What else is near the court in Joburg?

We came from the airport, The Skinny One, and I. For sure, before that we came from our mother, but that was years ago. 38.5 years on average for the two of us. The time for court was set at 16:30. Read more of this elsewhere. In order for me not to see the traffic of the big smoke, and because we really wanted to be on time, we were 4 hours early. After circling the court building like the Jews did Jericho, the suggestion was made to go to the Constitutional court district. I liked the idea of being a tourist in my own country. But we are brothers, competition with your sibling is part of the reptile brain. (The part that handles things like breath in, breath out, ooh there goes a sexy woman, breath in, there goes another one!, breath out) So I had to do better. "What about the SAB World of Beer? " Chalk up another win for the little brother. OK, younger brother. I ceased to be the little brother about 60kg ago.


R30 for the tour. The tour is heavy on the use of video, leaving the tour guide with not too much to do. It traces the history of beer from the Sumerians to the Europeans, with special focus on South-African beer. You get to taste sorghum beer, something I haven't done before. A bit like lambic, must get used to it. The whole tour takes 90 minutes, which I thought could be quicker. As a beer geek I did not learn much, but the brother liked it. Impressive though is the hops they are growing indoors, in Johannesburg. Unfortunately it is Southern Promise, so it doesn't smell as good as Cascade or Saaz.

Geelbek

At the end they show you a composite video of South-Africa. Suddenly I go "That is Geelbek!" It is at the end of the lagoon I live next to. And next they show Paternoster, a village 45km from my house. Then they show the church where The Ghanaians got married. Also in Paternoster. And more of the lagoon. My place is famous in a beer museum. I think it means we have arrived. Don't know where though.

Skinny One being Super Tourist from the World of Beer Balcony

You get a small tasting glass, filled at the time with Castle Draught, 2/3 through the tour. By now you need it. At the end you get two beers of your choice. The bar stock all the SAB draught beer available in the country. Tasted my first Castle LITE draught. You can also get pub food here. Quite decent pub food. If you are in the vicinity, drop in. I won't go again though, but that is because I am a beer geek. The tour of the heritage brewery at the Newlands brewery was much better. And they let us pour our own draughts there.