The Beer Route

Stellenbosch Brewing Company Beers (Stellies)

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  • A lightly hopped Bavarian wheat beer brewed with a specialty malts and a unique yeast strain lending notes of biscuit, clove, coriander and banana. A true German style beer which has been tweaked for sunny South Africa…imagine rainbows and sunsets in liquid form. 

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  • A dark German-style lager with a roasted malt backbone and pillowy white head. Boasting a rich ruby colour and full body. Originally brewed in a humble chicken shed in Stellies, this large and malty bock commemorates our modest start and reminds us all to dream big!

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  • This liquid euphoria will lift your soul up to a higher plane of existence and pleasure your taste buds with heaven-sent happiness. Feel the wind in your hair as you soar through double dry hopped tropical and citrus bliss and prepare for a crash landing of hoppy headiness.

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  • We went over-the-top nuts with our Coffee Nut Brown Ale. Brewed with a special roast of almond-toasted, cold-pressed coffee beans and aged on a bed of amaretto-soaked wood chips. It’s out of the woods nutty! A collaboration between Stellenbosch Brewing Co., Terbodore Coffee Roasters and American brewer & cicerone, Joey Johnson.

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  • A Bohemian Pilsner brewed in our Czech brewhouse with Saaz hops and cold conditioned for 6 weeks. Full of flavour and balanced by a crisp, dry finish. Legend has it that to be a truly inspired Stellie you need to have an acorn hit you on the head, totally flunked out in at least one exam and kissed someone special in The Avenue…in this case a kiss of Saaz!

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  • An assertive, true-to-style American Pale Ale packed with unique gooseberry, litchi and citrus notes and flaunting a perfect balance of malt and hops with smooth drinkability. A work of persistence and years of blending various hop combinations and hopping techniques to arrive at a revolutionary combination of flavours. We dedicated this brew to the long walk to South Africa's freedom, chasing dreams and devotion to one’s true passion.

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  • From Blue Feather Bedouins via the Hoenderhok to stellar beers – an adventure in chemistry

    by Craig Claassen


    We hear it a lot; we see it in movies, the wonders of the world somehow explained with one word. Awesome song writers who work in pairs, two politicians who complement one another to change the world for better or worse. There is magic in it, there is science in it, there is something quite remarkable about the way that it makes us feel when we meet somebody who shares in it. In beer, your hops can shine or get hidden, because of it. The word of course is chemistry.

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  • Don’t be afraid of the dark! This special stout has a bit of a skop and desert-like rich ’n roasted coffee & caramel sensation. Brewed with the finest dark chocolate malt & vanilla to be enjoyed in front of a fire with like-minded stout chommies. 

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  • Ryan Behnken – new kid on the block

    by Craig Claassen

    Malcolm Gladwell defines an outlier in his book Outliers (published 2008) as “people who do not fit into our normal understanding of achievement.” When you speak to Ryan Behnken, you gauge a few things very quickly; this is a bright young man oozing confidence with a subtle hint of vulnerability that comes from intelligent introvertive reflection.

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