A Super Cool Beer Tour in Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

I love beer. This should come as no surprise as I have well documented this passion over the years. From the beer halls in Germany to breweries on North America’s east and west coasts, I have sampled my share. So when I found out that Cape Town has an up and coming craft beer scene I had to check it out. To help I enlisted Louwrens and Super Cool Beer Tour to sample the best beer Cape Town has to offer.

Louwrens, our instantly likeable Super Cool Beer Tour guide, collected us from our hotel and we were off. The first stop was the South African Brewery Company (SAB), better known as the biggest brewery giant in the world. Although Super Cool Beer Tours touts themselves as a microbrewery tour, this stop is an important one. It provided an understanding behind, the history of South African’s thirst for beer and how the humble beginnings of the Newlands Brewery came to own the likes of Peroni, Pilsner Urquel, and Miller Brewing Company.

Even though our samples included beers that we could get anywhere in the world, the facility, tasting room, and history was interesting and something to see.

After a sampler platter and a pint of our choosing our Super Cool Beer Tour continued on to Woodstock, an up and coming neighbourhood with a rising craft beer scene. Our first stop in Woodstock was Garagista Beer company - a brewery/art gallery. This interesting space was created after the owners separate tastes. The wife, an art fan, desired a space for exhibitions. The husband, a beer lover, wanted to make his own brew. The result is a hip space and a pretty awesome compromise. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).