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BREW NEWS 2021 AFRICAN BEER CUP THE FULL RESULTS S ixty-seven medals were awarded to breweries from eight different countries at the 2021 African Beer Cup. The competition, which launched in 2019, received 210 entries from 12 countries around Africa. Every beer entered is judged twice by panels of experienced judges and industry experts in Cape Town and Johannesburg. The double judging is designed to eradicate judging errors. There were 16 gold medallists which went head to head to compete for the title of Best Beer in Africa. After a lengthy best-of-show judging session, the title went to Afro Caribbean Brewing Co. for their Space Llama double IPA. The BASA African Celebration Award, which champions the use of African ingredients in a beer, went to Nigeria’s Bature Brewery for their Black Gold stout. Medals are awarded in the BJCP categories, with minimum score thresholds for bronze, silver and gold medals. Here are the full results: STANDARD AMERICAN BEER Gold: Lion Lager (Anheuser-Busch InBev) Silver: Castle Lite (Anheuser-Busch InBev) Bronze: Castle Lager (Anheuser-Busch InBev) INTERNATIONAL LAGER Gold: Maluti Premium Lager (Anheuser-Busch InBev) Silver: Nile Special (Anheuser-Busch InBev) Bronze: Just Beer (Darling Brew) CZECH LAGER Gold: Dark Horse Lager (Saggy Stone Brewing Co.) Silver: Delta Lager (Okavango Craft Brewery) PALE MALTY EUROPEAN LAGER Silver: Roof Woodxxxxer (Roof of Africa Craft Brewery) Bronze: Loadshed Lager (Mountain Brewing Co.) PALE BITTER EUROPEAN BEER Silver: Roof Draught (Roof of Africa Craft Brewery) Bronze: Roof Pilsner (Roof of Africa Craft Brewery) AMBER MALTY EUROPEAN LAGER Silver: Camelthorn Brewing Co Urbock Beer (Namibia Breweries) Bronze: Brauhaus Märzen (Brauhaus Afrika) AMBER BITTER EUROPEAN BEER Silver: Twin Fin Kellerbier (Richmond Hill Brewing Co.) Bronze: Helles (Swakopmund Brewing Company) DARK EUROPEAN LAGER Silver: Brauhaus Dunkel (Brauhaus Afrika) Bronze: Dunkel (Crafty Dee's Brewing Co) STRONG EUROPEAN BEER Gold: Urbock (Swakopmund Brewing Company) GERMAN WHEAT BEER Silver: Talisman (Urban Brewing Company) Bronze: Pixie Dust (Darling Brew) BRITISH BITTER Gold: Jacob's Pale Ale (Newlands Spring Brewing Company) Silver: Butcher Block Pale Ale (Jack Black's Brewing Co.) Bronze: Panhandle Pale Ale (Okavango Craft Brewery) PALE COMMONWEALTH BEER Silver: Dissident Golden Ale (Afro Caribbean Brewing Company) Bronze: Pale Whale (Yzerbru Craft Brewery) BROWN BRITISH BEER Bronze: African Porter (Swagga Breweries) IRISH BEER Gold: Hermanus Nitro Stout (The Brewery) Silver: Two Rand Man Irish Red Ale (Richmond Hill Brewing Co.) Bronze: Extra Stout (Friar's Habit Craft Brewery) DARK BRITISH BEER Silver: Castle Milk Stout (Anheuser-Busch InBev) Bronze: Striped Horse Milk Stout (Striped Horse) PALE AMERICAN ALE Gold: Honey Blonde (Birkenhead Brewery) Silver: Loco Coco (Stumpnose Brewery) Bronze: Liberty (The Franschhoek Beer Co.) AMBER AND BROWN AMERICAN BEER Silver: Agar's Red Ale (Agar's Brewery) Bronze: True Grit (Mad Giant) AMERICAN PORTER AND STOUT Gold: Black Gold (Bature Brewery) Silver: Black Mist (Darling Brew) Bronze: The Stout (The Franschhoek Beer Co.) IPA Gold: Fever Dream Black IPA (Richmond Hill Brewing Co.) Silver: Milkshake IPA (That Brewing Co.) Bronze: Juicy Lucy New England IPA (Devil's Peak Brewing Co.) STRONG AMERICAN ALE Gold: Space Llama (Afro Caribbean Brewing Company) Bronze: Warlord (Darling Brew) EUROPEAN SOUR ALE Gold: Plum Lambic Style (Hazeldean Brewing Co.) Silver: Dragonberry Kaleidoscope (Afro Caribbean Brewing Company) BELGIAN ALE Gold: Wheat Beer (Crafty Dee's Brewing Co) Bronze: Bonecrusher (Darling Brew) STRONG BELGIAN ALE Silver: LongClaw (Darling Brew) Bronze: La Saison (The Franschhoek Beer Co.) TRAPPIST ALE Silver: Crazy Diamond (Triggerfish Brewing) Bronze: Dubel Trubel (Longbeach Brewery) AMERICAN WILD ALE Gold: Stoned Vol 1 Fruit Sour (Devil's Peak Brewing Co.) Silver: Flemish Acid Ale (Hazeldean Brewing Co.) Bronze: Live Culture (Soul Barrel Brewing) STRONG BRITISH ALE Gold: Stonefish (Triggerfish Brewing) SPICED BEER Bronze: Lime Lager (Pause Beer Co.) FRUIT BEER Silver: Tolokazi Mango Beer (Brewsters Craft) ALTERNATIVE FERMENTABLES BEER Silver: Shempa (Wild Dog Brewery) Bronze: Tolokazi Sorghum Pilsner (Brewsters Craft) WOOD BEER Gold: The Haymaker Round 4 (Hazeldean Brewing Co. x Frontier Beer) Silver: Arrowhead Vintage 2020 (Darling Brew) Bronze: Vannie Hout (Devil's Peak Brewing Co.) SPECIALTY BEER Gold: Small Batch Series: Session IPA (The Franschhoek Beer Co.) Silver: Extra Hoppy Lager (Jump Brewing) Bronze: Mary Imperial Irish Red Ale (Friar's Habit Craft Brewery) 16 | Winter 2021 | ontapmag.co.za