My beer of the year: Woodstock’s Mr Brownstone
Earlier this week I published the results of the 2019 Brewmistress Beer Awards. There was one brewery that I felt was lacking from the list, or at least from the votes. And that same brewery had been lacking in previous years too. In fact, when I searched for “Woodstock” on my blog, all that came […]
Winners of the 2019 Brewmistress South African Beer Awards
It’s a few days late, but I figure you’ve all been busy eating your own weight in mince pies and braai meat and testing out various hangover remedies thanks to a little festive (over)indulgence. Or maybe I’m projecting. Either way, polls have closed, votes have been counted and the results are in. This year there […]
Vote in the 2019 Brewmistress South African Beer Awards
It’s the end of the year. The end of the decade in fact. People are already predicting what’s going to happen in 2020 and beyond. But before we do that, let’s look back at 2019. It’s been a fairly quiet year for beer in South Africa. We are in the midst of a period of […]
CTFOB turns 10 – here are some highlights from the last decade
The Cape Town Festival of Beer has always been a special weekend for me. It’s pretty much the anniversary of when I arrived in SA and more importantly it’s an annual get together of a great big pile of awesome people, with an equally sizable pile of great beer. I’ve been to every one of […]
