2013: A year of beer reviewed
Well, 2013 was a huge year for beer in South Africa. Around 15-20 new breweries popped up (who can keep count these days?), festivals were abundant, imports boomed and basically, the whole country went beer mad. I missed out on a few fests due to being pregnant with the brewbaby, but did sneak the – […]
2013 Cape Town Festival of Beer
Beer boffins and festival fans turned out in their droves again this year for the fourth annual Cape Town Festival of Beer – at least on the Saturday. Friday was, as ever, the domain of the true beer geeks (and the lucky few who don’t have to work on weekdays) while Sunday – typically family day – […]
Beer 101 – staff training session
Know your wine but baffled about beer? As craft beer continues to sweep South Africa, bars and restaurants are bulking up their beer lists, offering more hops, more variety, and more options for food pairings. And as beer gets bigger, the beer consumer becomes more demanding. Do your staff know their IBUs from their ABVs? Can they tell […]
Five ways to piss off a beer snob
If you’re in any way interested in the South African beer scene, it can’t have escaped your notice that we are living in an age of abundant festivals. For a while it seemed that hardly a weekend could go by when there wasn’t a beer event of some sort taking place. And then it got […]
