by Lucy Corne | Jul 29, 2024 | Blog
The first Thursday in August is celebrated by beer lovers worldwide as IPA Day. The day was started by beer writer Ashley Routson back in 2011 in the USA – you can read the full story over at All About Beer. As far as I can recall, the first IPA (India Pale Ale)...
by Lucy Corne | Jan 8, 2016 | Beer Reviews
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but if you were going to judge a beer by its label, you have pretty damn high expectations for Aegir Project’s latest release. Lucky then, that it’s pretty damn good beer. Hopricot is an IPA infused...
by Lucy Corne | Dec 28, 2015 | Beer Reviews
South Africa’s IPA scene is looking up. Within the greater Cape Town area alone I can quickly count five superb American-style IPAs that do a fine job of showcasing their respective hops. And the Valve IPA from Riot is certainly one of the five. To look at,...
by Lucy Corne | Oct 27, 2015 | Beer Reviews
Huzzah, a new IPA on the South African beer scene. Now I know that there’s not a shortage of beers bearing the IPA handle on their label, but what there is a shortage of in many of said beers is hops. “I want to brew an IPA, but I don’t want it to be...
by Lucy Corne | Aug 6, 2015 | Blog
It’s that time of year again. The day people look forward to all year, that makes grown men behave like kids and sees grown women having sleepless nights in anticipation. I speak, of course, about IPA Day! Last year I dedicated a whole week’s worth of blog...
