Winners of the 2022 South African Beer Awards
The eagle-eyed among you might have noticed that when I posted the voting form for this year's South African Beer Awards, I pledged to have the results published a day after voting closed, hangover permitting. Voting closed on 21 December. Let's just say it's been...
Beer review: Tiny Keg Mixed Six-Pack
This post is part beer review and part (very) last-minute Christmas present idea. Every year, around this time, mobile canning company Tiny Keg releases a limited edition six-pack featuring once-off beers from brewers around South Africa. The brewers fly (or drive)...
Vote in the 2022 South African Beer Awards
What a year 2022 has been. People got to travel again; they got to comfortably cough in public again. The only thing we had to go back to the car for as we set foot through the doors of Pick n Pay was our reusable shopping bags and not our masks as well. We all...
Jack Black celebrates 15 years – and relaunches Mad Giant collab
As headlines go, this one pretty much tells you what to expect from this post. (Unlike some clickbait garbage I foolishly fell for the other day, which promised to unveil "Things you never noticed in Grease" and kicked off with the oh-so-insightful subheading...
Enter the 2022 Beer Label Design Awards
Entries to the 2022 Label Design Awards are now open, with categories for beer, wine and spirits. Originally started as a competition for wine labels, beer was added in 2018 in order to rewarding outstanding design in the local beer scene. The awards are proudly...
Brewery closures, openings and movements
Craft beer is a very fluid industry. And I'm not just talking about what's in the cans/bottles/growlers/glasses. Breweries close, equipment gets sold. A new place opens in an old venue, perhaps with a new name, perhaps continuing the old brand. Equipment moves...
New brewery alert: Beerworks opens in Cape Town
If you've been somewhat present in the Cape Town beer scene over the past few years, the name Beerworks might well be familiar to you. Originally started as one of the brands at the now sadly defunct Brewers Co-op in Woodstock, you've perhaps seen them at festivals...
Beer review: Nova Beer Project Majik Forest IPA
Throughout the pandemic and associated lockdowns, there was a lot of focus on the plight of craft breweries in South Africa. Estimates and industry surveys suggested that the majority of our breweries and contract brands might even go out of business. In fact, the...
