A quick trip to Hamilton’s Rugby Club on the Green
Point Common and a tasting of as many beers as we could manage. The growth in
craft brewing locally is astounding, It was not crowded as we had expected, although
we hear it got much busier later and over the weekend and there was a real
enthusiastic and informed crowd while we were there. There were some really
great beers, and just a couple that were not.
Yes, there was
wine for sale at the Beer Festival. Not every friend or partner likes beer and
they need to be catered for. Graham Beck came to the party
The League of
Beers sells most of the beers shown at the festival
Jack Black is
one of the craft beers that has been around for a while and many people know
and love these beers www.jackblackbeer.com/
Lakeside beers
with cheery faces, Cameron Doubell and Morne
Master brewer Wolfgang Koedel at CBC brewery, which is on Spice Route in
Agter Paarl. He was the Master Brewer at the Paulaner brewery when it was
operating in Cape Town and has thankfully stayed on in Cape Town which is now
his and his wife’s home. capebrewing.co.za/
Pouring a good
glass for John
With his Chinese
wife, Li Xin
Red Sky
brewery from Gordon’s Bay www.redskybrew.co.za/
Garagista
Beers from Woodstock, CT
Good views on
some stands, together with good beer
One of our
favourite enthusiastic brewers. Rob Armstrong who runs the Ndlovu Brewery at his Franschhoek wine farm, Haut Espoir
The original
Pilsner Urquell from the Czech Republic
Striped Horse
beers from the Paardeberg area
Roger Burton
ex Tierhoek winemaker, who now brews Bomb Shell beers, gives us a taste
There were a
few food stands, not very exciting.
Happy friendly
serving staff from Raith Gourmet, with German accented food
An impromptu
picnic in front of the El Burro food truck
Soweto Gold
seeking the market
Saggy Stone
from the Nuy Valley was a fruit and wine farm and now produces beer, their
flagship is a Californian style Steam Beer http://www.saggystone.co.za/
And yes, we do
have favourites. All the beers from Devil’s Peak Brewery are excellent but our
absolute favourite, at the moment is the IPA Blockhouse full of orange and
grapefruit flavours and very satisfying and thirst quenching. Shown to us by Operations manager Ernst van Rensburg
London Pride.
Hmmmmm, should this be here?
The crowd
getting larger as we leave at sunset
This year’s
venue
Tuktuks laid
on by the sponsors to take you to your car or perhaps even further. We did see
them in Main Road Sea Point over the weekend. They were free but you could
leave a tip
© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2014
