Top beer brewers

South Africans are better at brewing beer than their Aussie and Kiwi rivals. Prof. Mike Heydenrych, a hobby brewer from Doringkloof, successfully defended his Tri-Nations home-brewing crown. In the 2003 Homebrew Tri-Nations, his American Pale Ale tied for first place with the Belgian Strong Ale of Charles Cohen, another South African. Both are members of Wort Hog Brewers, founded by Moritz Kallmeyer, who owns Drayman's brewery in Silverton. Mike, current chair of the club, has been home-brewing since 2001 and now operates an all-grain brewery at home. He also got a 50-litre microbrewery installed in the University of Pretoria's department of chemical engineering, where he's an associate professor. A brewing practical is now part of the undergraduate curriculum.