2015 South African Craft Championship: The Finalists
A whopping 25 judges, made up of BJCP-qualified tasters, SAB brewers, industry players and beer enthusiasts, met in Johannesburg last month to judge the third annual South African National Craft Brewers Championship. Judges had to be shipped in an the last minute to cope with the high number of entries – 125 beers and ciders, […]
Airport Craft Brewers @ OR Tambo
If you’ve flown out of OR Tambo International Airport on a domestic flight lately, you might have noticed an intriguing new addition to the departure lounge’s food and beverage offering – Airport Craft Brewers. The brains behind this bar really know what people want when they’re waiting for a flight – a cold beer and […]
New Cape Town Brewpub: Afro Caribbean Brewing Co.
To followers of the beer scene, it won’t come as any great surprise that Greg Casey – of Banana Jam fame – has opened a microbrewery at the long-running Caribbean-themed temple of beer. In fact, half of you are probably thinking ‘didn’t Banana Jam already have a brewery on site’? Well no, it didn’t. But now […]
Family-friendly breweries in South Africa
There is an ongoing debate as to whether kids and breweries can mix. Well in my life they can. They do. They must. And an increasing number of brewery owners seem to understand that having a safe place for kids to play is good for business. Here are some of my favourite family-friendly breweries around […]
