Ndlovu Brewery
They had a ridiculous, chardonnay barrel aged lager that was absolutely superb. In addition to this they served up a naartjie-Weiss beer - very different to the usual citrusy weiss as it has the citrus flavor, but the nice bitter end of the naartjie. At this point in the festival these guys have ploughed through about 400ltrs of Naartjie Weiss and finishing the last keg on the Chardonnay beer. What's even better is that this was day three of them being
public!!! Some great things to come from these out-of-the box brewers.
Standeaven Brewery
These guys hail from Kwazulu and had some magical beers on tap. A firm favorite for me was their Stout, African Pale Ale and (seeing as I am a total hop-head) I got a special tasting of their secret batch of Golden India Pale Ale - just stupidly hoppy, but so good!
Wild Clover Brewery
Probably one of the most smokey porters I have ever had although good flavour, but I must admit I fell in love with their English Brown Ale and its ridiculously creamy and nutty flavour - definitely worth a try if you see it out and about!
Rogue Brewery
Probably serving up one of the best Chocolate Stouts I have tried thus far...that is dessert in a bottle!!! Pick one up the next time you pull into Roeland.
Robsons Brewery
Another of our far East neighbours with a smashingly good and easy drinking Durban Pale Ale right before being wholloped on the head with the might Thor's Hammer/Ninkasi Nectar. Slightly "laid back" feeling with a nice alchohol content punch. Picked up one of those for my fridge...
Red Sky Brewery
Recent startup and the first time I tried Gluten-free beer...much sweeter than I thought it would be.
Devils Peak Brewing Company
One of my favorite breweries who know their way around a hop bringing it home again with their Rye Saison - easy drinking goodness - and one of my favorite beers: Black IPA. Well done guys, always reliable. Bring back the Imperial IPA by the way!
So much beer and so little tolerance! These are the ones that stood out (and which I can remember), but there was lots of good beer on the day and perfect weather for it! Hope everyone had a good time.
Didn't have my camera so just snapped a couple of phone pics. Mostly though the beers were so good I forgot to take pictures...