Soul Barrel Brewing

Microbrewery in Simondium, Western Cape, South Africa 🇿🇦
Associated Venue: Soul Barrel Brewing

Contact
Simondium Guild R45, Simondium, 7670, South Africa
Description
At Soul Barrel Brewing, we aim to create a world-class South African beer culture by brewing artisanal, innovative beer that reflects our time, place, and personality. We believe real beer is made with soul. Our brewing showcases our passion for local ingredients, hoppy ales, old-world barrel fermentations and our uncompromising commitment to quality.

We believe beer is the greatest beverage in the world. Savouring an amazing brew can be a life changing experience. Our brewery exists to contribute to these epic moments. The brewery is in the heart of the Cape Winelands outside of Franschhoek, built within the old tank walls of the former Drakenstein Cooperative Winery.

Come share in our passion for brewing & celebrate beer made with Soul!

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Soul Barrel. Pours clear light blonde with a white head. Fresh, crisp malts and notes of blood orange on the nose. Flavour has fresh bready malts, blood orange, and floral hops. Fantastic.

Tried from Draft at Soul Barrel Brewing on 23 Oct 2025 at 23:12


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Soul Barrel. Pours nearly black with a beige head. Dark chocolate and toasted bread on the nose. Flavour has toasted bread and cacao nibs, but softened by the nitro. I think the base is good, but would be better expressed off nitro.

Tried from Draft at Soul Barrel Brewing on 23 Oct 2025 at 22:55


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Soul Barrel. Pours clear gold with a white head. Bready nose, fresh crust, slightly floral. Flavour has a great, clean malt profile with dry, grassy, floral hops. This is probably the best maibock I've had to date.

Tried from Draft at Soul Barrel Brewing on 23 Oct 2025 at 22:54


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On tap at Soul Barrel. Pours clear light blonde with a white head. Fresh doughy malts and herbal woody hops on the nose. Flavour has a ton of dry, herbal, woody pine and a fresh doughy malt base. This is excellent.

Tried from Draft at Soul Barrel Brewing on 23 Oct 2025 at 22:50


7.6
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


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle pour at Banana Jam Café. Pours clear ruby with a white head. Tons of musty red wine grape skins, spicy, rustic wild yeast, crunchy dry grass on the nose. Flavour is earthy and acidic with lots of red wine grape skins, a good musty wood character. Excellent vinous wild ale.

Tried from Bottle at Banana Jam Cafe on 21 Oct 2025 at 23:18


8

Hapu, funky, puuviljane, tsitrus, nats nisune. Hea

Tried from Draft on 11 Oct 2025 at 16:54


7

Hapu, funky, bretine, puuviljane, tsitrus, kuiv, greip. Ok.

Tried from Draft on 11 Oct 2025 at 13:19


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk.
Appearance - brown with a beige to tan head.
Nose - tangy red fruit, dried orange, brown bread and light toffee.
Taste - red fruit through the middle of the palate, dry brown bread and toffee.
Palate - medium bodied, accidentally sour?
Overall - in two minds about this.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2025 at 13:09


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle thanks to cagarvie. Pours hazy brown with a thick beige head. Aromas of toffee, red wine, red fruits. Taste is sweet, orange, nutty, funky. Boozy finish.

Tried on 29 Sep 2025 at 13:09