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#BT 063: Winning Gold and Drinking Dubbels

The Carthorse Homebrewers Club, the exclusive home-brewers club of Cape Town. We finally get together talk about winning gold in the PowWow competition for our Belgian Dubbel. And what is the perfect ambient sniffing range?

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A 2019 UPDATE

I’ve just reread my previous post from almost a year ago. I have mixed feelings about what I’ve achieved since then. On the one hand, nothing “big” has happened for #Beertime. On the other hand, I have finished my documentary on craft beer in South Africa, which I feel does a good job capturing our

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#BT 062: The Craziness of Clarens Beer Fest

The Clarens Beer Fest is probably the most popular beer event in South Africa and a pilgrimage every beer lover must take. I walked around with Steve from Shackletons Brewery, and tried a few of the beers on offer. What a great fest!

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Mash No10: Rejeanne Vlietman

Rejeanne Vlietman is a restaurateur and business owner who started at Den Anker at the V&A Waterfront 25 years ago. She is now the driving force behind South Africa’s exposure to some of the best beer Belgium and indeed the world has to offer.

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#BT 061: Experimental Brews with Saggy Stone

Liam is an old stalwart in the local craft beer movement and now the new Saggy Stone head brewer. He also started his beer journey around the same time as yours truly. We talk about their experimental beers, as well as collab brews, and how things are changing in the beer industry.

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#BT 060: Beer Destination Hong Kong

It would surprise you to learn that Hong Kong is a honeypot for craft beer. Well, it did for me at least. The city has hundreds of hip drinking spots according to my brother, who was kind enough to bring me back some super interesting beers.

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Mash No9: SouthYeasters

I mash in with Nick Reed and Carel Van Heerden. Champion home brewers, all round beerlovers and very active committee members of SouthYeasters, a Cape Town based home brew club.

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