peak – or in fact Signal Hill Products, the parent company to the Cape Town brewery - struck a deal with The Tap Room, buying some 700 installed draught taps...
Win tickets to On Tap at the Tip Craft Beer Festival
If you live in the Overberg and were watching last week's many Cape Town beer events with envy, it's time to rejoice! This weekend, it's your turn, with two days of beery events held at Fraser's Folly brewery near Elim. And if you're not an Overberger, it is a long...
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...
