Restaurant review: Kyoto Garden Sushi
11 Lower Kloofnek Road, Cape Town. Tel: 021 422 2001. kyotogardensushict.com Mains R150-200, sushi (2 pieces) from R65. Imported Japanese beer R65-75. There is something very calming about Kyoto Garden Sushi. The muted colours, natural materials and low lighting...
Beer review: Kizakura Kyoto Kölsch
We're still a bit isolated from the rest of the craft beer world, down here at the tip of Africa, so what a treat it is to get hold of a fairly obscure brew from Japan. As far as I know, the Kizakura range is only available at Kyoto Garden Sushi in Cape Town, but...
Some random beer-related thoughts
When I first started blogging, I wondered if there was really enough material to sustain a blog focused solely on the South African craft beer scene. Here's a spoiler: there is. For the past year I've had this irritating checklist of blog post ideas saved in my...
A craft beer shelf-life experiment with Doctrine Brewing
It's been a gentle start to the year - the obligatory January posts rounding up last year and looking forward to 2016. But now the kids are back at school, the gloves are off and it's time for a rant. On the agenda: the topic of beer shelf life and whether the kak...
Predictions for the South African beer scene in 2016
Last week I published a brief round-up focusing on the highs of 2015, now here are a few predictions of what might be on the horizon for the South African beer scene in 2016. The rise of the brewpub Brewpubs are awesome. They've really got every base covered. If...
Beer review: Aegir Project Hopricot IPA
They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but if you were going to judge a beer by its label, you have pretty damn high expectations for Aegir Project's latest release. Lucky then, that it's pretty damn good beer. Hopricot is an IPA infused with whole...
2015 South African Beer Round-up
So, apparently it's 2016 already. We've managed to get further into the future than Doc and Marty ever did, which is pretty cool, I'd say. I don't know about you, but I saw some massive changes in the South African beer industry in 2015: quality improved, scores of...
Spot the Brewery – back to work timewaster
Happy new year! I figure that round about nowish, you're either over the whole festive thing, have played with your toys and overdosed on chocolates and are looking for five minutes of pointless diversion, or you're one of the unlucky buggers who is back at work...
Help crowdfund a Cederberg craft beer lawsuit
There's a lot of crowdfunding about at the moment. Robson's brewery in KZN have a campaign running and I covered the crowdfunding campaign to help a Woodstock distillery get their tasting room off the ground. Well here's the latest craft booze-related crowdfunding...
