Koi Mmusi is happy to hear that the millet she grows is being used to make beer. She’s a brewer herself, although the beer she makes is very different from the Pale Ale inside the can she’s inspecting. [button size='' style='' text='View article' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://www.goodbeerhunting.com/blog/2023/1/17/elephant-friendly-beer-okavango-craft-brewery-in-maun-botswana'...
The directions to Khaya Maloney’s startup hop farm read like the first clue in a treasure hunt. “Just set your GPS to Constitution Hill parking garage. When you get there, the security guard will point out where I am.” [button size='' style='' text='View article' icon='' icon_color=''...
It’s a brew that is reminiscent of the earliest beers on record; a piece of drinkable African heritage. Thick and porridge-like, murky, uncarbonated and sour, it is drunk at celebrations up and down the continent, but to the untrained palate, traditional African beer can be...
A look at the cultures and traditions of South Africa's ancient sorghum based beer, umqombothi, with a recipe showing you how to make umqombothi. This copyrighted article originally appeared in the October 2020 print issue of Brew Your Own Magazine and online at https://byo.com/. It is reused...
It was a first in the history of the South African National Homebrew Champs competition: in 2019, a participant submitted a hybrid of the traditional African beer Umqombothi and what is known in South Africa as “clear beer,” or to most people, just beer. The...
I remember the first time I went to the Banana Jam Café. It was 2011 and we were broke – a freelance writer and a Master’s student saving for a wedding. We used to walk straight past the brightly painted façade of this Caribbean restaurant...
“I’m a slight control freak,” Rory Lancellas tells me. He’s well known for his modest manner but even for him, this is an understatement. Rory launched Aegir Project Independent Brewery in 2015 in Noordhoek, a particularly laid back suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It...
They're not quite siblings but they're certainly pretty close cousins. They've grown up together in South Africa, their respective revolutions having happened at the same time. They're both drunk for flavour and the extra kick they bring to the table. So it makes sense that...
It’s fair to say that beer has long been seen as a man’s drink. Advertising has typically sold mainstream beer not only as a beverage for the boys, but as something that makes men extra manly. “Drink our beer and be the coolest guy in the club/the...
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