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Cape Town, 1658: Jan van Riebeeck has a brewery set up in the fort.

Beer in Cape Town

Beer history, breweries and beer culture in Cape Town (South Africa).

Jan van Riebeeck had a brewery set up at the fort in 1658. Later, in the Newlands district, Anders Ohlsson brewed Lion Lager; the brewery still exists.

Breweries in Cape Town

Newlands Brewery

Cape Town

Goes back to the Swedish brewer Anders Ohlsson, who brewed Lion Lager here.

Beer history of Cape Town

  1. 1658

    Jan van Riebeeck has a brewery set up in the fort at the Cape – half a year before the first wine is pressed there.

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