OnTap Magazine

When brewing legend John Keeling was promoted from head brewer to beer ambassador at London-based brewery Fuller’s, part of his job description was collaboration brews. And if you’re going to arrange a collab, why not tie it in with a trip to the tip of Africa? During his brief stay in Cape Town earlier this year, John joined the team at Woodstock Brewery for a carefully considered collaboration. “We were put in contact through a mutual friend – international hop merchant, Phil Lowry,” says Woodstock brewer Dylan Franz. “He suggested that it would be great to do a collab with Fuller’s during John’s visit and we were amped to do it.” After some deliberations, they agreed on an “India Porter” – a beer that equally represented both breweries. “We decided on a dark beer fermented with Fuller’s yeast that we propagated up with Plato Yeast, then hopped that beer up,” says Dylan. “We like the idea of it being a hoppy porter instead of calling it a black IPA or Cascadian dark ale.” The beer has been christened African Pride, playing on the name of one of Fuller’s best loved brews. It will be released in bottles and on tap in mid-March. WOODSTOCK AND FULLER’S RELEASE HOPPY PORTER COLLAB BREW NEWS John Keeling (left) pauses for a pic with Woodstock's head brewer, Murray Stephenson