Craft beer festival at Hamiltons

Hamiltons Rugby Club, the venue for the Festival of Beer

Some brands and beers we know well, others were new

 This new hop developed by South African Breweries is known only by its serial number, J-17-63 has excited the craft brewers because of its unique flavour properties

A beer called Delirium with a pink elephant on the label had lots of alcohol

 Johan Mönnig of Wild Clover Brewing

  Shaun Standeaven, Craft brewer from The Standeaven Brewery in Natal, with his father

Clever  T-shirts abounded

Prices for the weekend

 Wolfgang Koedel, Brewmaster of the Cape Brewing Company at Spice Route in Paarl; he was Brewmaster at the late, lamented Paulaner micro brewery in the V&A Waterfront

 John Collins distributes Belgian beers imported by Den Anker

 Moritz Kallmeyer, owner of Drayman's Brewery in Pretoria, flew in to be a judge

Triggerfish had 2 to taste

Chatting with Lakeside brewer

To braai, to tweet, to braai, to tweet....

You can see the Black Market caravan at the Biscuit Mill most Saturdays

Good beer-friendly things to eat

 Robson's Beer from Durban

 Nick MacNair, Apprentice brewer, Saggy Stone Brewery

 The girls from the country's biggest brewer, intent on the social media

 Alastair Gillespie, Assistant brewer, Devil's Peak Brewing Company with a craft brewing judge from the USA

 Gary Pnematicos of Citizen Beer

Bearded lady?

and a good time was had by all...

© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2013