Lucy Corne

Oct 21, 2024 | homebrewersassociation.org | Ryan Pachmayer |Lucy Corne |Dan Jablow |Franz D. Hofer

The November/December 2024 Zymurgy explores adaptive brewing, ancient beer traditions, smoked beer techniques, Bavarian beer hikes, and hop-free Dutch Kuit, blending modern innovation with rich brewing history for homebrewers of all backgrounds and interests. Free Zymurgy Online Preview AHA Member-Only Content Subscribe for $4.99 Already a member? Login here About Zymurgy

Jun 10, 2024 | beerandbrewing.com | Lucy Corne

“It’s kind of like chunky, sour pudding,” says the message in my inbox. It’s Day Three of our umqombothi brew, and this was the morning dispatch from Paul Telford, a homebrewer in Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Underground Brewers club. Telford had stepped up to the challenge of brewing a traditional African beer in preparation for a talk I was giving at Homebrew Con 2022.

Mar 12, 2024 | eatout.co.za | Lucy Corne

Craft beer has been a thing in South Africa for more than a decade. We now have over 150 breweries making all-SA ingredient pale ales, stouts flavoured with rose water or rooibos, barrel-aged sour beers infused with raspberries or cherries, and everything in between. Yet if you walk into the average – or indeed often the above average – restaurant, you’ll find little in the way of variety when it comes to beer.

Mar 4, 2024 | beerandbrewing.com | Lucy Corne

Made from cornmeal and malted sorghum, umqombothi is a traditional South African beer that undergoes a natural, spontaneous fermentation to wind up fairly thick, opaque, and low in alcohol, with a notable acidity and slight barnyard character. The women who brew it also sell it fresh and uncarbonated, meant for drinking within a few days. They don’t typically measure their mashes precisely—they just have a feel for how much they need.

Sep 21, 2023 | brewmistress.co.za | Lucy Corne

There’s a set of style guidelines that’s used in beer competitions around the world. It’s curated by an American organisation called the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP). It’s by no means the only set of guidelines in use, but the BJCP is the standard for both homebrew and professional competitions around South Africa. Contrary to what some critics proclaim, the BJCP guidelines are not there to prescribe what beer has to look, smell and taste like.