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WORDSDANIELLE MCDONALD|PHOTOSKONRAD RAUBENHEIMER CHEERS TO THE Souyern Cape 30 Karriedistiller AndriesOdendaal Idyllicand full of character –it’swhat Vermaarklikheid is allabout. AA traveller | WINTER 2020
SouthernCape Farmersinthisregion have been making their ownwitblitsand karrie long before theCovid alcoholban forced South Africans to brew homemadepineapple beer.We visitedVermaaklikheid and Herbertsdale to learn more aboutthis artform. It has become somewhat of atrend amongst city folk tobrew “boutique gins” or“boutique beers” in their garages, but inthe Southern Cape, people have been distilling their own tipples for decades. Here they make hard tack from whatever is available in the region. Some of Andries’ beehives. Piet Brits’ Mampoer Championship award. FUNONVERMAAKLIKHEID In this small, idyllic town, hidden between the Duiwenhoks River and the Blombos dunes, far from the hubbub of the city, Ifind Andries Odendaal’s karrie tasting room: Die Byekorf? No, I’m not questioning the name –the question mark is part of the name. Andries chuckles when Iask him about it. Hesays it’s to pique people’s interest inthe place. Andries is84years old but looks like aman in his seventies –ayoung, strong 70. Imeet him on his yard where hefirst shows methe beehives from where the honey used inhis distillery come from. Years ago, alarge fire swept through the area, and he lost most of his hives. Today, he’s back on his feet and has about 30 hives. He recalls that the fire completely > 31 WINTER 2022 | AA Traveller
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