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ontapmag.co.za | Autumn 2019 | 15 Drifter Anything Gose (4% ABV) Drifter joined forces with American brewery Migration to brew this oyster gose, with the tagline “What the shuck were we thinking?!” NEWS NEW BREWS Black Eagle Lifted Session Single (3.4% ABV) Inspired by the lowest ABV beer generally brewed by Trappist monks, Lifted is available on tap exclusively at Black Eagle’s Langebaan tap room. Afro Caribbean x Richmond Hill Previously Lit Area Black IPA (6.2%) Possibly the first collab release of the year saw a return to this forgotten style. If you hurry, you might still find some at Banana Jam Café in Cape Town or Richmond Hill Brewing Co. in Port Elizabeth. Hazeldean Bourbon Barrel Sour Mash Milk Stout (6.5% ABV) Barrel-aged for three months and inoculated with lactobacillus, there’s just 200 litres of this one-off brew available. Find it in bottles at a handful of Gauteng outlets. Legends Melktert Stout (4.4% ABV) Additions of vanilla and cinnamon round out this sweet milk stout to bring back fond memories from Ouma's kitchen. Soul Barrel x Devil’s Peak Biere de Mars (6.1%) Fans of funk will flock to taste this collab Belgian farmhouse ale fermented in French oak. As well as El Dorado and Lemon Drop for dry hopping, the special brew has local mugwort and Pelargonium crispum fynbos. Canning in South Africa is getting a boost with the launch of the country’s first mobile canning company. Largely considered a superior way to package beer, canning has slowly been gaining momentum over the past year, with half a dozen breweries switching from bottles to cans. Tiny Keg Productions, headed up by League of Beers founder Rob Heyns and former SAB strategist Tom Riley, is currently operating in the Western Cape but will expand into other parts of the country later in the year. Afteratwo-yearhiatus,thepopularBeer Boot Camp returns on August 24th. The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Brewing for the future’, with speakers including former Fuller’s brewmaster John Keeling; Jennifer Talley, author of Session Beers: Brewing for Flavor and Balance and Clement Djameh, founder of Ghana’s first craft brewery. Fan favourites Michael Ferguson and Pete Brown will also be making return appearances at the event. The festivities will continue on Sunday with a family fun day. Tickets are R1100. As On Tap was going to the printers, Darling Brew and Beer Country were busy planning something special: a road trip to the Kalahari for a full-moon brew in the desert. The beer is called Blood Moon – a red ale infused with roasted Tsamma melon seeds and single hopped with Calypso. Keep an eye on social media for release date and venues. LINE-UP ANNOUNCED FOR BEER BOOT CAMP TINY KEG LAUNCHES MOBILE CANNING OPERATION COMING SOON BLOOD MOON