Beer review: Stellies Bos Weiss
I’ve been waiting a long time to taste the beers from Stellenbosch Brewing Company. I met brewer/co-owner Bruce Collins at a SouthYeasters meeting over three years ago, and the brewery was featured in the ‘Ones to watch’ section of African Brew back in early 2013. And now, after years of recipe development, company development and […]
Poll: Does South Africa need more lager?
Recently, a few beer geek friends and I have been having a low-key debate on whether there is room for more lager in the South African beer scene. Our craft beer boom launched with lager – something that didn’t escape All About Beer writer Jim Clarke back in 2011. Since then, brewers – and indeed […]
Beer review: Newlands Spring Jacob’s Pale Ale
Named for one of South Africa’s earliest commerical brewers, Jacob Letterstedt, the pale ale from Newlands Spring is based on a 155-year-old recipe found in SAB’s archives. There still aren’t many people producing English-style beers in South Africa, so I was happy to find a little UK hop character here. It’s no secret that I’m […]
SAB launches a new microbrewery: Newlands Spring
As the beer community continues to discuss the acquisition of craft beers by whopping great breweries like Anheuser-Busch InBev, South Africa’s home-grown big brewery has taken a different route into the realm of speciality beer. SABMiller’s Newlands plant has opened its own microbrewery, Newlands Spring Brewing Co. After the launch of the 3 Fransen Street brand in Johannesburg […]
