OnTap Magazine

ontapmag.co.za | Autumn 2026 | 5 PUBLICATIONS Published by: in Editor Joya Taft-Dick joya@ontapmagazine.com Publisher Andrew Thomas inhouse publications X (Twitter): @ontapmagza Facebook: facebook.com/ontapmagza Instagram: ontapmagza ontapmag.co.za Advertising : Andrew Thomas andrew@ontapmag.co.za +27 (0) 82 604 5038 Rachel du Plessis rachel@prycision.com Design: Rachel du Plessis rachel@prycision.com Prycision prycision.com Printing: Business Print Distribution: 5000 Airport lounges, microbreweries, bevPLUS, Brewcraft, Best Craft Beer and Beer Association of South Africa (BASA). On Tap is South Africa’s first dedicated beer publication - a quarterly magazine aimed at craft brewers, homebrewers, beer fanatics and those just beginning to dip their proverbial toe into the mash tun. The views expressed in individual articles are the personal views of the authors and are not necessarily shared by the editor, the advertisers or the publisher. No articles may be reproduced in any way without the written consent of the publisher. Lucy Corne is an award-winning beer writer and educator. She is the founder of www.brewmistress.co.za and writes for numerous international beer publications. Lucy started South African National Beer Day in 2016 and co-founded the African Beer Cup with her husband, Shawn, in 2018. She is Africa’s first Advanced Cicerone and runs a range of workshops and training courses on all things beer related. Lucy Corne Rob is a home brewer, BJCP beer judge and all-round beer geek. He loves everything about beer, be it the science, the history, or the practical nature. His life quest is to brew the perfect English Bitter. Rob is our resident list maker. Rob Cass Craig started his journey in beer as a homebrewer in a London bedsit in 2004. He is a partner at Neelsie Travel and it was in 2017 that he fused his passion for tourism and craft beer to create the Beer Route, an organisation set up to promote craft beer tourism in South Africa. Craig was recently appointed Chairperson of the Craft Brewers Association South Africa (CBASA). He is also the co-founder of Lunar Brew and current Chairperson of the Helderberg Homebrew Club. Check out Beer Route at www.beerroute.co.za . Craig Claassen AUTUMN 2026 Lotte is a Certified Cicerone, accredited Beer Sommelier, international beer judge and beer writer who conducts talks and tastings about American craft beer, organises events and is a keen advocate of beer and food pairing. She co-authored her first book ‘World’s Greatest Beers’, published by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) in the UK in August 2022. She is the Brewers Association’s American Craft Beer Ambassador for Europe and a member of CAMRA’s London tasting panel. Lotte Peplow Nickbelievesgreatbeerwill change theworld.After attendingtheMasterBrewersProgram at UC Davis, he spent ten years in the US craft beer industry including time in brewing, distribution, and sales before starting Soul Barrel Brewing outside of Franschhoek in 2017, a boutique brewery built within the century-old wine tanks of the former Drakenstein Winery Co-Op. Soul Barrel brews artisanal beer with a focus on South African ingredients, hoppy ales and old-world fermentations. They are the only brewery to win Best Beer in Africa twice and believe in brewing with soul. Nick Smith CONTRIBUTORS A brewer, engineer, and entrepreneur, Nick has spent the past decade designing and building award-winning breweries across Africa and beyond. As founder of Drifter Brewing Company and Drifter Brewing Systems, he’s made a name for himself with offbeat experiments — from oyster goses and bug beers to ocean- aged Tripels sunk beneath the Atlantic. Nick now leads East Africa’s fastest-growing seltzer brand, JipJab. Nick continues to blur the lines between science, art, and adventure in brewing. Nick Bush Marcel is a beer geek who’s been brewing for over a decade and still gets things wrong. He teaches brewing, writes, and spends more money on beer than is wise. Find him at www.beginnerbrewer.com . You can listen to his podcast about beer and geekery: Scum, Beer & Villainy, on iTunes. Marcel is our in-house homebrew expert. Marcel Harper