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JUNE JULY AUGUST HOMEBREWERS’ DIARY SouthYeasters Afro Caribbean Brewing Co., Cape Town | 6:30pm Join us for the second Great Wort Challenge – ACBC brews the beer, you take it home and ferment it. Registration essential – please see our website or FB page. SouthYeasters Afro Caribbean Brewing Co., Cape Town | 6:30pm Bring along your best dark beers to enter in the people’s choice competition. SouthYeasters Brewers Co-op, Woodstock, Cape Town | 6:30pm Join for a talk from one of the Co-op members and bring your homebrew to share. Durban Homebrewers Musketeers German Club, Westville | 6:00pm Stout and porter brew-to-style prize-giving. Durban Homebrewers Amsterdam Bar and Grill, Glenwood, Durban | 6:00pm Open meeting: eat meat and greet! Bring tasters and traders. Durban Homebrewers Durban Brewing Company, Red Hill, Durban North | 6:00pm Bring and braai. Tasters on tap courtesy of the Brewery. RSVP essential. Wort Hogs East Rand Werners Bistro, Bedfordview | 7:00pm Members R140, guests R170. There will be a guest brewer and presentation as well as dinner and league tasting. Wort Hogs Copperlake Brewery, Broadacres | 6.30pm Members R140, non-members R160. Entrance includes a 500ml beer and a meal. Yeastern Cape Brew Club German Club, Lorraine, Port Elizabeth | 7:00pm General discussion and social get-together. Yeastern Cape Brew Club German Club, Lorraine, Port Elizabeth | 7:00pm General discussion and social get-together. Yeastern Cape Brew Club German Club, Lorraine, Port Elizabeth | 7:00pm General discussion and social get-together. Helderberg Homebrewers Triggerfish Brewing Co., Strand | 6:30pm Free for first timers, R50 for members (includes a beer). There will be a talk on kegging and carbonation. Helderberg Homebrewers Triggerfish Brewing Co., Strand | 6:30pm Free for first timers, R50 for members (includes a beer). It's our third birthday! There will be a talk on hops, a birthday bash plus our aged imperial stout tasting. Helderberg Homebrewers Red Sky Brewing Co., Gordons Bay | 6:30pm Free for first timers, R50 for members (includes a beer). There will be a talk on malt, plus bring your best porters for the competition. Wort Hog Brewers Winter Beer Festival Bedfordview Scout Hall | 10:00am Hosted by the Wort Hogs East Rand chapter, this festival focuses on stouts and porters, high ABV Belgians and any other winter warmer styles. Keep an eye on our website and FB group for more info. 07 08 11 13 26 16 26 14 14 12 09 20 20 18 21 Wort Hogs Copperlake Brewery, Broadacres | 6.30pm Meeting details TBA. 02 NATIONAL HOMEBREW CHAMPS 2018 Get brewing folks – the dates for the 2018 National Homebrew Champs have been announced. The deadline for entries is September 30th, with beers judged in early October. It costs R150 per entry and as always there will be epic prized sponsored by various homebrew suppliers. For further info, head to nationalhomebrew.co.za or facebook.com/sahomebrew. THE NEWLY FORMED SOWETO HOMEBREWERS CLUB IS SEEKING MEMBERS! The club will meet in Orlando East on the first Saturday of each month. For details contact Apiwe on info@brewsterscraft.co.za . 58 | Winter 2018 | ontapmag.co.za