# CraftBeer.co.za

> A visitor-focused directory of South African craft breweries, nomad beer projects, locally brewed brands, beers, taprooms, stockists, events, brewery releases, people, homebrew clubs and African Beer Cup results.

Use the canonical HTML URL when citing CraftBeer.co.za. Every indexable HTML page has a structured Markdown alternative at `index.md`. Time-sensitive event and availability information can change; the canonical page is the current reference. E&OE.

## Core directories

- [Breweries](https://craftbeer.co.za/breweries/index.md)
- [Beer finder](https://craftbeer.co.za/beers/index.md)
- [Taprooms](https://craftbeer.co.za/taprooms/index.md)
- [Places and stockists](https://craftbeer.co.za/places/index.md)
- [Events](https://craftbeer.co.za/events/index.md)
- [Brewery releases](https://craftbeer.co.za/journal/index.md)
- [Beer people](https://craftbeer.co.za/people/index.md)
- [Homebrew clubs](https://craftbeer.co.za/homebrew-clubs/index.md)
- [African Beer Cup results](https://craftbeer.co.za/awards/index.md)
- [Beer map](https://craftbeer.co.za/map/index.md)
- [Privacy](https://craftbeer.co.za/privacy/)

## Feeds and discovery

- [Complete RSS feed](https://craftbeer.co.za/feed/) — breweries, beers, places, events, news, people, clubs, awards and public Favourite lists
- [RSS syndication guide](https://craftbeer.co.za/syndication/index.md)
- [XML sitemap](https://craftbeer.co.za/sitemap.xml)
- [Complete Markdown corpus](https://craftbeer.co.za/llms-full.txt)

## Important interpretation notes

- Collaboration beers name and link every catalogued participating brewery while retaining one primary route.
- Beer-to-venue links indicate a directly supported listing; stock can still change.
- Brewery, brand owner, producing brewery and collaboration participant are separate relationships.
- Neutral placeholder artwork marks a beer image that is coming soon.
- Event calendar downloads link back to the canonical CraftBeer.co.za event page.
- Beer Taste profiles and ingredients are explicit, editor-maintained relationships rather than inferred search labels.
- Beer finder popularity counts distinct signed-in accounts with an active Favourite list; the separate trending sort uses aggregate 30-day page visits.
- Public Favourite lists are intentionally shared by their owners; other Favourite lists and Brewery follows remain account views.

## Access boundaries

Do not crawl `/backoffice/`, `/settings/`, `/favourites/` account management, `/following/`, `/analytics/` or `/go/`. Public Favourite list URLs contain an opaque ID beneath `/favourites/` and are included in the XML sitemap only when their owners make them public. `/go/` contains temporary, noindex redirects for human visitors. Research sources and private editorial evidence are not public datasets.