12DaysofBeermas bonus prize: Win a meet n greet with the 2017 Beer Boot Camp presenters!!!
It's official - the 2017 Beer Boot Camp presenters have been announced (well, some of them). To find out who will be visiting Jo'burg and Cape Town next July, check out the Beer Boot Camp page...then come on back for details of the #12DaysofBeermas prize... So now...
12 Days of Beermas is back! Bonanza beer giveaway!!
Merry December all. I do love Christmas. And I rather like beer too, so each year, for the first 12 days in December, I team up with a whole host of breweries, restaurants, distributors and homebrew stores to bring you Africa's biggest and bestest beer giveaway!*...
Seven tips for the 7th Cape Town Festival of Beer
It's less than two weeks until one of my favourite weekends of the year. The last weekend in November marks the 7th annual Cape Town Festival of Beer and you should be attending. I've followed the fest from its first incursion (I like to think of it as the Black...
Beer Review: Citizen Guardian Pale Ale
I have a feeling about this beer. I have a sneaking suspicion it's going to fly off the shelves this summer. And I'll tell you why. It's because I'm going to buy it all. OK, I might have lied a little, but Guardian is a perfect summer quaffer, and it is going to...
Win tickets for Bierfest at Newlands Brewery
There's a photo on my fridge that's been there for a year. It's of me, my hubby, a couple of mates and my in-laws. I love it because there's a lot of happiness, because my father-in-law looks about ready for a beer-induced nap and because it was taken to a backdrop...
Beer review: Carver’s Weiss
Well this is interesting. For those of you who have spotted Carver's Weiss in store but aren't keen on reading small print, this is a weissbier from SAB. It launched a week or so ago and is already everywhere. It's an interesting step into the speciality beer...
Help crowd-fund Rwanda’s first craft brewery
I receive a fair number of emails about crowd-funding campaigns and while they're all worthwhile - I mean, helping someone to achieve a dream is always a worthy endeavour, right? - some seem more worthy of my cash and your cash and my time and your time. And this...
Beer review: Anker Brew
Den Anker celebrated its 21st birthday last year and for most of that time the draught line-up included an approachable ale brewed in Belgium specifically for Waterfront restaurant. Twenty years on, Anker Brew is still available, but Cape Town's beer landscaped has...
Winners of the 2016 South African National Beer Trophy
You know those awards ceremonies where no one turns up to collect their prize, sending someone else in their place? Well, the second annual South African National Beer Trophy, held at Beerhouse was not one of those events. Every one of the 20 gold medal winners...
