Festivals and Events

Joburg Festival of Beer

Sink 5 balls and win a Black Label Draft Ruaan from Chameleon Breweries Andre from The Cockpit Brewery Cockpit beers on tap Deon Tegg of Nottingham Road Brewery Smack! brewers David and Andrew Martin

Johnathan Nel of The Three Skulls Franky Four Fingers Craft Lager SAB had a Nelke Weiss and a Caramun Dunkel Devil’s Peak had four beers on tap Robson’s Real Beer with their Durban Export Pilsner on tap Copper Lake Brewery with Weiss, Dark Lager and English Ale on tap De Grave Brewery New kid on the block Citizin Sold Out – bad planning or very popular? We will never know Nottingham Road range of beer will soon be available in tins, Not the way to drink a craft beer though Grolsch had no customers during the time we were there. That means South Africans are smartening up about craft beer! There were several beer gardens and distributors but we were there to talk to the brewers.

Pecanwood Oktoberfest 2013

Saturday morning getting ready for the fest With an expected crowd of 6000 people, there were several taps and plenty of kegged beer available! Everybody was waiting for the crowd The Crowd at 10:15 am. OK it’s too early maybe. The crowd will come, Craft beer enthusiasts at the Chameleon stand The Calendar Girls looked like a bunch of school girls. Nothing like the video on the site. The Crowd at 15:30 – by now the beer drinking crowd should be queuing 6 deep at each brewer’s stall. That did not happen The crowd watching the Bokke being beaten by the All Blacks A local band entertained the crowd till late that night The Crowd at 19:30 After the Bokke lost to the All Blacks the crowd rushed towards the Klipdrift stands to drown their sorrows, They couldn’t care about craft beer Outside lounge Some got tired The later the less beer drinkers

The loosing side must drink up Donn supporting the practicing teams by supplying pitchers of beer The Calender Girls were around for a short while as inspiration for the guys to perform better Hours and hours of practising got the better of some players Jolly Beer Drinker Oldest of the Calender Girls One of the few that stuck to beer Beerpong Championship