A love letter to the South African craft beer community
I am guilty of sometimes focusing on the negative when it comes to the South African craft beer industry. I have moaned about brewers not wanting to invest in training or equipment, grumbled about lazy contract brewing and rambled on and on about the perils of screwing up bottle conditioning. These posts are really meant […]
Win tickets to the Saggy Stone Beer and Music Festival
South African National Beer Day is almost upon us and to mark the occasion, the good people at Saggy Stone Brewing Company are gifting two tickets to the annual Saggy Stone Beer and Music Festival. The festival takes place at Saggy Stone, near Robertson, on February 9. There’s a hell of a line-up, including Jack […]
South African National Beer Day returns on February 2, 2019
It’s time to celebrate the most bestest beverage on earth! February 2nd marks the third annual South African National Beer Day – and it’s going to be the biggest yet! The idea of the day is simple – to celebrate our national beverage. Don’t ever let people fool you into thinking that South Africa is […]
Brewing the Republic: a documentary on South African beer
It’s been a couple of years in the making and last night Brewing the Republic, a feature-length documentary on the South African beer scene, was premiered at the Labia Theatre in Cape Town. It was a perfect evening: glorious weather to mingle in the courtyard sipping on Newlands Spring brews, an impressive turnout of brewers, […]