There’s a happy buzz in the air as people move from stand to stand, raising their glasses to the light, sniffing and then sampling each beer in turn. The brewers proudly talk people through their creations: there are lagers and IPAs to taste, but also...
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...
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