Beer Review: CBC Cape of Good Hops Imperial IPA
A couple of weeks ago, while researching Beer Safari, the topic of Cape Brewing Company came up in conversation. The brewer I was chatting to (who I believe referred to CBC’s brewhouse as ‘a beer geek’s wet dream‘) made a comment along the lines of “Ooh, the beers I would make if I had a […]
2014 SA Craft Championships: The Winners
So, the results are in. Seventeen judges took part, scrutinising 64 beers and ciders from 23 breweries/cideries and judging them to the BJCP style guidelines. This was narrowed down to 10 finalists in the beer category and eight in the cider category. The winners were announced at the World of Beer in an evening awards […]
Bottling issues – part three
Yesterday I was at Draymans Brewery in Pretoria. As one of the country’s longest-running craft breweries, Draymans is always a hive of activity and yesterday they were both brewing and bottling. I spent some time watching the bottling process and it helped shed some light on just what’s going wrong with our bottled beers. If you’re […]
3 Fransen Street: The beers
So, the conspiracy theories have somewhat died down and the beers have been released. Whatever your opinion on the matter – and many of you voiced yours here – 3 Fransen Street, the “craft” arm of SAB is now open for business. After a low-key launch at SAB HQ in Sandton, the beers first found […]
