Brewery
Triggerfish
Long-running independent brewers making an unusually broad range from their Paardevlei taproom.
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The story of Triggerfish.
Established in Somerset West in 2010, Triggerfish has built a deep range that stretches from refreshing blonde ale to IPA, stout and strong speciality beer. The Paardevlei taproom is the place to explore it.
- Status
- Active
- Home
- Paardevlei, Cape Town
- Ownership
- Part of a wider ownership group
- Featured
- 27 beers
Great Weiss
German Wheat Beer
Crazy Diamond
Monastic Ale
Monsterfish
Dessert or Pastry Beer
From the brewery
Beers to know.
Fynbos Gruit
Ancient One
Triggerfish
- Amber Ale
A hop-free gruit bittered with African wormwood and layered with herbal fruitiness.
Wee Heavy
Apocalypse
Triggerfish
- Amber Ale
A dark-amber Scotch ale with toffee, caramel, raisin and warming alcohol.
Oatmeal Stout
Black Bass
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- Stout
A velvety oatmeal stout with coffee, chocolate and liquorice.
Russian Imperial Stout
Black Marlin
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- Stout
A pitch-black imperial stout with coffee, dark chocolate, aniseed, fruit and caramel.
Buchu Blonde Ale
Bonito
Triggerfish
- Pale Ale
A Sweetlips variation infused with buchu for mint, orange and blackcurrant aroma.
Coffee Oatmeal Stout
Champ's Breakfast
Triggerfish
- Stout
A dark oatmeal stout made with espresso for a silky body and long coffee finish.
Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Crazy Diamond
Triggerfish
- Belgian Ale
A quadruple-fermented collaboration with Cockpit Brewhouse, aged at least six months.
South African Golden Ale
Dr Pinnamin's
Triggerfish
- Pale Ale
A 100% local golden ale with caramel malt and subtle resinous, fruity hops.
Sweet Stout
Empowered Stout
Triggerfish
- Stout
A full-bodied English sweet stout with coffee, chocolate, dried fruit, raisin and liquorice.
Extra Special Bitter
Englishman
Triggerfish
- Amber Ale
A changing English ale with caramel malt, floral hops and medium-to-high bitterness.
Düsseldorf Altbier
Four Legs
Triggerfish
- Amber Ale
A clean, crisp altbier named for the coelacanth discovered in South Africa.
Hefeweizen
Great Weiss
Triggerfish
- Wheat Beer
A traditional southern German wheat beer with banana, bubblegum and clove.
Brut SMASH IPA
Grunter
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- IPA
A dry single-malt, single-hop IPA with fruit aroma and a fully attenuated finish.
American IPA
Hammerhead
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- IPA
A continually hopped IPA with citrus, pine, firm bitterness and a toffee-caramel malt base.
Session IPA Gruit
Lionfish
Triggerfish
- IPA
A hop-free session IPA gruit bittered with dandelion leaves.
South African IPA
MayStay
Triggerfish
- IPA
An experimental all-local IPA with floral hop character and balanced bitterness.
Vanilla Bourbon Imperial Stout
Monsterfish
Triggerfish
- Stout
A large-format flavour bomb with vanilla, bourbon, coffee and dark fruit.
American Pale Ale
Ocean Potion
Triggerfish
- Pale Ale
Triggerfish’s flagship pale ale: tropical and citrus-driven, light-bodied, firmly bitter and supported by a complex malt base.
Pilsner Hybrid
Picasso
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- Lager
A pale hybrid lager with spicy hops and a lingering bitter finish.
Wild Pinotage Beer-Wine Hybrid
Pucker Pufferfish
Triggerfish
- Sour
A spontaneously fermented blend of Roman Red wort and Pinotage must aged in red-wine oak.
Amber Weizen
Rock Cod
Triggerfish
- Wheat Beer
An amber wheat ale with banana, bubblegum, clove and caramel.
American Amber Ale
Roman Red
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- Amber Ale
A medium-bodied red ale balancing citrus and pine with caramel, raisin and light smoke.
South African Pale Ale
Southern Right
Triggerfish
- Pale Ale
A 100% South African beer with local malt, Southern Passion hops and African wormwood.
American Barleywine
StoneFish
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- Barleywine
A rich aromatic barleywine with sweet caramel malt and a hoppy finish.
Blonde Ale
Sweetlips
Triggerfish
- Pale Ale
A light blonde ale suited to warm days and first-time craft drinkers.
Imperial IPA
Titan
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- IPA
A strong single-hop IPA showcasing locally bred Southern Passion.
Sour Barrel-aged Barleywine
Wild Stonefish
Triggerfish
- Sour
A 2012 barleywine soured and dried by wild cultures over three years in oak.
Location & contact
Visit details to come.
Unit 9 W.R. Quinan Boulevard, Paardevlei, Cape Town
021 851 5861Tue–Thu 11:00–20:00 · Fri–Sat 11:00–21:00 · Sun 10:00–16:00 · Mon closed
Opening times can change. Confirm with the venue before making a special trip.