Rejeanne Vlietman is a restaurateur and business owner who started at Den Anker at the V&A Waterfront 25 years ago. She is now the driving force behind South Africa’s exposure to some of the best beer Belgium and indeed the world has to offer.

I mash in with Nick Reed and Carel Van Heerden. Champion home brewers, all round beerlovers and very active committee members of SouthYeasters, a Cape Town based home brew club.

I mash in with Gavin Magrath and Anja Van Zyl who are about to open Hey Joe Brewing Company in Franschhoek.

I mash in with Wendy and Julian Pienaar from Just Brewing and the organisers of the Beer Boot Camp who are currently setting up a brewpub in a stunning setting in the Modderfontein Nature Reserve, Johannesburg.

In this Mash I chat with Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela from Brewster’s Craft. Apiwe is one of those people you meet you instantly realize that she is driven. Quiet and calm on the exterior she exudes passion for the industry.

I mash in with Andre at Beerhouse On Long before the launch of Durban Poison Cannabis Lager.  We chat about punk rocking, maris otter, marijuana and beer.

I meet up with Fraser Crighton, Founder and head brewer of Fraser’s Folly. A Brit abroad who decided to start a brewery because he got ‘gatvol’ with the beer variety in SA. We chatted two days before the inaugural On Tap at the TIP beer Festival.

On 10th July Beerhouse Fourways in Johannesburg hosted The State of Beer: An Industry Review event. It was an inclusive discussion with a panel of some of the best beer minds in the country and representatives from the industry all along the value chain.

I mash in with Danie Odendaal, a real South African gem and one of our greatest brewing minds. Qualified with Msc and IBD Master Brewer with over 20 years experience brewing for macro. Danie fulfilled various roles at SAB including Brewmaster, consumer science manager and brewing innovation. He is also known as one of SA’s […]

In this episode, I mash in with Brendan Hart from Frontier brewery based in Johannesburg.  We chat about getting wood for barrel ageing, South African iconic literature, sexual bibles thymes, the lunatic fringe, promiscuity, creating the worlds best Pilsner and some other beer stuff.