Author: Lucy Corne

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  The True Import of South African Hops

  May 16, 2017 - Lucy Corne Unless you’ve been living under a Wi-Fi-free rock for the past week, you will no doubt have already read about the South African hop saga. Last week, beery social media was alive with the story that Anheuser-Busch InBev had commandeered the entire South African hop harvest, meaning that U.S. microbreweries keen to experiment with new... View Article
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  South Africans Eye the Giant as A-B InBev Takes Over SABMiller

  January 16, 2017 - Lucy Corne As the Anheuser-Busch InBev takeover of SABMiller becomes a reality, some South African microbrewers are worried. Will they soon become acquainted with the buyouts and bully tactics that American breweries have long faced? Of course, the country’s 180-or-so microbreweries have been operating under their own mega-brewery for years, but SABMiller’s attitude to microbrewed beer here... View Article
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  South African Brewers See Red Over Pending Patent

  April 23, 2015 - Lucy Corne A patent that threatens to curb creativity is angering South African microbrewers. The patent, which is pending in over 80 countries, would prohibit the use of certain endemic South African plants in the production of beer, wine and cider unless brewers obtain a license. The plants in question are from the Fabaceae family, which includes rooibos... View Article
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  Bringing Depth to South African Beer

  November 1, 2013 - Lucy Corne Every winter, aptly named brewer Theo de Beer and his team at the Anvil Ale House hand-peel, julienne and sun-dry the skins of a few crates of naartjies in preparation for his seasonal witbier, White Anvil. The naartjie is a South African tangerine, and after five years of weird looks from farmers unused to buyers... View Article