New Cape Town Brewpub: Afro Caribbean Brewing Co.

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...
New brewery in Cape Town: Aegir Project

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...

Windhoek Oktoberfest in Cape Town

Nambian Breweries brings its annual Oktoberfest to Cape Town for the first time. A FestBier has been specially brewed for the event and the first keg will be cracked on the evening of the 23rd heralding the beginning of the festivities.  Other beers available include...
Garagista Beer Co: More hype than hops?

Garagista Beer Co: More hype than hops?

So if you haven’t seen the ad campaign put out by Cape Town’s newest brewery, Garagista Beer Co., you really should do that before you carry on reading. It was picked up by advertising journals and sites around the world and provoked a fair amount of...
Food Craft meets Craft Beer: eat.art at Devil’s Peak

Food Craft meets Craft Beer: eat.art at Devil’s Peak

Those of you who follow me a little will know that I’m something of a fan of Cape Town brewery Devil’s Peak. Those of you who follow the blog (or my Twitter account) a bit more intently might also know that I’m rather taken with the occasional dining...
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