Awesome Slaghuis (top) and view from the stoep at the Pykstra residence (bottom).
A gem of a butchers, it's secret well-kept due to it's unorthodox and some would say undesireable location just next to the township. In any case I daresay it'll be the best biltong of the trip. Just got in the door at good friend Nicola's folks' beach house and back out again to Stanford in the back of Frank's bakkie (Betty 2). Into Birkenhead brewery in Stanford and chugged through a 7-beer sampling in just 20 mins. Honey Blonde, Premium Lager, Pilsner, English Bitter Ale, Cider, Mamba (Stout, Blonde and Brandy) and finally a hearty Stout. Taken about on a first-rate tour by our guide Benson who claimed to be the only brewer in the gaff. Knew his stuff mind and did indeed slave away mad. Still had to sneak out a drop or two in his pants however.
Beer enthusiast poses with Master Brewer/former jailbird (surely) Benson and some squids
Great tour, treated to an in-depth technical journey, the odd stickler thrown in by Frank and I, the keen brewers that we are. Learned plenty. Picked up jarred spiced pickled baby squids on the way home. Yum. Braaid back at the house on the stoep that leads to the sea. Frank chopped some kelp stalks and stuffed the hollow stems with mixed seafood - calamari, mussels etc. Corked the kelp ends with wine corks and cooked them on the braai. Novel and delicious. I also tasted my first ever skilpadjkies*! Delicious, though extraordinarily rich and heavy. A rare treat indeed.
Host and hostess Murphy and Nicola take a stroll in their enviable front lawn
Watched the bones of "Spring Break Shark Attack" before going to bed, perhaps the greatest thing ever committed to film. Early leaba after that.A gem of a butchers, it's secret well-kept due to it's unorthodox and some would say undesireable location just next to the township. In any case I daresay it'll be the best biltong of the trip. Just got in the door at good friend Nicola's folks' beach house and back out again to Stanford in the back of Frank's bakkie (Betty 2). Into Birkenhead brewery in Stanford and chugged through a 7-beer sampling in just 20 mins. Honey Blonde, Premium Lager, Pilsner, English Bitter Ale, Cider, Mamba (Stout, Blonde and Brandy) and finally a hearty Stout. Taken about on a first-rate tour by our guide Benson who claimed to be the only brewer in the gaff. Knew his stuff mind and did indeed slave away mad. Still had to sneak out a drop or two in his pants however.
Beer enthusiast poses with Master Brewer/former jailbird (surely) Benson and some squids
Great tour, treated to an in-depth technical journey, the odd stickler thrown in by Frank and I, the keen brewers that we are. Learned plenty. Picked up jarred spiced pickled baby squids on the way home. Yum. Braaid back at the house on the stoep that leads to the sea. Frank chopped some kelp stalks and stuffed the hollow stems with mixed seafood - calamari, mussels etc. Corked the kelp ends with wine corks and cooked them on the braai. Novel and delicious. I also tasted my first ever skilpadjkies*! Delicious, though extraordinarily rich and heavy. A rare treat indeed.
Host and hostess Murphy and Nicola take a stroll in their enviable front lawn
*Lamb livers, wrapped in rashers. Also known as Karoo Oysters.
