Beer Review: Stimela Straight Arrow Amber
Although I try to keep things as nationwide as possible, the blog does tend to be a little Cape Town-heavy so it’s nice to review something from the other side of the country. Stimela is the baby of Tsikwe Molobye who gave up the day job and launched his brand last year. The beer is currently contract brewed, […]
Win tickets to the 10th annual Solstice Beer Festival
South Africa’s beer scene is fairly young. Microbrewed beers really only took off five or six years ago and most of the styles we find in our fridges today have only been around a year or three, so it might surprise you to know that there’s a beer festival that’s been taking place in SA […]
Beer review: Devil’s Peak 667
Five years ago, I was thrilled if I found a craft lager in a Cape Town liquor store. And today I am writing a review of an Irish red ale that’s been aged for 66-and-a-bit days in an oak barrel that previously contained Jameson whiskey. That’s some pretty awesome progress. The collaboration was part of […]
How to keep everybody happy at a beer festival
Disclaimer: I do not know how to keep everybody happy at a beer festival. If I did, I would be sitting in my Bishopscourt mansion counting my festival dollars and hiring a secretary to field all the tweets, email and phone calls from adoring brewers and festival-goers. So what do I mean by keeping everybody […]
