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JUNE Wort Hogs Pretoria Meeting Capital Craft, Menlo Park | 6:30pm There will be a guest speaker, beer quiz and league tasting. Members R60, guests R80, includes your first beer. 02 Wijnland Homebrew Club Meeting Karoo Craft Breweries | 6pm Meeting details TBD. First visit free, thereafter R50. Competitions for annual members only. 09 Helderberg Homebrew Club, Triggerfish, Strand. 6:30pm Competition Meeting – stout clone. R50 per meeting or yearly fee applies. 23 Helderberg Homebrew Club Karoo Craft Breweries, Paarl | 6:30pm Competition meeting – low ABV beer. R50 per meeting or yearly fee applies. 21 Wijnland Homebrew Club SA Ingredient Competition (BJCP) Berg River Brewing | 6pm Only South African ingredients allowed. Yeast can be obtained from Liquid Culture or you can spontaneously-ferment a beer too. First visit free, thereafter R50. Competitions for annual members only. 14 Wort Hogs Pretoria Meeting Capital Craft, Menlo Park | 6:30pm There will be a guest speaker, beer quiz and league tasting. Members R60, guests R80, includes your first beer. 07 Free State Fermenters Homebrew Club East End Beverage Co, Bloemfontein | 10am Competition meeting – enter any IPA. Only members can enter competitions, but everyone is welcome to come along to taste and learn. R50 per meeting. 09 Fools and Fans 5 Homebrew Showcase Greyton | 11am until late The homebrew clubs of South Africa will go head to head to see who will be crowned best in the land! Taste tons of beers from across the country – ticket includes loads of beer tasters. R100. 01 Brewecraft Home Brewer’s Bash Brewcraft, Centurion / 10am – 4pm Join us on 2 April to get together and swap out each other’s beers and spirits. There will be great food available and music to get everyone in the mood. Once again there will be the Joker Draw where you stand a chance to win a GrainFather all-in-one brewing system. All proceeds collected on the day will go towards the 12 rhino babies that BrewCraft has adopted at the Rhino Orphanage. See you there! 02 Durban Homebrewers The Westville Warehouse, Durban | 6pm Ambers and reds brew-to-style winners announced and bring tasters for feedback on brews. 05 APRIL MAY Durban Homebrewers Toti Brewery, Amanzimtoti | 6pm Brewery tour and bring tasters for feedback on brews. 05 Wijnland Homebrew Club Meeting Tuk Tuk Microbrewery, Franschhoek | 6pm Meeting details TBD. First visit free, thereafter R50. Competitions for annual members only. 12 Helderberg Homebrew Club Triggerfish, Strand | 6:30pm Educational meeting – yeast talk. R50 per meeting or yearly fee applies. 19 Wort Hogs Pretoria Beer Festival Hazeldean Brewing Co., Hazeldean, Pretoria More details to follow and will be available on our website www.worthogbrewers.co.za 07 Craft Brewers Powwow Hotel Verde, Cape Town The annual brewing conference is back with speakers from around the world and lots of networking opportunities. If you can’t stay for the whole weekend, the Friday is the homebrewers’ braai, where the winners of this year’s homebrew competition will be announced. Tickets for the Friday are R950, which includes the braai, beers and the Friday talks. 13 - 15 This year’s Craft Brewers Powwow homebrew competition comes with an epic prize – a 60-litre Demacraft brewing system valued at R14,000. You can enter beers in the following categories: Belgian, lager, American IPA, American pale/amber ale, fruit, spice or seasonal beer and stout/porter. Entry fee is R100 and entries close on 29 April. Full details on craftbrewerspowwow.co.za . WIN A 60-LITRE DEMACRAFT SYSTEM ontapmag.co.za | Autumn 2022 | 53