Plebs Breweries
Plebs Breweries (or Plebs and Snobs) in Mowbray, Cape Town is a new brewery in Western Cape.
They have been working on this brewery for some time now (waiting for licenses and so on). Since a couple of months you have been able to taste their own craft beer at Plebs & Snobs. Today (Wednesday 11th September, at the Fat Cactus) they will also launch a beer brewed for the Fat Cactus restaurant (Fat Cactus Very Fine Ale).
They have also been selected to brew a beer for JC Brasserie & Pubs. According to Maarten at Plebs & Snobs they have some more news coming up later next month.
Location: 57, 59 & 61 Durban Road, Mowbray (corner Durban & Raapenberg roads)
Website: http://www.plebs.co.za/
Facebook: Plebs-Snobs/196917670356994
Twitter: @PlebsSnobs
E-mail: plebs@plebs.co.za
Phone: 082-065 0296
The Craft Beer Project features at Hermanus Whale Festival
The press release from Jolie360 about the Craft Beer Project at Hermanus Whale Festival!
—— PRESS RELEASE —–
The Craft Beer Festival is proud to announce it will be participating in the world famous Hermanus Whale Festival, which takes place annually at the end of September.
On 21st of September, from 10am till 7pm, The Craft Beer Project will have a 12 tap system featuring breweries from around the country. Some of which will be featured include; Boston Breweries, Liefmans Fruitesse, Citizen, HoningKlip and Birkenhead.
The Craft Beer Project stand will be nestled in the warmth of The Farmer’s Market allowing festival enthusiasts a chance to sip and savour craft beers and ciders in a friendly atmosphere that will allow interaction with the staff about the processes, the tasting regime and of course, about which beers and ciders to pair with the foods available at the festival.
The Craft Beer Project looks forward to yet again uniting the Craft Beer Family and leading the craft beer Revolution in South Africa, we are all about drinking, enjoying and educating people about great beer!
| The Craft Beer Project features at Hermanus Whale Festival |
| When: 21st September 2013 |
| Time: 10am till 7pm |
| Where: The Farmer’s Market at the Hermanus Cricket Club, Jose Burman Drive, Hermanus, Western Cape 7200 |
| Info: info@thecraftbeerproject.co.za |
| Website: www.thecraftbeerproject.co.za/ |
Tall Dwarf Craft Beer
Tall Dwarf Craft Beer is not a new brewery but a student assignment at AAA School of Advertising in Cape Town. Founded, just a few weeks ago, by a team of marketing students as part of an entrepreneurship assignment , it is already a success. They have done all the branding and marketing them self but due to the nature of the assignment they have sourced a supplier of an already existing craft beer.
I e-mailed them a few questions and got a quick response from Kimberly Jandrell.
Which brewery and “already existing craft beer” did you use in the assignment (they advertise a Pilsner and a Blonde Ale)?
“We have rebranded both the Picasso and Sweet Lips from Triggerfish Brewing and marketed them under the Tall Dwarf Brand.
Are you going to continue with Tall Dwarf Craft Beer after the assignment?
Triggerfish were kind enough to brew for us on this once-off basis and unfortunately we won’t continue with the brew project as all team members are studying on a full-time basis. However, this assignment has really stirred up an interest in craft beer for all the students involved.”
I find this project very interesting in many ways. I believe that they gained a lot of knowledge about branding beer. A knowledge much needed by a lot of the small breweries in South Africa, struggling to get their beers out.
A “golden star” (not the beer though) to Eric van Heerden at Triggerfish Brewing for helping out with such an interesting project.
… and who knows! Maybe we will see Tall Dwarf Craft Beers in the future after all.
Info: Student assignment
Location: 130 Bree Street, Cape Town
Website: –
Facebook: talldwarfcraftbeer
Twitter: @TallDwarfCB
E-mail: –
Phone: –
CBC Pilsner as CBC Classic Lager in Sweden
Cape Brewing Company is partly owned by the Swedish brewery Åbro. The collaboration between the Åbro brewer Lennarth Anemyr and CBC Wolfgang Ködel has been very fruitful. A couple of weeks ago I got the news that CBC beers was to be exported to Sweden and released sometimes during September.
According to CBC they could export around 100 000 liters of beer to Sweden but will only do so if they get a container load order. The beers are labelled as CBC Classic Lager but it is CBC Pilsner in the bottles. A bit confusing maybe but marketing and sales is part of the game. I am happy as long as it is great beers in the bottles.
The CBC Classic Lager is going to be released (in 440 ml bottles) on September 2 in Systembolaget stores around Sweden (cost: SEK 16.90 around ZAR 25).
Brew Hogs
Many brewers name their breweries after animals. Some South African examples are Basset, Black Horse, Chameleon, Dog & Fig (that are moving to a new place next year), Rock-Kestrel (not opened yet), Triggerfish and Wild Beast (if that counts).
That said, I can tell you that there’s a new brewery on the way called Brew Hogs. A suitable name for a brewery in Barbeque Downs, Johannesburg.
It is always a pleasure to update the list of breweries in Southern Africa.
Location: Barbeque Downs, Johannesburg
Website: brewhogs.co.za
Facebook: brewhogs
Twitter: –
E-mail: info@brewhogs.co.za
Phone: 011-466 0746
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