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WENDY PIENAAR | CHAIRPERSON GAUTENG COMMITTEE MEMBER Co-founder of Just Brewing and At Hops End Brewery. Founder and coordinator of the Beer Boot Camp Brewer’s conference. Guest judge at various competitions. The current chairperson of BASA, the Beer Association of South Africa. CBASA representative on various industry committees. ROB CASS | GAUTENG COMMITTEE MEMBER A homebrewer for 10 years. National rank BJCP beer judge. Served as Chairman of the Wort Hog Brewers Homebrew club. Regular column writer for OnTap magazine. MICHELLE ERASMUS | GAUTENG COMMITTEE MEMBER Chemical Engineer by trade with a love for beer and brewing. Loves to experiment with flavour, entering unique beers into competitions. Owner and brewer at Pause Beer Co. OBAKENG MALOPE | GAUTENG COMMITTEE MEMBER Obakeng is an award-winning filmmaker. Served as a board member of the Documentary/Film Association of South Africa and the South African Screen Writers Federation. Completed an introductory course in brewing. Obakeng is interested in merging documentary film making and craft beer brewing. Two of our longstanding committee members, Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela & John Morrow completed their tenures. Although we are sad to see them go, we would like to wish them the best of luck and thank them for all their hard work and support of our industry. Let us raise our beer glasses to Apiwe & John! JASON BLACK | KWAZULU NATAL COMMITTEE MEMBER Jason has spent 20 odd years in the music industry on record labels. Avid homebrewer during this time. Served as brand ambassador for CBC & the Craft Division of Heineken. CBASA Member in 2019 in a home-brewer capacity. • GM/Brewer at Nottingham Road Brewing Co NICHOLAS SMITH | WESTERN CAPE COMMITTEE MEMBER • Nick is the founder and brewer at Soul Barrel Brewing. • Completed Master Brewers Program at UC Davis. California. • He spent ten years in the US craft beer industry at Abita Brewing Company and New Belgium Brewery HESTER BURGH | WESTERN CAPE COMMITTEE MEMBER Full-time Marketing Manager and Creative Director (Trill), part-time craft beer enthusiast (Co-Owner of Beerworks) Creative Director of Lovestruck NPO in collaboration with the Mother Soup project. Worked on multiple brands growing our community and beer culture! WE OFFER SUPPORT WITH o Licencing and excise o Lobbying the interests of craft brewers at a government level. o Supporting and engaging beer tourism o Contract & Legal advice o Sensory Training & education. o Marketing and Event support Membership is open to brewers, suppliers and individuals who wish to strengthen and align themselves with the common interests of our craft industry. Together we are stronger. Get in touch we would love to tell you more: admin@craftbrewsa.org us CBASAisanon-profitorganisationrepresenting Craft Beer In South Africa on a national level. Thanks to these people for their passion and time towards bettering our industry. WENDY ROB MICHELLE OBAKENG JASON NICHOLAS HESTER