Restaurant review: Hudsons Claremont
25 Protea Road, Claremont, Cape Town. Tel: 021 674 5152. theburgerjoint.co.za. Burgers R40-90. 440ml local craft beer R35-45. It seems like an odd location, tucked away down the side of an office building, but in fact Hudsons Claremont has a rather awesome view of...
Beer review: White Anvil
With a luminous straw colour, a lasting white head, great lacing and just the right amount of haze, White Anvil has the gorgeous witbier appearance nailed. A powerful whiff of perfume on the nose is backed up by coriander seed and just a hint of bread. Taste-wise,...
Jozi Craft Beer Fest 2014
Ever since the first Jozi Craft Beer Fest in May 2012, people have raved about the event. Until now I’ve never had the chance to attend one of the festival’s incarnations, but as the fourth edition rolled around, I was finally going to be in Johannesburg at the...
14 reasons to go to the 2014 SouthYeasters Summer Festival
Cape Town’s homebrewing club continues to blossom and there’s no more obvious way to see the growth of the club than at the annual Summer Festival. It started with a dozen people in Boston Breweries’ former tasting room at the brewery. It took over the courtyard...
Beer and cheese – the perfect match
It’s official. Beer goes better with cheese than wine does. I never doubted it of course, but after two sessions of Grape vs Grain at the Cheese Festival, the people have spoken. And on both occasions they chose beer over wine. Here’s a quick recap for those of you...
Battle of the Beerfests
It’s been quite a quiet start to the year, beerfest-wise. But while there haven’t been back-to-back events every weekend, two of the country’s larger festivals have already taken place. I did a write-up of the Clarens Craft Beer Festival over on the League of Beers...
Three Skulls Relaunches as a contract brewery
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Duvel Tripel Hop 2014
My dad is visiting at the moment and has been dragged by his rubber arm to a host of beer events around Cape Town. “So what’s happening tonight?” he asked, as we headed for Beerhouse on Long. “Well, there’s this Belgian beer that is made with three hops, and each...
Beer and chocolate pairing
I’m not particularly fond of Valentine’s Day, but I can’t help noticing that every other blog, website, magazine or indeed pamphlet that gets shoved through my letterbox seems to be honouring the day, so I’m jumping on that romantic bandwagon as well. I’ve recently...
