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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Annual Sunday picnic concert at Nederburg

The very generous picnic basket - superb value at R360 for 2.

It contains two of everything: a good charcuterie plate with cheese and cold meats, a feta, roasted butternut and beetroot salad; chicken kebabs and small meat balls, a brie, bacon and mushroom quiches, a ciabatta and a slice of chocolate and date cake

A view of the stage in front of the manor house from the picnic lawn

The South African Sopranos delighted us with their singing of classic and popular songs

Nederburg wines were on sale from the fridge

Soft drinks were available

if you walked across the lawn

Coffee on tap

Shadows lengthened as the evening wore on

Children played while we listened to the music

Sterling EQ enjoy their music so much

And have a lot of fun while playing it

A lovely way to spend a lazy Saturday

And chairs and tables are allowed

Paarl Valley at sunset with lots and lots of green everywhere after this year's long wet winter

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