Why South Africans Love Their Beer
![South Africans drink an average of 60 liters of beer each year, almost three times the global average. (Photo Credit: South African Breweries)](https://gdb.voanews.com/3F071105-DF88-43BE-A1E5-15D040A55AE8_cx0_cy62_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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South Africans drink an average of 60 liters of beer each year, almost three times the global average. (Photo Credit: South African Breweries)
![De Beer says hops are the “heart and soul” of good beer. (Photo Credit: South African Breweries)](https://gdb.voanews.com/85BE1725-3B27-4CDD-B616-F1B8CCF143A2_cx15_cy8_cw84_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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De Beer says hops are the “heart and soul” of good beer. (Photo Credit: South African Breweries)
![Andre de Beer’s Cockpit Brewery was named for wartime fighter planes. A painting of a World War II Spitfire graves one of the brewery walls. (Photo Credit: Darren Taylor)](https://gdb.voanews.com/848B5F2B-6221-45B1-AD18-C17235CCB80A_cx15_cy8_cw84_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Andre de Beer’s Cockpit Brewery was named for wartime fighter planes. A painting of a World War II Spitfire graves one of the brewery walls. (Photo Credit: Darren Taylor)
![Nuschka Botha uses natural spring water from the Magaliesberg Mountains at the Black Horse Brewery. (Photo Credit: Darren Taylor)](https://gdb.voanews.com/0A41F24A-88C1-40CC-9FD7-0112FE88D583_cx0_cy62_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Nuschka Botha uses natural spring water from the Magaliesberg Mountains at the Black Horse Brewery. (Photo Credit: Darren Taylor)