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CONTRIBUTORS PUBLICATIONS Published by: in Marcel Harper 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 beginnerbrewer.com. You can listen to his podcast about beer and geekery: Scum, Beer & Villainy, on iTunes. Marcel Harper WINTER 2019 Editor Lucy Corne lucy@ontapmag.co.za Publisher Andrew Thomas inhouse publications Twitter: @ontapmagza Facebook: facebook.com/ontapmagza Instagram: ontapmagza ontapmag.co.za Advertising : Andrew Thomas andrew@ontapmag.co.za +27 (0) 82 604 5038 P.O. Box 412748 Craighall 2024 Johannesburg Rachel du Plessis rachel@prycision.com Design: Rachel du Plessis rachel@prycision.com Prycision prycision.com Design Director: Dave Levinsohn info@comedia.co.za Printing: Paarl Media Distribution: 5000 Airport lounges, Exclusive Books, League of Beers, Microbreweries, bevPLUS, Brewcraft, NFP 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. Shane McNamara holds a Master's degree in Brewing Science from the University of Nottingham and Post Graduate Certificate in Brewing Science from Federation University Australia. He has previously worked as a brewer and was formerly Senior Technical Officer at the Institute of Brewing & Distilling. With a passion for beer and food Shane regularly judges beers and contributes to publications around the world. Shane McNamara Rob Cass 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 Cass Daniel Shields lived in Jo’burg for five years where he worked as a coffee roaster, barista trainer, and wedding band bassist. After completing a distilling course and a certificate in brewing science, Daniel returned to his home town of Cape Town to start Shields Indie Brewing Co, and launched the Funk Machine IPA in August 2017. Daniel Shields Steve Peel started homebrewing while studying environmental management at UCT, but it was on a trip to Antarctica that he began to make plans to open his own brewery. A champion of British styles and a pioneer of cask ale in South Africa, he launched Shackleton Brewing Company in 2017. Steve Peel Alan Jordan is an enthusiastic home brewer and beer drinker and chairman of the WortHog brewers home brew club. An avid beer tourist, passionate about all things beery, Alan lives by the motto that “life is too short to drink bad beer”. Alan Jordan 4 | Winter 2019 | ontapmag.co.za