Sandton Craft Beer Fair

Who can turn down an ice cold locally brewed malty drink? We certainly can't! The Sandton Craft Beer Fair, now in its 4th installment, is happening this weekend.

Beer and ciders from craft brands will be served, including:
- Jack Black
- CBC Brewing Co.
- Dragon Ginger Beer
- Citizen
- Aces Brew Works
- Devils Peak
- Brickfields
- Swagga
- Copperlake
- Soweto Gold
- Striped House
- Mogallywood

Live music, beer, gourmet food - sound like the perfect day out ;)

When
Saturday, 7 March 2015.

Where

Sandton Sports Club. 11 Holt Street, Sandton 

Cost
R100 Early Bird (limited)
R150 General Access
http://www.craftbeerfair.nutickets.co.za/

Enquiries 
011 783 1302

Joburg Prawn Festival

Love prawns? Then head South this weekend for the Joburg Prawn Festival, where over two tons will be freshly prepared and gobbled up by festival goers.Join the festivities at Turffontein Racecourse on Saturday, including horse racing, live music, a beer garden, kiddies entertainment – AND 1kg prawns with chips and rice for R150.00.

When
Saturday, 28 February 2015.

Where
Turffontein Racecourse, 14 Turffontein Road, Joburg 

Cost
Entry to the festival is free.

For more information about the Joburg Prawn Festival, call (011) 681 1702.

FNB Whisky Live Festival

Tomorrow evening we'll be attending one of the husband's favourite events on the foodie 

(read boozy) calendar - the Whisky Live Festival. The festival kicked off last night in Sandton, 

and will be open tonight and tomorrow night from 18:00 – 22:00. Whisky lovers have the choice to taste 180 whiskies from around the world, and there are also two proudly South African distilleries at the festival; Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky and Three Ships Whisky.

We'll be attending a workshop (if you want to do so too, you'll need to pre-book www.whiskylivefestival.co.za), so I'm really looking forward to learning a little bit more.

Tickets are R195 on Thursday and R220 on Friday if purchased online. Tickets purchased at the door will cost R220 on Thursday and R240 on Friday.

Don your dirndls at the Bierfest this weekend

Much to our delight, beer festivals are all the rage and 

hardly a weekend goes by without a hops-induced event.

This weekend Montecasino plays host to South Africa’s largest Oktoberfest-styled event, 

the TOPS at SPAR BIERFEST. Not only can revelers sip on specially-crafted 

Bavarian biers in the 4000-seater Brauhaus, they can also feast on fine 

Bavarian cuisine, dress-up in lederhosen, pigtails and dirndls, and dance to 

ridiculously infectious oompah beats!

Attendees will be partaking in a 204-year old tradition that began 

in Munich, Germany. History has it that when Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig 

married Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen on October 12, 1810, he invited the entire city 

of Munich to what eventually became the world’s biggest after-party.

Founding partner South African Breweries have once more called upon their 

Master Brewers to craft three special, limited edition Bavarian-styled biers just for Bierfest. 

The ever-popular Royal Bavaria Oktoberfest Bier, the traditional Krystal Weiss 

Protea Edelweiss and the speciality dark ale - the King Ludwig Munich Dunkel. 

Master Brewers will be located onsite for tasting and bier education at Bierfest’s 

Braumeister Ecke (a.k.a Brewmasters’ Corner).

There are four ticket options:

· Ze Braumeister! R906.30 per person. Includes: premium traditional Bavarian Meal, Dedicated Fraulein to your table, Complimentary Premium bar (Limited), Complimentary can of JIGUJA Detox Drink, VIP reserved seating, Premium costume accessories, ze complimentary 1L Bierfest stein (1 per person), Parking, Glamcam Photo. 

· Ze Brauhaus! R450.30 per person. Includes: Traditional  Bavarian Meal, 

Complimentary Bar (Limited), Complimentary can of JIGUJA Detox Drink, 

Costume accessories, Glamcam Photo.

· Über Bier Hall Ticket: R195 per person includes 1 x 500ml bier, a can of JIGUJA

and a dress-up item.

· Standard Bier Hall Ticket: R125 per person includes entrance to the event, 

along with a complimentary bier tasting.

For more details and bookings, visit www.bierfest.co.za. 

Joburg Festival of Beer

So guess what we'll be doing this weekend? Beer, beer and more beer!

Appropriately, the Joburg Festival of Beer is held in the same week as 'Braai Day' 

- two South African heritages if you ask me!

The festival takes place at the Pirates Sports Club in Greenside on the 27th and 28th of September. The two day festival, which has established itself in Cape Town as the largest 

Festival of Beer in the Southern Hemisphere, promises to be bigger and badder than ever before. Taste over 150 beers from more than 50 breweries including Brewhogs, Swagga, Stellenbrau and Soweto Gold.

The tickets includes free beer tastings, beer tours, brewing demonstrations and more. To line those stomachs I'm looking forward to a delicious selection of foods from Pete Goffe Wood’s Kitchen Cowboys, Wicked Waffles, Baha Tacos, Casalottis Pizza and plenty of meat from Braeside Butchers to accompany pints.

Early bird tickets are R150, which includes a beer glass, and are available from Webtickets at www.webtickets.co.za/events/beer-festivals/the-joburg-festival-of-beer/829334378.

Visit the website for more details at www.joburgfestivalofbeer.co.za. 

Cheers! 

My Favourite Things

We attended the second FoodWineDesign Fair at Hyde Park this past weekend. Presented by Sanlam and Artlogic, the fair showcases some of South Africa’s best local producers – from jewelry and furniture to cheese, chocolate and mushrooms. 

The event takes place on the roof-top – some seating areas are in the tent and others in a park style setting outside. With live entertainment, delicious tasters from all the foodie stalls and eye candy provided by designers live GOET and Tinsel, the fair is heaven to those who like all the finer (tastier and prettier) things in life.

I’ll definitely be there again next year! 

PS Spending hours sipping wine with the girls on a piece of fake grass is summer bliss ;)