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Did you know South Africa produces the most agave outside of Mexico? Yes, that’s the stuff tequila is made from. So why don’t we make tequila here? Well, we do – pretty much – it just goes by another name.
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Old Fashioned Week is about to hit Mzanzi with a bang! This annual celebration of the Old Fashioned cocktail is now in its fourth year, and – much to our delight – it’s finally trickled down to the bottom of Africa.
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For a country that produces some 2.2 million tons of sugar per season, South Africa was slow in entering the rum game. Happily, its craft-rum revolution is now well under way, with micro distilleries fast multiplying.
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Keen on learning how to mix a killer cocktail, talk wine like a pro or make your own liquor? We’ve rounded up six schools around the land where you can get educated.
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A night on the town is always fun, but there’s nothing better than a house party, when you get to throw down in the comfort of your own (or someone else’s) home.
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World Whisky Day takes place on the third Saturday in May each year, which means it falls on 19 May in 2018. Here’s how you can celebrate before, after or on the actual day (or all three!).
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South African whisky isn’t all that, right? WRONG. Very, very wrong in fact, as Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky, water of life made right here in Mzanzi, just got named World’s Best Grain Whisky at the 2018 World Whiskies Awards.
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You’ve seen those tiny bottles around with their weird smells, but what are they for? Find out in this bitters 101.
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Drinks writer Leah van Deventer recently went to Trinidad for the Angostura Global Cocktail Challenge, where she put together this exclusive rum interview for More Than Food.
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There’s a new cocktail competition on the scene! Food24’s very own resident cocktail and spirits writer, Leah van Deventer, is competing – and you’re all invited to cheer her on.
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