Castle Lager

Keeping with the South African theme, I also managed to consume a bottle of Castle lager (5% abv). In contrast to Windhoek, Castle lager is a rather poor cousin. The beer tastes a bit like euro swill and self confesses to being brewed with maize. The beer even comes skunked to mimic your favourite green bottled beer. I got through this one whilst enjoying my Springbok loin..... I don't think this beer added to the experience. http://www.castlelager.co.za/

Windhoek Lager

Windhoek Lager (4% abv) is an all malt Pilsner which is available pretty much exclusively in Namibia and South Africa. I was lucky enough to track some down (ok, I stumbled upon it purely by accident) in a posh Sth African restaurant in Putney.

The beer is impressive and has a nice grassy hop character with a subtle honey like malt sweetness in it's character. It reminded me of Australian premium beers like James Boag Premium and Cascade Premium. Just the thing you need to quaff after shooting game or escaping a pursuing lion! Actually jokes aside, I enjoyed this with my entrée of Boerewors (Wild Boar Sausages). Windhoek is brewed by Namibia Breweries.