Stellies
beers with heart for those with souls Creating inspired beers for inspired moments...that’s the motto of husband-wife team Bruce & Karen Collins, and their entrepreneurial master-of-all trades business partner Conrad King. Together, they’re the brains, brawn and brewers behind Stellenbosch Brewing Co
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t was on a cross-continental camping
interesting and flavourful beers and
forgetting gathering the necessary
trip that founder brewer Bruce
wanted to share them with the world.
brewing licenses and certifications -
Collins and his wife and Taproom
Not your usual aftermath of a camping
before they were totally happy with
manager Karen Collins conspired to
trip, but for the increasing bands of
the recipes. There’s little doubt, they
open a microbrewery in South Africa.
devotees, the quirkiness of the beers’
put in endless hours of love, sweat
After sampling beers from around
origin is entirely appropriate.
and dedication to create beers that
the world and trying their hand at
It took the couple another six years
are truly unique and a large cut above
brewing in a Minnesota basement,
of research, reading, trialing and (um,
the rest. These guys really know
they developed a passion for brewing
the best part) tasting beers – not
their beer! Stellenbosch Brewing Co
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