Beer review: Aegir Project Midnight Porter
“I taste something different each time I try this beer,” says brewer Rory Lancellas of his Midnight Porter. It certainly is a well-made and fairly complex brew, and so it should be – the brewer at Cape Town’s newest brewery (opened October 2015) closely follows a 180-year old recipe when brewing the darkest beer in […]
New brewery in Cape Town: Aegir Project
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’ve lost count of how many breweries there are in South Africa. I’d put the total at about 130, including contract brewers, thought I’m sure there are nano-breweries based on backwater farms that only the locals know about. One thing I do know though, is that there is a new […]
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 […]
