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BREW NEWS This year, 69 breweries or brands entered the South African National Beer Trophy, with a record 212 beers entered. There were 22 gold medals awarded by this year’s panel of judges. The overall prize went to Amundsen’s Ink & Dagger. Amundsen hails from Norway but their beers are brewed at Devil’s Peak for distribution in South Africa. There were six trophies awarded for the best beer in each category. Trophies went to Cape Brewing Company’s lager, St Francis Brewing Company’s Kromme River witbier, Darling Brew’s Gypsy Mask and Black Mist, Amunden’s Ink & Dagger and Fraser’s Folly brandy cask-finished barley wine. A further 59 silver medals were also awarded. Boet Beer Pale Ale Brauhaus am Damm Märzen Brewhaha Jbay Moonlit Beach Brewhaha Jbay Endless Summer Cape Brewing Company Pilsner Clockwork Brewhouse Schwarzbier (German Lager) Darling Brew Arrowhead RIS Darling Brew Long Claw Drifter Brewing Co. Scallywag IPA Drifter Brewing Co. Off The Dock DoppelBock Fierce Beer South Africa Day Shift Frontier Beer Brett Saison Frontier Beer The Cuban Hazeldean Brewing Co. Fruit Lambic Hazeldean Brewing Co. Vienna Lager Hazeldean Brewing Co. Milkstout Hoghouse Brewing Co. Warthog IPA Hoghouse Brewing Co. Haybale Saison Hoogeberg Brewery Lager Impi Brewing Co. Warrior Pilsner Karoo Craft Breweries The Kudu Lager Karoo Craft Breweries The Jackal IPA Karoo Craft Breweries Passion Smash Pale Ale Kas Bier Weiss Kings Craft Brewing Co. Lionheart Lager Lakeside Brewing Co. Festival Oktoberfest Lager Lakeside Brewing Co. Supernova Porter Mad Giant Urban Legend Metal Lane Brewery Pale Ale Mitchell's Brewery Milk & Honey Mitchell's Brewery Old Wobbly Mitchell's Brewery Bosun's Pale Ale Mountain Brewing Company Templar IPA Mountain Brewing Company Loadshed Lager Mountain Brewing Company Stamina Potion Mountain Brewing Company Copper Dawn Newlands Spring Brewing Co. Jacobs Pale Ale Newlands Spring Brewing Co. Tribute Lager Noon Gun Brewery Gunslinger Pilsner Noon Gun Brewery Muzzle Loader Weiss Noon Gun Brewery Smooth Bore Lager Old Potter's Brewhouse Rooinek Old Potter's Brewhouse My China Rice Lager Old Potter's Brewhouse City Slicker Pale Ale SAB Castle Lager SAB Castle Free St. Francis Brewing Co. StormWarning Stout Striped Horse Lager The Franschoek Beer Company La Saison The Franschoek Beer Company Three Oaks Craft Lager The Franschoek Beer Company Liberty APA The Italian Job Brewery Amore Amber Ale The Kennel Brewery Bierboel The Redrock Brewing Co. Painted Black The Redrock Brewing Co. Rusty Trigger Toast Ale South Africa Pale Ale Urban Brewing Co. Monkey's Paw Pilsner Zebonkey Weissbier Zwakala Brewery Mountain Weiss SILVER MEDALS WINNERS OF THE 4TH ANNUAL NATIONAL BEER TROPHY ANNOUNCED Amundsen Brewery South Africa Ink and Dagger Amundsen Brewery South Africa Ink and Dagger Atlantic Storm Brewery Black Tempest Brauhaus am Damm Dunkel Brewhaha Jbay Stormy Seas Cape Brewing Company Dunkel Cape Brewing Company Lager Darling Brew Black Mist Darling Brew Gypsy Mask Devil's Peak Brewing Company Lager Drifter Brewing Co. Stormy Smoked Porter Frasers Folly Brandy Cask Finished Ale Hermanus Brewery Old Harbour Lager Impi Brewing Co. Homestead Lager Kings Craft Brewing Co. Madking Pilsner Lakeside Brewing Co. Summit Red IPA Mitchell's Brewery Forester's Mountain Brewing Company Klipbock SAB Castle Light Spilhaus Brewery Märzen Lager St. Francis Brewing Co. Kromme River Witbier Striped Horse Pale Ale The Italian Job Brewery Famiglia Pilsner GOLD MEDAL WINNERS 18 | Spring 2018 | ontapmag.co.za