S1E97 - Marius Botha - Hazeldean Brewing Company

Marius Botha is the owner and brewer at Hazeldean Brewing Co. based on Hazeldean Valley farm in Pretoria east. Hazeldean Valley is a 100 hectare estate which offers mountain biking, trail running and a weekend market. http://www.hazeldeanvalley.co.za/

Marius talks to Holger Meier about realising his dream to building his own brewery and he shares how he managed to survive for the last 8 years, since giving up his corporate gig as engineer. He talks about the value of contract brewing for startups and they discuss the importance of (farmers) markets as incubators for new businesses in South Africa.

Besides his core range, Marius also has a barrel program, where he experiments with lambics and other sour and barrel aged beers.

Hazeldean beers are available online or at Liquor City Groenkloof and on tap at Capital Craft in Pretoria.

Metal Tank Industries supplied the brewing equipment and Bevan from DraughtCraft is his go to supplier for dispensing equipment. Marius relied on Brewhogs Micro-Brewery, OC Brewery and Draymans Brewery & Distillery to contract brew his beer for the last 7-8 years and Africa Hops supply the speciality hops for dry hopping his lambics. You can listen to this conversation on YouTube or on your favourite podcasting app.

Marius is one of only a few brewers in South Africa who has a barrel program. All beers are available online https://www.hazeldeanbrewing.co.za/yaybeer/ or visit him on weekends at the Cowhouse Market. https://www.cowhouse.co.za/

www.hazeldeanbrewing.co.za

Contract brewers:

https://www.brewhogs.co.za/ https://www.ocbrewery.co.za/ https://draymans.com/

Suppliers:

https://metaltank.com/ https://draughtcraft.co.za/ https://africahops.co.za/

Retail partners:

https://www.capitalcraft.co.za/ Liquor City Groenkloof