We have been heckling this particular brewer for the better part of a year to feature his beer. We first met him just before the Fools&Fans Beer Festival in 2018, we think somewhere in the region of Afro Carribean – it’s a pretty good haunt for meeting interesting beer people. His name, Paul Freyson, and
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Win Tickets to The 2019 Woodstock Winter Beer Festival
The 2019 Woodstock Winter Festival returns to the Castle of Good Hope on the 27th of July. We made it to our first Festival last year and it was an absolutely cracking day. The brewers worked overtime, the beer flowed, the entertainment was great and the company was absolutely world-class. And we anticipate much of
Friday Beer – ACBC x Dissident Brewing 1.21 Gigahops IPA
This weeks Friday Beer is a first on Barley&Hops. This is obviously not untrue of literally every other Friday Beer we have done in that they had not appeared on the blog before. This is different in that it is highly unlikely you will ever get to try this beer. It is the ACBC x
Friday Beer – Richmond Hill x Afro Caribbean DDH Black IPA
A year ago had you asked us about the Richmond Hill Brewing Co we would have had very little to enlighten you with. Since then however there has been a spate of really good beers from them. The Enter NEIPA collab with Feral Brewing that we featured back in October was one of our favourite
The Barley&Hops Christmas 6-Pack.
We’ve been literally inundated with two messages asking what beers we would recommend for Christmas Gifts. So we thought we would put it down for anyone else that might be looking. This is the Barley&Hops Christmas 6-Pack that we would be excited to find under the Christmas tree. If there are other beers you think
5 Reasons to go to In The Shadow of Giants Cask Ale Festival
Cask Ale is a relatively new phenomenon for South Africa. They are fermented in old barrels that have previously fermented liquors such as whisky, brandy or rum. At least that’s what we thought. We’re clearly not experts on all of this so asked Stephen Peel, Head Brewer at Shackleton Brewery and organizer of In The
5 Places to Celebrate IPA Day 2018
This week is a particularly beer fueled week. To start we obviously have a full week of celebrating 5 years of Beerhouse on Long, then this weekend is the Woodstock Winter Beer Festival (have you bought your tickets yet?). Amongst all of this is one of our favourites, International IPA Day, so we thought we
Friday Beer: Afro Caribbean Brewing Company Hop Session Pale Ale.
Now, before you click away, you should know we have some beer to give away. Read on to find out how to win a 4-pack of the small batch brew Afro Caribbean Brewing Company Hop Session Pale Ale. The Brewery Owned and operated by Greg Casey Afro Caribbean lives on the floor above Banana Jam cafe