Mad Giant

Microbrewery in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa 🇿🇦

Established in 2014

Closed in 2025

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1 Fox St, Ferreirasdorp, Johannesburg, 2048, South Africa
Description
Mad Giant was born from the desire to conquer the world, to make a difference and to take chances with now fear of the outcome. We started in 2014 like most businesses do, in a garage. Luckily we grew out of the garage and into our brewery which is situated in the heart of Johannesburg at 1 Fox Street, Ferreirasdorp. This has been home since August 2016. The pursuit has always been to brew the most delicious beer and this obsession remains strong. Innovation is at the heart of Mad Giant and the learning curve has been a steep one.

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7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Clear golden colour with medium white head.Aroma is mild of pine and citrus medium body and sweet of tropical fruits and hops really nice by style.RB rating 2019
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jan 2025 at 20:22

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draft at the brewpub. A golden beer with a huge yellowish head. The aroma has notes of citrus fruits, straw, hops, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of citrus fruits, straw, hops, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried from Draft on 04 May 2020 at 13:57

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draft at the brewpub. A hazy golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of straw, malt, and hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, straw, and hops, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried from Draft on 04 May 2020 at 12:31

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draft at the brewpub. A brown beer with a tan head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and brewmash. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, brewmash, leading to a dry finish.
Tried from Draft on 04 May 2020 at 12:27

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft at the brewpub. An unclear yellow beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of bananas, wheat, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of bananas, straw, and wheat, leading to dry finish.
Tried from Draft on 04 May 2020 at 11:46

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft at the brewpub. A golden beer with a lazing white head. The aroma has notes of straw and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of straw and malt, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried from Draft on 04 May 2020 at 11:42

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Draft at the brewery. A light yellow beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of malt and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and straw, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried from Draft on 04 May 2020 at 11:34

6/10
Tried at BEERHOUSE Fourways on 25 Nov 2019 at 17:48

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
(Bottle, 0.33 l - batch 18/002 - BB 25.09.2019, thanks brunnsbe, 20190602) The beer poured golden and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had grass and sweetness. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were grass, sweetness, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet and bitter. A quite boring thin brew.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jun 2019 at 13:49

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Sample@Copenhagen Beer Festival, KPH Volume (20/04/2019) - pours gold with a white head. Grassy hoppy and sweet pale bready malty notes, grainy, lemon, straw, bitter hoppy finish.
Tried on 17 May 2019 at 08:15