by Lucy Corne | Oct 6, 2014 | Blog
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...
by Lucy Corne | Sep 30, 2014 | Beer Reviews, Blog
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...
by Lucy Corne | Aug 12, 2014 | Beer Reviews
I know I’m a bit slow off the mark with this review, but there’s just so much going on the the beer world in South Africa – plus IPA Day/week got in the way. But better late than never and all that. There was a lot of buzz a couple of weeks...
by Lucy Corne | Aug 11, 2014 | Blog
Last year saw the country’s first BJCP-accredited national beer competition take place. Smaller events happen around the country – mostly at festivals – but this was the first time that craft brewers around the country could all compete to have their...
by admin | Jul 2, 2014 | Blog
The first time I wrote about SAB’s monthly horse-drawn beer delivery, I was a mere bystander in the proceedings. In fact I turned up late and just managed to see a horse’s ass disappearing along Newlands Avenue as I sat down to my wood-fired pizza at Forries. Well the...
