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Daily Maverick
27-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Maverick
Richmond Hill Brewing Company shines at annual African Beer Cup Awards
As an extra bonus to celebrate a decade since opening in 2015, the Richmond Hill Brewing Company brought home a string of medals for its craft beers at the annual African Beer Cup Awards this week. Nelson Mandela Bay's Richmond Hill Brewing Company shone brightly at the African Beer Cup Awards this week — bringing home a medal for every single beer it entered. The Richmond Hill Brewing Company won the Best Beer in Africa award in 2023, but this year they were beaten by a Cape Town brewery. Still, it did not leave empty-handed, claiming gold, silver and bronze across multiple categories. Held on 24 May 2025, this year's African Beer Cup saw 260 brews from 14 African countries go head-to-head, judged by 58 expert panellists from around the world. According to a media statement from the competition organiser the African Beer Cup entries are judged twice, by two different panels, to ensure fairness and compensate if one of the judges is having an off day. Richmond Hill Brewing Company brought medals home for the following beers: Gold in the best Speciality India Pale Ale style beer for its beer Fever Dream, and Bronze in the same category for Coastal Cult. Silver in the category for the Best Historical Beer for Twin Fin, a Kellerbier-style drink. Gold for the best fruit beer for its collaboration with the Yeastern Cape Brewing Club for their beer named Forbidden, and the silver medal in the same category for Two Moods, designed and brewed with the Hazeldean Brewing Company. Master Brewer at the Richmond Hill Brewing Company, Niall Cook, said they were very proud of their achievements. 'Forbidden Milkshake is an interesting beer. It is expensive, it sells at R65 a can. We made it in collaboration with a home brewing club. It is called forbidden because, among other things, it has a high alcohol content at over 7%,' he said. Brewers add mango and granadilla purée to this beer. 'That is unusual,' he said. 'That is also one of the reasons for the beer's name.' He said he believed that collaboration with brewing clubs was vital. 'We all came together to brew Forbidden,' he said. He added that although craft beer had had a slow start in Nelson Mandela Bay, it had now gained real momentum. 'Now it is much more prevalent and a lot easier for people to embrace the idea,' Cook said. 'Richmond Hill Brewing Company has a remarkable history at the African Beer Cup, having previously won numerous awards, including Best Beer In Africa in 2023.' He added that their gold medals really showcased the innovative and high-quality brewing techniques of the company. DM
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First Post
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- First Post
Actor Adil Hussain's film 'Mercy' to premiere at UK Asian Film Festival, actor says 'The film is about...'
The trailer of the film was exclusively unveiled at the Indian Pavilion during the Cannes Festival last year read more Mercy, a tender and deeply human film that explores the fragile moments of parting with a loved one, will be showcased at the UK Asian Film Festival on May 5th, 2025, at Rich Mix Theatre in London. Directed by debutant Mitul Patel, Mercy is less about death and more about the emotional aftermath of love and the courage it takes to say goodbye. 'Mercy is a reflection on the quiet, often unspoken emotions that surround loss. It explores the strength it takes to make peace with the inevitable, and the love that continues even in the act of letting go," shares Raj Vasudeva, who plays the protagonist Shekhar in the film and is also the producer of the film. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD The film stars Niharica Raizada as Shekhar's wife Jiya, Aparna Ghoshal as the ailing matriarch Sujata, Kunal Bhan as the emotionally conflicted brother Vihaan, and Adil Hussain, who brings depth and warmth to the role of Father Joel, the family's spiritual guide through their most testing hours. Adil Hussain further added, 'For me, Mercy is about that silent space where grief, love, and responsibility collide. It's about those moments where you're forced to make a decision not with your head, but with a heart that's breaking." The trailer of the film was exclusively unveiled at the Indian Pavilion during the Cannes Festival last year, offering an early glimpse into its poignant narrative and had received a very warm response. Produced under the Everclear Films banner by Raj Vasudeva and Anuradha Sachdev, Mercy follows their internationally recognized short film Forbidden, which boldly tackled honor killings and was featured at over 30 festivals across the globe. With Mercy, Everclear marks its feature film debut, staying true to its vision of telling brave, emotionally charged stories that spark reflection and empathy.
CBS News
07-02-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Local skate-punk legends the Boneless Ones play Bay Area shows
Legendary Bay Area skate-punk band the Boneless Ones take the stage with their brand new line-up when they play shows in Santa Cruz and Albany this weekend. Inspired by the classic Thrasher Magazine punk compilations of the early '80s, the band contributed a pair of tunes -- "Keg Kept a Flowing," a parody of the oft-covered, blues-rock staple "Train Kept a Rollin'" -- and the original song "Love to Hate" -- to the Bay Area punk imprint Boner Records' seminal collection Them Boners Be Poppin' alongside such hardcore greats as Tales of Terror, Fang, Verbal Abuse and Bl'ast. In 1986, the group released it's debut album, the landmark skate-punk effort Skate for the Devil that stands as one of the Bay Area's great contributions to the crossover movement. While the band would split up the following year, Boneless Ones reunited in 2019 with original singer Max Fox and bassist Troy Takaki teaming up with a local metal and punk legend for their new line-up featuring drummer Chris Kontos (Attitude Adjustment, Machine Head, Verbal Abuse and many others) -- who briefly played in the Boneless Ones during the last six months before the split. The band played the 2019 Haight Street Fair and a few other shows with a couple of guitarists before hooking up with talented six-string hero Craig Locicero (Forbidden Evil/Forbidden, Manmade God, Dress the Dead and more), who has ably filled the sizeable shoes of original guitar player, the late Luke Skeels. In addition to reissuing the long out-of-print Skate for the Devil on Beer City in 2020, that December the band put out it's first new tune in decades just before Christmas with the hilarious seasonal punk anthem "Santa Stole My Skateboard." With the pandemic shutting down touring and live music in general, the Boneless Ones teamed to write new songs to go with four tracks from a long-lost demo that was originally recorded in 1987, coming up with material for the group's first new album in over 35 years, Back to the Grind. Capturing the same mix of irreverent humor and blistering punk-meets-metal skate anthems that made Skate for the Devil a timeless classic, the self-released album that came out in 2022 delivered neck-snapping musical mayhem ("We Ride The Night," "Church Of Violence," "Crossing Over the Bridge") that longtime fans will readily embrace while delving into new territory on the Beatles-esque lament for lost lust "I Wish You Were Beer" that manages to be both heartfelt and hilarious. Since the album came out, the band paid its first visit to Europe, playing the Dynamo Festival in Eindhoven, Netherlands in August. While Kontos and Locicero would amicably part ways with the group to focus their energy on the reunited Forbidden, the Boneless Ones have stayed active, issuing a long-lost 1987 demo tape last year and announcing a new line-up featuring East Bay punk veteran and skater Ken Van Hamm (Them Creatures) on guitar and onetime DRI drummer Rob Rampy (who has also played with Denial Fiend, No Fraud and the Spears among many others). That version of the Boneless Ones plays two Bay Area shows this weekend, providing support for Oakland punk band Oppressed Logic at the Blue Lagoon on Saturday night along with Santa Cruz hardcore surf/skate punk band Nuisance in Public, punk outfit Crap skate punk/metal crew Paint the Town Rad. The later band will join the Boneless Ones at the Ivy Room in Albany for an all-ages Super Bowl Sunday skate-punk festival that starts at around game time at 3:30 p.m. Cement Eaters, Vacant and costumed bass-and-drums punk duo Lost Puppy Forever also appear.
