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FEATURE BIY REW-IT-YOURSELF Necessity is the mother of invention, as they say, and never was this truer than during a particularly strict lockdown with no idea of when you’d be able to buy a beer again. “How to make alcohol at home” topped the search engines, homebrew shops were run off their feet and pineapple farmers were rubbing their hands in glee as South Africans turned into brewers, cider-makers and producers of pineapple-based beverages. But just because prohibition is over (for now), that doesn’t mean you have to lose interest in the art of creating your own alcohol. We asked a few local experts for their recipes to help you get started. 14 | Winter 2020 | ontapmag.co.za