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Hops Hollow Country House - Accommodation by Lydenburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Hops Hollow Country House - Accommodation by Lydenburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa is the highest brewery in South Africa. Hops Hollow combines the warmest of welcomes with home-made beers, scrumptious meals and a picturesque setting. There is something rather Scottish about the scenery surrounding this guest-house high on the Long Tom Pass, with its mountains, mist and crisp air. The area has many Boer War and gold-rush connections and Theo will tell you about both historical and natural wonders. Following a Damascene conversion one moonlit night he gave up clerical work for life in conservation and has never looked back. When not at his day job with the Mpumalanga Parks Board he’s a proper microbrewer (suppy your own ‘De Beer’ pun) and loves showing guests around his brewery.

Price: 3

Bed and breakfast

3 all twin/  doubles

A rather baronial pub with vast columns made from old railway sleepers was completed in 2003. Sarie, meanwhile, is the force behind the guest house whose bedrooms have thick duvets and large cushions and, in some cases, views best appreciated from the pillow. She is also a wonderful cook (lots of beer in the recipes) and her breakfasts are super special, a 3-course meal in themselves.This small twin-pronged business is a delight, for ale-lovers and otherwise.

Our comfortable, sumptuous and beautifully appointed bedrooms are all en suite. Here at Hops Hollow, we strive to make you feel at home, and invite you to relax and enjoy the positive energy of our home.
Kölschbier originated in the town of Köln where a guild of brewers have been active since 1254. This German ale is generally considered as being as close to a Pils as ale can be. Diggers Draught is brewed to approximate the same standards as a true Kölsch. As it is one of the very few beers in the world whose name is protected legally and in respect to the appellation contrôllée that the Köloners instituted to preserve the identity of their creation, Diggers Draft is called a “Kolsch style Ale”.