Cape Cone
Soul Barrel Brewing in Simondium, Western Cape, South Africa 🇿🇦
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.50
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Southern Lights IPA
Cape Cone: African IPA by Soul Barrel Brewery is a celebration of South Africa’s unique hop-growing heritage, crafted with 100% locally grown hops. This special wet hop version captures the essence of fresh hops picked straight off the vine and brewed within 24 hours, resulting in a distinctive beer with added green lime and mint notes.
Bursting with vibrant flavours of stone fruit, berry, granadilla, and citrus, Cape Cone is a soft, smooth IPA that perfectly balances these refreshing flavours with a crisp, clean finish. Brewed under the Southern lights in the heart of the Western Cape, this IPA showcases the extraordinary potential of South African hops, combining them with modern brewing techniques to create a truly local craft beer. Cape Cone: African IPA is an expression of Soul Barrel Brewery’s commitment to craft beer in South Africa, offering beer lovers a taste of our land’s unique flavours.
Cape Cone: African IPA by Soul Barrel Brewery is a celebration of South Africa’s unique hop-growing heritage, crafted with 100% locally grown hops. This special wet hop version captures the essence of fresh hops picked straight off the vine and brewed within 24 hours, resulting in a distinctive beer with added green lime and mint notes.
Bursting with vibrant flavours of stone fruit, berry, granadilla, and citrus, Cape Cone is a soft, smooth IPA that perfectly balances these refreshing flavours with a crisp, clean finish. Brewed under the Southern lights in the heart of the Western Cape, this IPA showcases the extraordinary potential of South African hops, combining them with modern brewing techniques to create a truly local craft beer. Cape Cone: African IPA is an expression of Soul Barrel Brewery’s commitment to craft beer in South Africa, offering beer lovers a taste of our land’s unique flavours.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
On tap at Soul Barrel. Pours clear blonde with a white head. Fresh grainy malts and fresh woody pine on the nose. Flavour has crisp biscuit malt base and fresh woody pine. Very nice, I really like the hop expression.
Tried
from Draft
at
Soul Barrel Brewing
on 23 Oct 2025
at 22:41
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
golden amber... thin white lacing ...soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ..Light sweet Caramelised fruits..soft toffee malts
Tried
on 24 Sep 2025
at 07:11
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
0,33l bottle from Bar Keeper, shared with wiosna @ home. Pours cloudy deep yellow with a medium head. Aroma is fruity malts. Flavor is slightly overripe and spoilt fruits with malts and some hops. Unpleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2024
at 14:08
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle 0.34l from liquor store in Windhoek. Lightly cloudy, gold colored. AROMA- malty, yeasty, lightly citrus, apple, jelly. FLAVOR- neutral, moderately bitter, citrusy, syrup, carrot, earthy, woody. Medium bodied. Average one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2023
at 19:47