We’ve all heard the joke that goes, “Why is drinking American beer like making love in a canoe - ?” The punchline is unprintable, and so was the reaction of many South Africans to the announcement, yesterday afternoon, that Budweiser - and Budweiser alone - will be sold in the stands during the 2010 World Cup.
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Unfortunately, this is the Budweiser from Anheuser-Busch, the mass-market, piss-poor beer specialists based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, and not the one, true, original white-beer Budweiser that is still brewed by Budvar in the Czech Republic.
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The microbrewing craze has not caught on in South Africa as it has elsewhere in the world, but beer snobs in Cape Town can find some relief from this generally oppressive situation by taking a pint of Forrester’s Draft Ale or Bosun’s Bitter at Mitchell’s Scottish Ale House, V&A Waterfront. The pub brews its own beer, based on recipes from the original Mitchell’s Knysna Brewery (a separate operation which is still going strong).
At time of posting, the link to the Cape Town pub was unfortunately broken (click here from time to time to test if it’s working), but a quick call confirms that all is in working order where it counts the most - namely, keg hydraulics and bartenders’ elbows.
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