Cape Brewing Company (CBC)

Microbrewery in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa 🇿🇦
Owned by Åbro Bryggeri

Established in 2013

Contact
Suid-Agter Paarl Road, Paarl, 7624, South Africa
Description
The Cape Brewing Company, also known as CBC, produces a wide range of premium beers using only the finest ingredients, state of the art equipment and is made by our highly skilled and awarded brewmaster, Wolfgang Koedel.

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4.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Utseende: Gyllen.
Lukt: Humle, malt.
Smak: Humle, malt.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-4-4-4-4=4.5, Draft@160ml, ABV@4.8%, Når@2026.01.20.
Hvor: Capital Craft Beer Academy
Navn: Lager
Stil: LAGER - PREMIUM
Bryggeri: Cape Brewing Company (CBC)

Tried from Draft at Capital Craft Beer Academy on 20 Jan 2026 at 07:55


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Utseende: Gyllen.
Lukt: Citrus, honning.
Smak: Citrus, honning.
Skum/kullsyre: tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-7-7-6-7=7, Draft@160ml, ABV@6.5%, Når@2026.01.20.
Hvor: Capital Craft Beer Academy
Navn: West Coast IPA
Stil: IPA - WEST COAST
Bryggeri: Cape Brewing Company (CBC)

Tried from Draft at Capital Craft Beer Academy on 20 Jan 2026 at 07:39


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Light bronze colour. Aroma is interesting, oxidized and maybe banana. Tastes a bit cardboard. Ancient weissbier, a comedy tick.

Tried on 22 Dec 2025 at 00:42


5.6
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6

On tap at Craft Stellenbosch. Pours murky dull blonde with a white head. Dry esters and dusty dry grass on the nose. Flavour has a thin body, dry esters, some damp straw. It's very pretty average.

Tried from Draft at Craft on 22 Oct 2025 at 23:29


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

On tap at Craft Stellenbosch. Pours clear blonde with a white head. Very light floral grass on the nose. Flavour has dry grass and thin dry cracker malts. Weak body, little hops; not much to like here.

Tried from Draft at Craft on 22 Oct 2025 at 23:28


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Poured from 440mL bottle at my 39th bday (expires 2023/03). Saved from my 2014 trip to South Africa to share one day (today's the day!). Clear-ish gold with minimal white head. Light esters, weird fruity feint oxidated tartness, better than expected for its age and style, but still fairly bad.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2025 at 04:28


6.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

500ml @ Ryan's (thx for keeping this since your South Africa 2014 trip "to share it with beer geeks at some point" 😂) on his 39th celebration.
Aroma: malty, oxidized, some esters.
Taste: along the same lines.
Overall: not bad for 14 years old stuff from the macrobrewery.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2025 at 04:27


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

[2011 vintage] Bottle pour. Pours clear blonde with a white head. Skunky malts and wheat on the nose. Flavour has a lot of cardboard, excess sugars, soft wheat. Meh.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2025 at 00:25


7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

keg at The Thirsty Scarecrow Stellenboch ...golden amber ...thin white lacing ...soft sweet floral caramelised fruit nose ..soft juicy sweet floral juicy fruit

Tried on 29 Aug 2025 at 10:05


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

keg at The Thirsty Scarecrow Stellenboch ...soft sweet caramel woody crystal toffee malts nose ...juicy caramel crystal

Tried on 29 Aug 2025 at 09:19