CUT’s Centre for Applied Food Security and Biotechnology (CAFSaB), in partnership with the South African Breweries (SAB), Beer Association of South Africa and HEINEKEN South Africa, hosted the Inter-VarsityBru Awards at the Hotel School following the two-day beer brewing competition which began on 21 October 2022.

Fifteen institutions, including universities consisting of five members per team, participated in this year’s Inter-VarsityBru competition. Teams were challenged to create brews in categories such as Best Lager Beer, Best Sour Beer, Best African Wild Ale, Best Low Alcohol Beer and Best Bottle Dress Design Label that were evaluated according to the Beer Judge Certification Programme (BJCP) guidelines.

1^st place winners of different categories are:

• Best IPA: University of Cape Town
• Best Sour Beer: 1000 Hills Chef School
• Best Lager: University of Cape Town
• Best Low Alcohol Beer: 1000 Hills Chef School
• Best African Wild Ale: University of Kwazulu-Natal
• Best Bottle Dress Design Label: Stellenbosch University

The overall winners for the Inter-VarsityBru 2022 with the Best Beer on Show are the University of Cape Town.

Of the above categories, CUT managed to bag the third-place position in Best Label Design and second place in Best Low Alcohol Beer.

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Lehlohonolo Qhanya, CUTbrU team member exhibiting the CUT beers at the Inter-VarsityBru Awards.