Smack! Society Blog
Reinheitsgebot? Hell no!
“So is your beer brewed in accordance with the Reinheitsgebot?” asks an occasional patron to our brewery. “Thankfully NO!” is our standard reply… “It is all natural, unfiltered and unpasteurised beer so you’ll be just fine.” We get a lot of people at the brewery...
New Seasonal Brew: A (Bastardised) Dunkelweizen
In the spirit of winter we are introducing a new experimental brew on tap. It’s dark, bold and illegitimate. “Illegitimate” may seem an odd way to describe the beer. That is because we have tweaked this beer somewhat from a standard dunkelweizen. (A dunkelweizen, for...
Behind the IPA Hype
So 7th August has been dedicated the title of international India Pale Ale Day, or IPA Day. Prominent craft beer folk in the US wanted to dedicate a day to arguably the most influential style of craft beer which has helped shape the craft beer revolution in the last...
Michael Lowman – live@SMACK! Thurs 19 Sept
Michael Lowman - live acoustic set at SMACK! Thursday 19 September @ 7pm. If you listen to the radio, you'll have heard a few tracks from the ridiculously talented Michael Lowman - and as part of his "Crayon Boxes" album launch - he will be doing a live acoustic...
Taste of JHB – 26,27,28,29 Sept
Win double tickets to Taste of Joburg! Wanna join SMACK! Republic Brewing Co. at the Taste of JHB at Monte Casino from 26th to 29th September? Well, then tell us how craft beer has changed your life, from your very first sip to your present day indulgence! The more...
BREWERS and BEERDVEMBER
It has come to our attention that any brewery worth its beeriness has brewers with beards. Since our launch in March, our three brewers, Drew, Grant and Dave, have been decidedly lacking in the facial hair department, with only Drew making any attempt to neglect the...
Highlights from a Year in Beer
So it’s been a year since SMACK! launched…woohoo! Well actually at the time of writing this post it’s been 1 year, 2 months, 16 days and some change… We launched on Sunday 10th March 2013, which seems like an eternity ago. And you might ask why we let the official one...
New Seasonal Brew: Vanilla-and-Bourbon-Infused Milk Stout
We despise winter. It’s awful. The bitter cold, the wind, the short days – AWFUL. The only little glimmer of light at the end of a rather gloomy tunnel is that winter lends itself to dark beer. Rich, creamy, chocolatey, dark beer. Every cloud has a silver lining as...
[video] SMACK! interviewed by Die Reismeer
We were interviewed by Die Reismeer recently, check it out over here: View it here!