Old Main Brewery
We discovered this brewery by pure chance! We went to Hilton for the Pecanwood Oktoberfest 2013 with Ruaan and Amanda from Chameleon Brewery to help behind the taps and after we arrived late Friday, we went looking for a place to eat. To our surprise the closest place turned out to be a brewery – The Old Main Brewery situated only a few meters from where we stayed.
It turns out that Rob Mitchells had the Firkin Hobhouse brewery, situated on the top level of the Pavilion shopping center in Durban since 2006. Rob is part of the RD Mitchells Fine Dining Experience group which includes Dublin Breing Company, Sam Brown Cafe, The Firkin Pub Company and of course Old Main Brewery. The Firkin name was renowned for being the first brewpubs in South Africa. Moritz of Dayman’s Brewery, also started in Firkin, Pretoria! Well, a brewery in a mall just doesn’t work and Rob decided to move the pub to the beautiful Hilton, taking with him brew master Paul Sims and assistant brewer Colin Ntshangase with him. It is a pity we never met any of the people mentioned above. Maybe next time. We ordered the 1806 and finally the Honey Badger Imperial Stout before we head home. On our way out we bought some take-aways to taste and report on at a later stage. This brewery has the most amazing potential. Why does not many people know about this place? Marketing maybe? |
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