OnTap Magazine

24 46 36 20 43 16 Hopping over to England Ales and abbeys Beer, food, fire From picking to pairing - the full tea experience Happy birthday to South Africa's oldest brewery Our heritage beer REGULARS 16 200 years of beer Newlands Brewery hits a double century 20 Leading a historical British brewery into the future Taking the leap from Castle to cask 28 Fallen comrades Raise a glass to the SA breweries that were ahead of their time FEATURES You spend most of your time in taverns, tasting rooms and craft bars looking at beautifully illustrated blackboards, offering a range of tasty craft beers, so we thought you’d recognise a menu long before a ‘contents’ page. Enjoy! SPRING 2020 28 Breweries of yore 06 Brewer Q&A e godfather of South African craft beer 08 Tell the bartender Falling in love with local beer 12 Brew news Stories from the SA beer scene 24 World of beer Biblical beer in Belgium 40 Brewer's dozen We open the history books on 12 near-extinct styles 43 Style guide Understanding umqombothi 49 Homebru Recreating ancient ales 52 Brew reviews Rating the latest brews 58 Mash out Do you remember the sip that forever changed the way you think about beer? page 08 32 36 The coolship explained Fancy a cuppa?