The world is a pretty weird place. Someone asked the other day if we were working from home or living at work? With the inability to go down to the local for a couple of beers with colleagues after work this means the pub is now also at home. Dial into the Zoom call for
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Friday Beer – Jack Black’s Cape Pale Ale
Welcome back to the Friday Beer. Over time we have tried, mostly unsuccessfully, to improve various aspects of Barley&Hops. You only learn by doing and it’s totally okay to fail from time-to-time. This weeks brewery has made a change that we’re pretty sure will stand the test of time. It’s Jack Black’s Cape Pale Ale
Friday Beer – Jack Black's Original Brewers Lager
It’s Thursday evening, you’ve managed to get out of the office with a few colleagues to appreciate everything that has happened over the past week (good and bad). You get home feeling good about the people you work with, the stuff you do, where you work and that in this day and age you’re employed
Friday Beer – Jack Black’s Mega Ale
We wrote a couple of weeks ago how the breweries had all been very quiet. Our suspicion was that the brewers had been locked up to do what they do best. Coming up for air, water, nutrition and to see their families were all luxuries they simply couldn’t afford. Our suspicion proved mostly true –
Friday Beer – Mad Giant x Jack Black’s Pale Ale
Thursday evening, 20h01, we’ve left the Friday Beer to the last minute. We’re sweating something unhealthy in the hopes that what we picked up might pass the test. It’s been chilling in a friends fridge after being forgotten there on Heritage Day. Today though, at 20h03 all is well because this beer that we had
Friday Beer – Jack Black’s Wolves of Winter Oatmeal Stout
We’re very late off the mark on this one. And it very nearly didn’t feature at all. We were concerned it may not even still be available. However we spotted it in the bottle-store and thought that given the changing seasons this might be the last chance we get to put it out there. So,
Friday Beer – Mitchell’s Knysna Forester’s Lager
With temperatures across South Africa on the rise we thought it may be a good idea to feature a Lager this week. And it’s not just any Lager, it’s the gold winning Mitchell’s Knysna Forester’s Lager. Yes, this is another SANBT award winner and we think you’re really going to enjoy it. Having opened in 1983
Friday Beer – Lagunitas Brewing Co IPA
Back in April we were invited to an event at Jack Black’s Brewing Co. We really had no idea what the event was about but had suspicions Heineken, who had recently purchased a stake in Jack Black’s, was somehow involved. And we were right. Heineken spent the evening introducing us to the Lagunitas Brewing Co.
Friday Beer: Jack Black Fresh Hop IPA
Back in March we loaded into the cars from Cape Town and set for George. We were of course on #HopTour2018. We spent the day at the SAB Hop Farms that only operate for 3 months out of the year. The very week before that however Ross McCulloch, Founder of Jack Black, did that very
Win tickets to the 2018 Southyeasters Summer Festival
The Southyeasters Homebrewers Club are a group of beer enthusiasts based in the Western Cape. Each month they meet to discuss all-things-beer. They chat brews, ingredients, trends, all while sinking back a couple of pints over the course of the evening. They are a great club to get involved with if you have any aspirations