With temperatures starting to hit the low 30’s in Cape Town it is time to break out the Lagers. Lagers are the thirst quenchers on those hot days. Its for this very reason that the balmy army got through so much of the stuff during the cricket earlier in the month. Depending on how long
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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 – Woodstock Brewery Acid Queen
It has been a good few months since we featured anything from the Woodstock Brewing Co. Something we almost feel bad about because of the seasonal release of this, the Woodstock Brewery Acid Queen. Released for, we think, the 3rd time a few weeks ago it’s a beer that could knock you and your taste buds
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: Woodstock Brewery Sugarman
We’re back into the winter warmers here on Barley&Hops! We had hoped to get this up last week however the guys at Woodstock were still frantically trying to get the packaging 100%. Specifically the really nice wax seal. Their efforts have not gone unnoticed, the Woodstock Brewery Sugarman is a beautifully bottled beer. And so,
Friday Beer: Woodstock Brewery Mr Brownstone
Welcome to the Friday Beer! Exciting for two reasons: 1. It’s Friday. and 2. Well, beer. So, with that we give you the seasonal Woodstock Brewery Mr Brownstone. They are done brewing this one for the year so you will need to act fast to get your hands on this fantastic Autumn brewed beer. The
Friday Beer: Ukhamba Beerworx Pursuit of Hoppyness Black IPA
Another brewery coming out of Woodstock and producing some really tasty beers is Ukhamba Beerworx. Lead by Brewer Lethu Tshabangu, they have been making waves in their brief existence. We dropped into the brewery to see what they had done and to meet Lethu. We’re glad we did. A fantastically humble and passionate brewer. The
Friday Beer: Drifter Brewing Co Water Restriction Gose
We featured the Drifter Brewing Co back in December when they released their Ocean Aged Tripel. This week we thought we would put a focus on a new and limited beer that they have been brewing, the Drifter Brewing Co Water Restriction Gose. A beer that consists of 8% authentic Atlantic sea water. It’s no
Friday Beer: Damnation Brewing Co Pilsner
A really quick beer fact to kick things off. Basically, there are two types of beer – Lagers and Ales. The yeasts and temperatures used during fermentation is what separates them. Within these two types of beer you have an ever growing number of styles. At the moment, according to the official BJCP (Beer Judging
Friday Beer: Drifter Ocean Aged Tripel
Given the vast number of craft beers now available in the liquor stores it can be somewhat overwhelming in what to choose. Inevitably, because of pricing, we end up picking up much of the same because we know what we are getting. So, we’re going to start a featured Friday Beer spot to introduce new