Industry perspective
Beer Beneath the Acacias: Lucy Corne at Capital Craft
Lucy Corne reports from Capital Craft Beer Festival, where 12,000 visitors, 45 breweries and four music stages filled Pretoria’s National Botanical Garden.
Industry brief
Writing for All About Beer, Lucy Corne captures Capital Craft as a distinctly South African outdoor festival: beer, live music and a winter crowd spread beneath the acacias of Pretoria’s National Botanical Garden.
The festival began in 2013 with almost 2,000 visitors and moved to the botanical garden in 2016. Corne reports that the latest edition drew 12,000 people, 45 breweries and four music stages, with everything from familiar lager to small-batch beers on the menu.
One selected line sums up the wider format: “Beer is the anchor that draws people in.” The feature also places the day in context: South Africa has fewer than 120 microbreweries and craft remains a small share of the national beer market, yet the festival brings a major crowd together in beer’s name.
This CraftBeer.co.za brief is a summary. Read Lucy’s full feature at All About Beer for the complete reporting and photographs.
“It’s more of a drinking festival than a tasting event.”