For a more critical analysis of imported beer, read BJ’s Imported Beer Drinkers’ Guide (R24,95). BJ Lankwarden, a self- confessed beer lover, has catalogued all the beer imported into South Africa.
It has a breakdown of the beer’s origin, colour, alcohol percentage, strength, style of beer, a brief summary of its flavour, and, in some instances, the “big burp rating” of Radio Highveld’s Jeremy Mansfield. Informative, comprehensive and thorough, the guidebook will probably alert you to beers you’ve never tried, and maybe spark a lifelong love affair with the brew.
For the die-hard beer fans, Facts & Fiction sell elegant posters of much the same thing (with pictures of the beer bottles) for around R80.